Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is hosting the 7th Annual Black, Brown and College Bound Summit February 20-23, 2013.\u00a0 The summit, \u201cRebuilding the \u2018Village\u2019 For African American and Latino Males in Higher Education\u201d will be held at the Tampa Marriott Waterside. Registration is on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 4-8 p. m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe strive to be a national leader in finding solutions that will get these young people out of high school and into institutions of higher learning,\u201d states Dr. Ken Atwater (pictured), <\/strong>President of HCC and an advocate for the BBCB Summit.<\/p>\n Activities will be held throughout each day featuring nationally-known figures, as well as Mayor Bob Buckhorn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Those who have been invited are: Dr. Michael<\/strong> Eric Dyson,<\/strong> an author and one of nation\u2019s most influential public intellectuals; Dr. Jose<\/strong> Cruz,<\/strong> vice president for higher education policy and practice at The Education Trust; Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad,<\/strong> director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; and Dr. Samuel Betances,<\/strong> Professor Emeritus, Harvard University and consultant.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s theme will address topics relating to identity, masculinity, culture, community and education.<\/p>\n The Tracks for discussion are: Exploring and Redefining the Male Identity in the 21st Century; Navigating, Learning and Embracing Cultural Landscapes in the 21st Century; Rebuilding the Village for the 21st\u00a0 Century; and 21st Century Success: Best Practices for Academic Achievement.<\/em><\/p>\n For additional information go to www.BlackBrownCollege Bound.com, summitregistration@hccfl.edu or call (813) 253-7153, 253-7075.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is hosting the 7th Annual Black, Brown and College Bound Summit February 20-23, 2013.\u00a0 The summit, \u201cRebuilding the \u2018Village\u2019 For African American and Latino Males in Higher Education\u201d will be held at the Tampa Marriott Waterside. Registration is on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 4-8 p. m. \u201cWe strive to be a national […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}