Community Colleges since the Great Recession. Tuesday, December 6, 2016 930-1100AM

HBCUs,,,,I can't recall if many have setup a pipeline for graduates of even a neighboring community college to attend your campuses with direct admission.

Basic, simple AA degrees should get others in.  Also has been an issue with transfer of credits from one institution to another.  Interesting.

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Urban Institute Events

Community Colleges since the Great Recession Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Breakfast will be available at 9:00 a.m. Urban Institute 2100 M Street NW, 5th floor Washington, DC 20037   Community colleges, which enroll more than 40 percent of postsecondary students, continue to gain prominence in discussions of public policies for higher education and job training. In 2010, the federal government invested $2 billion in nearly two-thirds of the nation’s community colleges to build capacity and spur innovation in job training. Proposals for free tuition at community colleges have gained national attention. A significant share of the Pell grant expansion has benefited community college students. Community colleges serve large numbers of academically underprepared students with fewer resources than any other sector of higher education. This has exacerbated their challenges in increasing completion rates and meeting industry needs. This panel will focus on the emerging issues facing community colleges since the Great Recession. The discussion will highlight variation among institutions and differences across state systems, along with tested policy and institutional solutions that bolster student success and economic development. Panelists will discuss findings from two new Urban Institute briefs. REGISTER HERE Registration is required to attend this event.  Speakers include:  David Baime, senior vice president for government relations and policy analysis, American Association of Community Colleges Sandy Baum, senior fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute Lauren Eyster, senior research associate, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute Dan Phelan, president, Jackson College David Wessel, director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy; senior fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution (moderator) Breakfast will be available at 9:00 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. For inquiries regarding this event, please contact events@urban.org.

Preview. Weds, 11/09/2016. ‘Black America Since MLK, And Still I Rise’

"We have to come together within the diaspora to heal our trauma to make the evolutionary jump to the next phase of our developement within the U.S., Caribbean, Africa, and throughout the diaspora.  To come together with one loud voice to say , NO MORE".  Can we come together as one?      CDS. 

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016 during my recovery from the recent Presidential Election while in the BEMA office I had the unique opportunity of attending the preview screening of ‘Black America Since MLK, And Still I Rise’, a new documentary by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. co-produced by WETA and Premiers November 15 & 22 at 8 p.p. on your local PBS station.  (http://www.pbs.org/video/2365856620/  )

The Black Emergency Managers Association (BEMA) office is located in one of the areas still containing a majority of black community residents, and organizations within South East Washington, D.C.  Our office location is shared with other black small businesses from practically each blue and white collar professions in or community co-located in the Anacostia Arts Center on Good Hope Road, S.E. 

Being located in this community, and at the Anacostia Arts Center has given me the opportunity to experience all aspects of life in our communities.  As a Washingtonian I have seen the progress and setbacks in our communities from the demonstration marches for equality and riots of the 60’s following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King as a child.  The Vietnam War protests in the late 60’s and early 70’s.  The introduction of psychotropic drugs, mass usage of heroin, angel dust, cocaine and crack cocaine that flooded and destroyed multiple generations within our communities.  The mass exodus of families from the inner city area to the suburbs of Maryland and Virginia seeking better schools, homes, and job.

Please schedule a time to view the airing of this documentary, or record and view at a later time with family and friends.  Consider how far we have come in the last 50 to 60 years. 

Have we evolved and made the evolutional jump to take us to the next phase of our development socially, politically, and financially? 

Have we taken 5-steps forward only to simply to take 7-steps back. 

Other questions will arise as you view this documentary.  For we have to plan, and prepare individually, for our families, and our communities.  Something we may have lost.

Think of BEMA, Black Lives Matter, the Black Panther Party and why each has a unique goal of bringing our communities together to address an old unresolved issue, current issues, and issues in the future.

Peace be unto each of you, and your families.

Sincerely,

Charles D. Sharp

Charles D. Sharp Chief Executive Officer Black Emergency Managers Association
1231  Good Hope Road  S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20020
Office:   202-618-9097
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