On July 12, the UC Davis School of Education, in partnership with Sacramento Building Healthy Communities and others, hosted the Boys and Men of Color Summit. Watch News 10’s coverage of the event here.

The Boys and Men of Color summit hosted more than 100 young men in Freeborn hall to gather the power of the community and take action on issues such as school discipline policies, neighborhood safety, and health disparities. The summit featured empowering educational workshops on male identity, ethnic history, higher education and much more.

Across the state, nearly one of every five African American students and one in 14 Latino students were suspended at least once in 2009-10, compared with one in 17 white students. This statistic reflects one of the many deeply rooted inequities that face boys and men of color.

Going forward, the lessons learned at the summit will serve as a catalyst to create long-term actions, such as neighborhood gatherings, assembly hearings, youth programs, with the goal to turn the participants into advocates within their communities.

The Summit was hosted in partnership by the Center for Community School Partnerships in the UC Davis School of Education, University of California, Davis, The California Endowment, Sacramento Building Healthy Communities, Sacramento Unified School District, Center for Fathers and Families, Root Causes, La Familia Counseling Center, Inc., Senator Darrell Steinberg, Assemblymember Roger Dickerson & Always Knocking Inc., Early Academic Outreach Program, The Black Parallel School Board, LRG Outreach, and the Sierra Health Foundation.

Contact:

Fong Tran, Program Coordinator, Center for Community School Partnerships, UC Davis School of Education, (530) 752-3754

bel Reyes, Community Schools Program Director, Center for Community School Partnerships, UC Davis School of Education, (530) 219-1609