Minority Male Crisis in Colleges

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that members of minority groups will make up 54% of the nation's population by 2050. Collectively, we will be the majority. In true solidarity, we will be one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Yet, Black and Brown male representation is better in prisons than in colleges.
At U.S. Public Institutions, the 6 year graduation rate of Black males was 34.7%.
For Native American males, it was 35.8%.
For Latino males, it was 46.3%.
For Pacific Islander males, it was 49.5%.



In contrast, Black males are almost half the inmate population and Latinos constitute 20% of that population. This is not a testament to who we are and what we are capable of - these statistics inspire us to ask, "What are we going to do about it?"

I am partnering with colleagues and students at CSUN to figure this out on our campus. If we make headway, then we can franchise M3 (for free) because there is a crisis among our men in this country and attention must be paid.

Sports Psychology for Academic Peak Performance

Public speaking is listed as American's number-one fear!
Yet, in school and in life, we are called upon to give presentations every now and then.

I reached out to a CSUN professor and sports psychologist, Dr. Jacob Jensen, to develop a positive guided imagery presentation for students in our Coping & Resilience Groups (adapted from CBITS).

Click on the YouTube link if you are feeling worried about an upcoming presentation, and please let me know if it helps:

Guided Imagery Presentation for Public Speaking

Conferencing

I was spent and recovering from bronchitis after working on an NIH grant proposal. That's when I got the approval to write an academic paper for the National Symposium on Student Retention to be held in Destin, Florida. Initially, I passed up the opportunity in order to recover. Then, one of my colleagues said, "Destin has one of the top 10 beaches in the world." To which my daughter responds, "Mom, write the paper." Now me and my favorite research assistant are here and enjoying the powder sugar soft sand beach preparing for my workshop presentation of "Minority Male Mentoring: A Multi-Tiered Model for College Success." Academic life is a beach.