[ONLINE] - COVID and the Class of 2020: Black Students' Transitions To College and Work

New America Indianapolis and The Indianapolis Recorder are both committed to ensuring that the perspectives of Black Midwesterners are represented and engaged in solving public problems. The COVID-19 outbreak is impacting all Americans but it will, quite simply, impact Black America differently. Systemic barriers and racism have set the stage -- we cannot respond to the crisis without facing those barriers explicitly and as a community.

Join us for "COVID and the Black Community" a weekly online community conversation series, co-hosted by New America and the Recorder, and featuring local and national experts and resources. The fourth installment in the series is April 21 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET: "COVID and the Class of 2020 - Black Students' Transitions To College and Work."

The COVID crisis has disrupted the transition from high school to postsecondary education for countless students. Knowing that many Black students face systemic barriers and disparate outcomes in college (and in securing family-sustaining income after college), what do higher ed experts recommend we build and do to ensure successful transitions for Black students, from high school to college and from college to the working world?

GUESTS:

• Dr. Danette Howard, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer - Lumina Foundation @DanetteHoward16
• Dr. Sean Huddleston, President - Martin University @MartinU1977
• Mrs. Andrea Neely, Director - Regional Development (Indiana, Michigan) - UNCF @IndyUNCF
• Ms. Doneisha Posey, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Belonging - Ivy Tech Community College @DPoseyEsq
• Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, President - University of Southern Indiana @USIedu

MODERATORS:

• Molly Martin Director, New America Indy @mollygmartin
• Marshawn Wolley Civic Entrepreneur, Indianapolis Recorder Columnist and Lecturer at IUPUI School of Public and Environmental Affairs @wolley_marshawn
  
  Registration is free and open to all.

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