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ALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES SERVE A UNIQUE GROUP OF STUDENTS %STABLISHED AS A PATHWAY TO FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES FOR RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND RETURNING VETER ANS THESE INSTITUTIONS MORPHED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT .OW COMMUNITY COLLEGES PREPARE STUDENTS TO TRANSFER AND ENABLE LIFELONG LEARNING !CROSS #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE ALL THREE ASPECTS OF THE STATE S COMMUNITY COLLEGE VISION CAN BE APPRECIATED 4HE 3TUDENT 3UCCESS 4ASK &ORCE OF THE 3TATE #HANCELLOR S /FFICE HOWEVER

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RESPECTIVELY &URTHERMORE PERCENT OF STU DENTS COMING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES ONE LEVEL FROM TRANSFER LEVEL MATH MOVE ON 4HE RATE FOR STUDENTS FOUR LEVELS AWAY DROPS TO PERCENT 4HE PROPOSALS OF THE 4ASK &ORCE WOULD FILL COMMUNITY COLLEGES WITH PROTOTYPI CAL TRANSFER STUDENTS AND SYSTEMATICALLY FILTER OUT STUDENTS NOT OF THAT MOLD 4HE STATE WOULD REWARD THE COLLEGES WITH HIGH TRANSFER RATES LIKE $IABLO 6ALLEY #OLLEGE IN OUR OWN DISTRICT BUT ### AND EVEN ,OS -EDANOS #OLLEGE WOULD SUFFER -ANY ### STUDENTS ARE NOT HERE FOR THE SOLE OBJECTIVE OF TRANSFERRING BUT TO IMPROVE BASIC SKILLS BOOST SELF CONFI DENCE AND ESCAPE STREET VIOLENCE 4HE ART AND MUSIC STUDENTS WITH NO INTEREST IN TRANSFERRING COULD BE DENIED ACCESS TO THE ONLY COURSES THEY ARE INTER ESTED IN TAKING #OURSES NOT ON STUDENTS EDUCATION PLANS WOULD BE REDUCED LIMITING SEC TION NUMBERS AND SEATS AVAILABLE FOR ELECTIVE COURSES "Y ENDORSING THIS 4ASK &ORCE THE STATE IS NOT ONLY PROMOTING THE INAC CURATE IDIOM h/LD DOGS CAN T LEARN NEW TRICKS v BUT SAYING OLD DOGS WON T BECAUSE THEY DON T BRING IN MONEY

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ITH THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC AMONG CHILDREN IN !MERICA SCHOOLS HAVE MOVED TO PROVIDE HEALTHIER MEAL OPTIONS AND NOW MANY OF THEM ARE DEALING WITH UNFORE SEEN CONSEQUENCES &IRST LADY -ICHELLE /BAMA IS HAVING A HARD TIME CRACKING DOWN ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY BECAUSE KIDS ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT EVENTUALLY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER 4HE ,OS !NGELES 5NIFIED 3CHOOL $ISTRICT HAS TRIED PRO VIDING HEALTH CONSCIOUS MEALS TO COUNTER TERRIBLE EATING HABITS 3TUDENTS REFUSED TO EAT THESE MEALS AND THREW THEM AWAY 4HOSE DITCHING LUNCH SUFFER HUNGER RELATED AIL MENTS LIKE HEADACHES UNTIL THEY LEAVE SCHOOL FOR THE DAY -ENU CHANGES WERE ONE THING BUT BLAMING JUNK FOOD IN SCHOOLS FOR OBESITY IS ANOTHER )N MY FIRST FEW YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL THERE WERE FULLY STOCKED WORKING VENDING MACHINES IN THE CAFETERIA "Y JUNIOR YEAR THEY WERE EMPTY AND COLLECTING DUST BUT THE ACCESSIBILITY TO CANDY WAS STILL MANAGEABLE 6ENDING MACHINES FROM THOUSANDS OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS WERE BANNED TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE LEANER WAISTLINES 7ITH THIS PROHIBI TION THERE CAME AN INCREASE IN SALES IN THE JUNK FOOD BLACK MARKET ACROSS CAMPUSES $URING PASSING PERIODS MY PEERS LOOKED FOR THE GUY PEO PLE CALLED THE h#ANDY -AN v (E HAD THE GOODS FOR YOUR SUGAR FIX )F YOU HAD THE MONEY HE HAD THE GOODS ! RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE *ANUARY ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL h3OCIOLOGY OF %DUCATION v RESEARCHERS AT 0ENNSYLVANIA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS NO TRUE CORRELATION BETWEEN JUNK FOOD IN SCHOOLS AND CHILD OBESITY 4HE RESEARCH TEAM COM PARED THE BODY MASS INDEXES OF ALMOST CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS WHERE JUNK FOOD WAS SOLD AND IN SCHOOLS WHERE IT IS NOT .O MATTER THE COMBINA TION OF VARIABLES THEY LOOKED AT THE TEAM COULD NOT MAKE A CONCLUSIVE LINK BETWEEN EAT ING JUNK FOOD AND OBESITY 4HE ,!53$ GAVE INTO THE DEMANDS OF THE CHILDREN BECAUSE OF WASTED FOOD AND THE THRIVING MARKET FOR UNHEALTHFUL CONTRABAND 4HEIR REFUSAL WAS HEARD -EALS CHANGED FROM BROWN RICE CUT LETS BACK TO hHEALTHYv PIZZA /BAMA SAID h!S PARENTS

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EVERYWHERE MAGNESIUM FUNGUS AND BIOLOGICAL 7HAT WAS ONCE THE DEEP BLUE OCEAN MATTER HAVE ALL BEEN FOUND IN THE SUSPENDED ABOVE OUR HEADS HAS BEEN DILUTED POLLUTED AND MARRED NOW BUT GOOEY FIBROUS AFTERMATH OF WHAT WE CONCEIVE AS PLAIN OLD CLOUDS !S IT A SHALLOW MURKY PUDDLE GREETS OUR IS POSSIBLE TO CONJURE RAIN BY WAY OF INFINITE GAZE HEAVY PARTICULATES AND AEROSOLS BEING 7HERE THE NIGHT SKY WAS ONCE SO DUMPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IT S VESTAL AND PURE SO LITTERED WITH STAR LIGHT THAT IT WAS ALMOST PALPABLE THAT ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT WHAT IS TOUCH ING DOWN ON THE PLANET COULD BE OF DISTINCTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE SIMILAR ORIGIN 4HE CONSEQUENCE OF ST CENTURY 9ET 5 3 OFFICIALS LAUGH AT THE SUG LIVING ONE COULD CONCLUDE WITH THE GESTION OF SUCH TOXIC MICROSCOPIC FREQUENCY OF AIR TRAFFIC AND RAMPANCY METALS BEING INTRODUCED AERIALLY OF POLLUTION BEING THE LIKELY RED HER THE PUBLIC IS TOLD TO HAVE NO FEAR TO RINGS EAT DRINK AND BREATHE AS USUAL 4HE 9ET THE PHENOMENON GOES LIGHT YEARS BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT TROUBLE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT AN INCREASINGLY COMPLICATED TASK OF hCONVENTIONALv AIR TRAVEL ! TYPICAL CONTRAIL OR TRAIL OF CON DENSATION EXHAUSTED BY AN AIRCRAFT

DISSIPATES WITHIN MINUTES OR SEC ONDS OF APPEARING !S THE GASEOUS EXHAUST WATER EXITS THE PLANE AND CRYSTALLIZES UPON CONTACT WITH THE FRIG ID ATMOSPHERE ICE CRYSTAL TRAILS FORM AND LINGER IN SUITABLE CONDITIONS 7HILE CONTRAILS ARE READILY FORMED IN BOTH DRY AND WET CONDITIONS A RELA TIVE HUMIDITY OF PERCENT IS NEEDED FOR ANY ARTIFICIAL CLOUDS TO PERSIST %VEN IF THE AIR IS SUPER SATURATED

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HIPS FASTER THAN 3HAKIRA h) LOVED THE CULTURAL OUTFITS THEY WERE WEARING AND THE EMOTION THEY PUT INTO IT ) M HAPPY ) CAME IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT v BIOLOGY MAJOR !NGELICA 3ILVA SAID h4HEY HAD ME SINGING E E E WAHSI WA E E E WAHSI WA ALL NIGHT v 4HE ANNUAL COMMUNITY CELE BRATION BEGAN WITH HOST $ENNIS -C#OLLINS CLEARING HIS THROAT A FEW TIMES AND WELCOMING THE AUDI ENCE h4ONIGHT IS A SPECIAL NIGHT v HE

SAID h7E MADE IT FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP 7E NOW HAVE /BAMA v 3TUDENT %PHEANN %NGLISH SANG A HEARTFELT RENDITION OF h,IFT %VERY 6OICE AND 3ING v WHICH SET THE MOOD FOR THE EVENING AS AUDIENCE MEMBERS SANG ALONG !S THE BACKDROP ON THE STAGE TURNED RED PERFORMERS FROM THE $IMENSIONS $ANCE 4HEATER IN /AKLAND DANCED TO A CLASSIC !FRICAN FOLK SONG 0ERFORMER -ICHAEL *OHNSON BROUGHT AN INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION ON $R #ARTER ' 7OODSON WHO

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RECEIVED BACHELOR S AND MASTER S DEGREES FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF #HICAGO 7OODSON WAS ALSO THE SECOND !FRICAN !MERICAN TO GET A DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM (ARVARD 5NIVERSITY *OURNALISM MAJOR ,AMAR *AMES BROUGHT HIS CONTAGIOUS HUMOR TO THE EVENING WITH A PRESENTATION OF ANCIENT !FRICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD (E EMPHASIZED HOW HISTORIANS TRIED TO HIDE THE EVIDENT !FRICAN TRAITS FROM ANCIENT %GYPTIAN ARTI

FACTS (E NOTED HOW SOME ANCIENT PHARAOHS SHARED SIMILAR TRAITS WITH !FRICANS LIKE HAIR AND LIPS WHICH GOT THE CROWD LAUGHING 0ERFORMER *IHAD 6INSON RECOG NIZED THE FACT THAT THE DRUMMERS OF &UA $IA #ONGO STOLE THE SHOW AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO TOP THAT "ESIDES HIS HUMBLE WORDS HE GAVE AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF !FRICAN STUDIES 6INSON SAID h"LACK HISTORY IS NOT ONLY BLACK HISTORY BUT IT INVOLVES ALL CULTURES ESPECIALLY MINORITIES v

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AT A TIME WHEN WE RE BEING UNDERFUNDED AT SUCH AN APPALLING LEVEL v HE SAID h!SKING US TO DO MORE IS UNREALISTIC v (E SAID THE STATE SHOULD INVEST IN EDUCATION TO PRO DUCE MORE COUNSELORS AND FULL TIME FACULTY TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND HELP THEM TRANSFER OR OBTAIN A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE INSTEAD h)F WE START BASING COLLEGES ON THIS LOW LEVEL OF FUNDING WE LL SERIOUSLY DAMAGE EDUCATION AT THIS STATE v $R -ICHELS SAID h4HE SYSTEM ISN T BROKEN IT JUST ISN T FUNDED v !MONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORTS ARE AREAS OF FOCUS TO -ICHELS INCREASE COLLEGE AND CAREER READI NESS STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR ENTERING STUDENTS ALIGN COURSE OFFERINGS TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF BASIC SKILLS STUDENTS 4O INCREASE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS COMMUNITY COLLEGES COLLABORATE WITH + TO JOINTLY DEVELOP COMMON STANDARDS #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE !DMISSIONS AND 2ECORDS $IRECTOR -ICHAEL !LDACO SAID THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOT BE REALISTIC FOR ### h### IS EXTREMELY POORLY POSITIONED TO TAKE ON WORK INVOLVING THE REFORM OF + v HE SAID h7E JUST DON T HAVE MONEY TO DO THAT 7E USED TO HAVE AN OUTREACH OFFICER WE DON T HAVE THAT OFFICER ANYMORE 4HE REPORT DOESN T SAY HOW WE RE SUPPOSED TO COM PEL OR PERSUADE + TO RAISE THEIR STANDARDS v !CADEMIC 3ENATE 0RESIDENT 7AYNE /RGAN SAID h)T S A NICE THING TO SAY BUT THE REPORT PROVIDES NO MECHA NISM FOR ACCOMPLISHING THAT v (E SAID HIGH SCHOOLS STRUGGLE ENOUGH WITH FUNDING AND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO TELL THEM THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL ENOUGH WOULD BE UNFAIR

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h)T CONCERNS MANY OF US BECAUSE ) FEAR THAT VOTERS SEEING MULTIPLE TAX MEASURES MIGHT TEND TO BE FRUSTRATED OR ANGRY AND SAY NO TO ALL OF THEM v (ENRY SAID h)T S YET ANOTHER CUT AFTER THREE YEARS OF CUTS SO IT S DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT v 'IVEN THE PASSAGE OF "ROWN S INITIATIVE OR THE h-ILLIONAIRES 4AX v THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD STILL ACCOMPANY A BETWEEN AND PERCENT WORKLOAD REDUCTION AT ALL STATE COM MUNITY COLLEGES )F NO INITIATIVE CAME TO PASS

THE DISTRICT WOULD BE STARING DOWN A NEAR PERCENT WORKLOAD REDUCTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR A FIGURE EXACERBATED BY THE CON SECUTIVE SLASHING OF FUNDS h ### HAS CUT AND CUT AND CUT )F THERE EVER WAS SOMETHING WE COULD CUT THAT WASN T TOO PAINFUL THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED v (ENRY SAID /F THE BILLION IN TRIGGER CUTS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY 'OV "ROWN TO PATCH THE STATE S BILLION DEFICIT BILLION WOULD COME FROM THE + SYSTEM )F PASSED 'OV "ROWN S TAX PACKAGE IS PROJECTED BY THE ,EGISLATIVE !NALYST S /FFICE TO CREATE TO BILLION PRIMARILY FOR + EDUCATION SAID -ARK 7HITAKER ,!/ SENIOR FISCAL AND POLITICAL ANALYST 4HE FIVE YEAR PLAN WHICH INCLUDES A SALES TAX HIKE OF HALF A CENT AND A SLIDING SCALE INCOME TAX INCREASE FOR THOSE EARNING

OR MORE WOULD MEAN STEADY STATE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND BEGIN THE REPAY MENT OF MILLION IN DEFERRALS HELD BY COMMUNITY COLLEGES STATEWIDE 4HOUGH INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IS THE AIM OF ALL THREE INITIATIVES EACH HAS A

DIFFERENT IDEA EXACTLY WHO TO TAX AND WHERE TO SPEND 7HILE -UNGER S PLAN IS PROJECTED TO GEN ERATE APPROXIMATELY BILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE STATE FUNDING WOULD BE ALLOCATED SOLELY TO THE + SYSTEM AND GENERATED BY AN INCREASED INCOME TAX FOR ALL (ENRY SAID THAT IF THE h/UR #HILDREN /UR &UTUREv INITIATIVE WAS THE ONLY TO PASS IT WOULD BE AS IF THEY DIDN T PASS AT ALL FOR COM MUNITY COLLEGES 4HE h-ILLIONAIRES 4AXv GARNERING SUP PORT FROM GROUPS INCLUDING THE #ALIFORNIA &EDERATION OF 4EACHERS THE #OURAGE #AMPAIGN AND EVEN THE 2ICHMOND #ITY #OUNCIL WOULD HOWEVER PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ALL + EDUCATION 3IDESTEPPING "ROWN S UNFAVORABLY POLLED SALES TAX #&4 #OMMUNICATIONS $IRECTOR &RED 'LASS SAID THE h-ILLIONAIRES 4AXv MORE ACCURATELY DEFINES WEALTH BY ONLY INCREASING THE INCOME TAX FOR MILLIONAIRES h7E THINK THAT A FAMILY MAKING

IN THE "AY !REA IS NOT RICH )F YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND ARE PUTTING KIDS THROUGH COL LEGE

DOESN T GO AS FAR AS IT USED TO v 'LASS SAID h)T SOUNDS DEMOCRATIC AND FAIR THAT A SALES TAX ASKS ALL PEOPLE TO PAY THE SAME THING BUT IT S A HIGHER PERCENT OF THE POOR PERSON S SALARY v 7ITH SUCH UNCERTAINTY CLOUDING THE OUT COME OF THE TAX MEASURES DISTRICT PLANNERS ARE BEING PRESSED TO CONSIDER THE MOST DRASTIC OPTIONS FOR BALANCING THE BUDGET ,AYOFFS

FEE BASED CLASSES CONSOLIDATION OF DEPART MENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND THE ELIMINATION OF ELECTIVE COURSES ARE AMONG THE DISCUS SION

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'EORGE -ILLER $ 2ICHMOND THAT ATTENDING /BAMA S ADDRESS WAS AN EYE OPENING EXPERI ENCE FOR HIM h4HE TRIP GAVE ME A LOT TO THINK ABOUT v 7OODARDS SAID h3EEING /BAMA IN PERSON LET ME KNOW THAT ) CAN BE SUCCESSFUL TOO ) JUST HAVE TO WORK HARD AT WHAT ) DO h) KNOW WHERE ) M HEADED BUT ) DON T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ) M GOING IN LIFE v HE SAID h"UT

WHEREVER ) GO ) KNOW ) WILL BE SUCCESSFUL v !LTHOUGH HE DID NOT MEET /BAMA AFTER THE 3TATE OF THE 5NION ADDRESS 7OODARDS ATTENDED 2EP .ANCY 0ELOSI S $ 3AN &RANCISCO RECEP TION AND TOLD HER HIS STORY WHICH SHE SAID SHE WOULD PASS ON TO THE PRESIDENT 4HROUGH /.3 7OODARDS ATTENDED THE FIRST .ATIONAL -ENTORING 3UMMIT IN 7ASHINGTON

$ # LAST YEAR 4HE EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER MENTORING PRO GRAM REPRESENTATIVES FROM A HOST OF DIFFERENT MENTORING PROGRAMS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS WHICH MENTORING TACTICS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE YOUTHS RECEIVE PROPER SUPPORT )T WAS AT THE SUMMIT WHERE 7OODARDS MET 2EP -ILLER FOR THE FIRST TIME h) HAD A TICKET TO THE 3TATE OF THE 5NION ADDRESS AND MY STAFF SUGGESTED THAT ) MAKE THE TICKET AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORHOOD 0EACEKEEPERS v -ILLER SAID 4HE CONGRESSMAN CONTACTED /.3 $IRECTOR $EVONE "OGGAN IN SEARCH OF SOMEONE DESERVING OF THE HONOR 7OODARDS CONSIDERED A SENIOR FEL LOW BY /.3 WAS SELECTED BY A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF OFFICE MEMBERS TO BE -ILLER S GUEST h) WAS VERY IMPRESSED v -ILLER SAID IN REGARDS TO 7OODARDS h(E DECIDED TO GET HIMSELF AN EDUCATION SO HE COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO DO BET TER IN LIFE )T S DIFFICULT FOR YOUNG MEN TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ) M IMPRESSED THAT HE MADE THOSE DECISIONS v "OGGAN SAID 7OODARDS WAS CHOSEN TO BE -ILLER S GUEST BECAUSE OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK HE HAS DONE AND HIS PROGRESSION IN THE /.3 &ELLOWSHIP PROGRAM h$ 6ONDRE HAS BEEN ON TOP OF EVERY AREA ON HIS LIFE MAP v "OGGAN SAID h4O MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM THIS IS HARD TO DO 9OU HAVE TO WANT A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE (IS PURSUIT FOR CHANGE HAS SHOWED US THAT HE IS SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING HIS LIFE AND BEING FREE FROM GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIME v

4UESDAY &EB ! STUDENT WAS CONTACTED AND %ARLY ADVERSITY %ARLY IN HIS LIFE 7OODARDS LIVED IN 2ICHMOND CITED FOR SMOKING MARIJUANA IN WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER 0HYLLIS *EFFERSON WHO FRONT OF THE !RT "UILDING PLAYED A POSITIVE ROLE IN HIS ROUGH UPBRINGING ! FEMALE REPORTED HER CELLPHONE *EFFERSON HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY STOLEN FROM THE 7OMEN S ,OCKER ABOUT HER ONLY GRANDSON S CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE h) M VERY PROUD OF HIM v SHE SAID h) TOLD 2OOM HIM @9OU HAVE TO CHANGE AND GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND SINCE THEN HE S BEEN DOING GOOD 7EDNESDAY &EB ) THINK HE S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB v .O REPORTS TAKEN ON THIS DATE 7OODARDS A 6ALLEJO (IGH 3CHOOL DROPOUT

EARNED HIS '%$ AT 3IERRA !DULT 3CHOOL IN 7EDNESDAY &EB 2ICHMOND LAST YEAR (E BEGAN TAKING CLASSES AT .O REPORTS TAKEN ON THIS DATE #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE LAST SUMMER AND IS NOW IN !LEXANDRA 7AITE HIS THIRD SEMESTER 0RIOR TO THE RECENT CHANGES HE MADE IN HIS

7ITH HIS FATHER INCARCERATED AND HIS MOTHER LIFE 7OODARDS INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEADLY STREET LIFE OF THE "AY !REA LANDED HIM IN A NEAR FATAL -ARKESIA (UEY ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND IN AND OUT OF JAIL 7OODARDS TURNED TO THE STREETS IN AN ALTERCATION WITH 6ALLEJO POLICE 7OODARDS WAS RIDING IN A CAR WITH A FRIEND ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIS LIFE MORE PALATABLE h/.3 GAVE ME THE TOOLS THAT ) NEEDED TO GET WHEN HE SAID POLICE RAMMED THEIR CAR FROM MY LIFE BACK IN ORDER v HE SAID BEHIND 3INCE BECOMING AN /.3 FELLOW IN

h4HEY HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR v 7OODARDS SAID h) GOT OUT AND RAN THEN THEY SHOT ME IN 7OODARDS HAS MADE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM WERE EITHER UNABLE OR THE BACK v 4HE GUNSHOT HIT 7OODARDS LOW IN HIS SPINAL UNWILLING TO ATTAIN "OGGAN SAID h7E HAVE GUYS IN OUR PROGRAM AND ONLY A COLUMN PARALYZING HIM FROM THE WAIST DOWN $OCTORS TOLD HIM THAT HE MIGHT NOT WALK AGAIN FEW OF THEM ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE SOCIALLY WITH RIVALS v HE SAID h) WENT TO JAIL FOR SIX 7OODARDS NOT ONLY AND A HALF MONTHS v HE SAID h) WAS FIGHTING A “I know where I’m headed, COMMUNICATED WITH CASE WHILE IN A WHEEL but I don’t know exactly MEMBERS OF CONFLICTING GANGS OR NEIGHBORHOODS

CHAIR ) FELT THAT BEING where I’m going in life.

HE HAS ALSO TRAVELED WITH PARALYZED ) WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE MY LIFE WHEN ) But, wherever I go, I know THEM 4HE /.3 /PERATION GOT OUT OF JAIL v I will be successful.”

0EACEMAKER &ELLOWSHIP 7HILE LOCKED UP HE PROGRAM IS INTENDED SAID HE THOUGHT ABOUT $ 6ONDRE 7OODARDS

FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE SITUATION TO WHICH HIS STUDENT INVOLVED OR PERCEIVED TO LIFESTYLE LED (E DECIDED BE INVOLVED IN GUN VIO THAT WHEN HE GOT OUT HE LENCE IN 2ICHMOND WOULD CHANGE %ACH FELLOW IS CONNECTED WITH A CASE MAN AGER SERVICES COORDINATOR AND ASSIGNED A MENTOR -AKING A DIFFERENCE (E BEGAN HIS MISSION OF CHANGE WHILE STILL IN WHO HELPS THEM DEVELOP A PERSONAL LIFE MAP ,IFE MAPS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

JAIL FOCUSING ON WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WHEN HE WAS RELEASED AND OVERCOMING BEING A PARAPLE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES REGARDING HOUSING FINANC GIC 7OODARDS SAID IT TOOK HIM A MONTH AND A ES TRANSPORTATION ANGER MANAGEMENT RELATION SHIPS AND PARENTING HALF TO START WALKING AGAIN (OWEVER HIS BEHAVIOR DID NOT IMMEDIATELY CHANGE AFTER HIS RELEASE 7OODARDS SAID HE FELL (EAD OF THE CLASS )N RECENT YEARS 7OODARDS HAS CHANGED HIS RIGHT BACK INTO HIS OLD WAYS h7HEN ) GOT OUT OF JAIL ) WENT BACK TO THE LIFE FROM BEING A CRIMINAL TO AN UPSTANDING CITI STREETS v 7OODARDS SAID h) WAS SELLING DOPE ZEN AND A DEDICATED COLLEGE STUDENT %/03 COUNSELOR .AJIA !ZIZI SAID

HUSTLING AND CARRYING GUNS "ASICALLY ) WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT SOMEONE h!CADEMICALLY HE HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL (E S VERY MOTIVATED TO DO WELL AND HE MOTIVATES TO GO THROUGH WHO WAS IN THE STREETS h)T WASN T WORKING FOR ME ANYMORE SO ) OTHERS v 7OODARDS ENROLLED IN !ZIZI S #OUNSELING DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT v HE SAID *EFFERSON SAID 7OODARDS DID NOT BEGIN TO CLASS IN SUMMER 3HE IS ALSO HIS %/03 MAKE SERIOUS LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS UNTIL HE COUNSELOR 3HE SAID HE HAS A POSITIVE PERSONALITY HE IS MOVED BACK IN WITH HER 7OODARDS AND HIS FATHER $WIGHT 7OODARDS VERY DETERMINED TO DO WELL IN THE FUTURE AND HIS *R WERE LIVING WITH *EFFERSON WHEN $ 6ONDRE STORIES ARE INSPIRATIONAL TO OTHER STUDENTS 4HOUGH !ZIZI WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE 3TATE OF 7OODARDS WAS A YOUNG CHILD h(E WAS A GOOD KID v SHE SAID h) HAD NO THE 5NION SHE IS HAPPY AND PROUD OF HIM h4HIS SHOWS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY PROBLEMS WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG v 7OODARDS FATHER IS CURRENTLY SERVING A AND HOW HE IS AS A PERSON v SHE SAID h(E S ON YEAR PRISON SENTENCE 7OODARDS SAID HE HAS NOT THE RIGHT TRACK AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION (E S A ROLE MODEL TO THE REST OF THE STUDENTS v SEEN HIS FATHER SINCE HE WAS YEARS OLD !CADEMIC SKILLS PROFESSOR 3HERRY 3HARUFA IS 7OODARDS -ATH TEACHER THIS SEMESTER 3HE (IS INSPIRATION 4HE MAIN REASON THAT 7OODARDS SAID HE WAS ALSO HIS PROFESSOR FOR -ATH IN FALL

DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS LIFE WAS BECAUSE OF HIS A CLASS IN WHICH 7OODARDS EARNED A " h(E ALWAYS SITS IN FRONT OF THE CLASS HE ASKS SON YEAR OLD +EADEN 7OODARDS $ 6ONDRE 7OODARDS SAID HIS SON WAS BORN QUESTIONS AND HE SHOWS A GENUINE CONCERN FOR JUST THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO HIM BEING INTRODUCED HIS GRADE v SHE SAID h)F HE MISSES ANYTHING OR A CLASS SESSION HE TOUCHES BASES WITH ME v TO /.3 3HARUFA SAID SHE DID WATCH THE 3TATE OF THE h) KNEW WHEN HE WAS BORN THAT ) WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE v HE SAID h) WANT HIS LIFE 5NION AND SHE ENJOYED IT ESPECIALLY KNOWING TO BE BETTER THAN MINE ) DON T WANT HIM TO HAVE THAT 7OODARDS WAS IN ATTENDANCE h(E IS A PERSON OF HIGH INTEGRITY v 3HARUFA TO WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS ) HAD TO STRESS OVER BECAUSE ) HAD NO ONE THERE FOR ME EXCEPT MY SAID h(E CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM GRANDMOTHER ) WANT HIM TO BE A KID AND HAVE (E S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER HE @KID THINGS ON HIS MIND %VERYTHING ) DO FROM DECIDES TO DO v THIS POINT ON IS FOR HIM v

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(E WAS INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB BY COM MUNITY AND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AND HIS BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS HIRED (E SAID HIS WILL AND DEDICATION TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND HIS COM MUNITY SERVICES SKILLS IS WHAT DIRECTED HIM TOWARD BUSINESS (E SAID THE WILL TO HELP PEOPLE HAS NEVER LEFT SO HE WILL USE HIS SKILLS TO HELP AL !MIN WHERE IT IS NEEDED !L !MIN SAID DURING HIS TIME IN SCHOOL

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WITH OUR NEWLY HIRED VICE CHANCELLOR v !L !MIN SAID ANOTHER FOCUS OF HIS IS KEEPING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE IN DANGER OF ELIMINATION BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET PROBLEMS h) WILL TRY TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHILE THEY ARE DECLINING UNDER A REDUCING FISCAL CLIMATE v AL !MIN SAID #HANCELLOR (ELEN "ENJAMIN SAID SHE MET AL !MIN ONCE BUT HAD NOT FORMALLY WORKED WITH AL !MIN ON ANY ISSUES

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4HE !35 S SEMIANNUAL #LUB 2USH PRESENTED IN THE QUAD STARTED 4UESDAY AND CONTINUES TODAY 4HE EVENT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIV ITY GROUPS ON CAMPUS h7E ALWAYS LOCATE OURSELVES SO THAT WE ARE VISIBLE TO STUDENTS v )NTER #LUB #OUNCIL 0RESIDENT

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