2022-2023 Student Equity Mentoring programs collage

We are the leaders we are looking for, quote by Grace lee Boggs

Mentoring Men of Color

GCC Student Equity Mentoring Programs Logo The Mentoring Men of Color (MMC) Program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to participate in an outcomes-based mentorship delivered through a collaborative mentor-mentee partnership. The ultimate goal of the experience is to support our students’ growth in their areas of interest, promote opportunities for self-discovery and leadership, and provide brave spaces for mentors and mentees to be creative and inspire change. This program is unique in that it requires an interactive, activity-based mentor/mentee partnership.

Goals & Objectives

The program is designed to enhance sense of self, highlight community cultural wealth, and increase sense of belonging as mentors and mentees work together on projects over the course of a year.

Objectives of the program are designed with the following outcomes in mind:

Cultivate Personal Self-Confidence: Confidence in the ability to perform life tasks
Highlight Locus of Control: Sense of control and responsibility over academic future
Enhance Self-Esteem: Realizing self-worth and value
Enhance Sense of Belonging: Experiencing an environment of support, affirmation, and perceived value from faculty and staff
Highlight Racial Affinity: Positive racial regard and feeling of connection to my racial/ethnic community
Appreciation for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
Improve Communication and Leadership
Support Motivation to succeed
Nurture and enhance cultural wealth

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Past Projects

Mentor Name	Mentee Name	Project Name	Project Description/ Outcomes
Beth Kronbeck and Mike Dulay	Israel Frank	Self-Advocacy for Mental Health	Marketing material designed for students encouraging them to seek help and creation of QR codes for resources on campus.
Aisha Conner-Gaten	John Marte	Research Help Desk (RHD) Promotional Video	Creation of a short promotional video for the Library's Research Help Desk service. Outcomes include developing storyboards and script, discovering library resources and services, selecting appropriate video tools and creating the video.
Fidel Gonzalez	Heliazar Ramirez Rivera	Conflict Resolution	Heliazar created a Conflict Resolution presentation and presented it to learning community students. This included learning about why individuals may avoid conflict from a historical and cultural lens and how folks can utilize strategies to navigate conflicts in academia as well as how to communicate more effectively through conflict resolution.
Kevin Dimatulac	Luis Martinez	Community Cultural Wealth	Mentor and mentee presented at the 2019 GCC IDEAS Conference. They facilitated a session exploring Yosso's Community Cultural Wealth model and how it can be used to illuminate the knowledge, skills, networks, and abilities men of color bring to institutions of higher education.
Beth Kronbeck	Robert Peters	Student Liaison for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness	Mentee presented to student groups about the NACCC survey and presented to ASGCC about the Accreditation process to help recruit volunteers for the ISER.
Aarin Edwards	Joram Mugarwa	Using Human-Centered Design to study the experiences and needs of parenting students	Joram and Aarin used the five phases of Human-Centered Design (empathize, define, ideate, protype, and test) to design parenting student programs for GCC. Using his interest in sociology, Joram conducted interviews with students, and then led a team of student workers in creating recommendations for the CalWORKs Program.
Eric Hanson	Eduardo Garcia	Photography Club	Eduardo worked to re-create the GCC Photography club and to publicize photography and the arts through the club’s activities. He learned the process of navigating bureaucratic challenges and to network with professors, managers, and other students to create support for his vision.
Julie Gamberg	Robert Tarango	Linguistic Justice Practice in Community College and Beyond GCC Conference Website	Created a webpage for Glendale College's Linguistic Justice Conference with graphics, information, and hyperlinks to registration and additional information.
Nareh Manooki and Christopher Herwerth	Guia Marie Cipriano, Lucia Castillo, and Alphonso Gonzalez	Go Baby Go!	In partnership with the nonprofit *Go Baby Go!*, the MSTEM Engineering team modified a ride-on toy car to accommodate children with cerebral palsy and presented it to the recipient at the end of the year.
Francisco Gago	Alexa Chung	Exploring the Evolutionary Loss of Cervical Vertebrae in Deep-Sea Dragonfishes (Stomiiformes) Using a Clearing and Staining Technique	Alex learned how to use a clearing and staining technique, where muscle tissue is digested using trypsin (a protease), while differentially staining bone and cartilage using alizarin red and alcian blue, respectively. This technique makes the fishes transparent, so their skeleton can be studied under a dissecting microscope. He compared the structure of the cervical vertebrate in Stomiiformes with several outgroups in order to understand the evolutionary loss of cervical vertebrae.