In Response to Joy: Culturally Responsive Student Supports

SSSC26 Session Description

Improving student success requires more than access to services; it requires support systems that recognize students’ culture, identity, and lived experiences. This session explores an emerging approach to culturally responsive student support developed through equitable counseling work and partnerships with community colleges.

Presenters will share examples of how colleges are redesigning onboarding, advising, and student services to be more relationship-centered, accessible, and responsive to the students they serve. Participants will engage in a student journey activity and identify practical changes they can make in their own roles to improve student belonging, persistence, and success.

Presenters
Byron Reaves, Director, Career Ladders Project
Tommy Reed, UMOJA Counselor/Coordinator, Chabot College
Monique Greene, Counselor, Riverside City College

Room: 4