Published 12/08/2021

For the past six years, California Community Colleges have been in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), through the transfer guarantee program.  Once again, we have connected California Community Colleges with HBCUs by building pathways for HBCU graduate students seeking careers in California Community Colleges (CCC).    

In partnership with the CCC Chancellor’s office, the Pipelines2Possibilities (P2P) LLC https://pipelines2possibilities.org/) implemented an internship program with a mission to offer an HBCU graduate intern program designed to develop an intentional faculty pipeline within the CCCC state-wide districts through proactive recruitment, training, during and retention of diverse tenured faculty aimed to diminished equity gaps and meet the needs of our diverse student population to improve student success.  

In the spring of 2021, we successfully piloted the first P2P cohort! The P2P Program will be conducting Phase II in Spring 2022, with a cohort of 10 HBCU graduate interns. Our team is reaching out to you in hopes that you can assist us in identifying potential Black/African American faculty to serve as mentors from all disciplines.   

The time commitment and responsibilities for someone serving as faculty mentor will include:  

• Meet with the Intern/Mentee to onboard and orient them to the campus and district personnel 
• Meet with Intern/Mentee a min. of 4 hours per month (virtual)  
•  Attend monthly professional development sessions (9am-2pm) on Fridays (See dates below) 

• • Friday, January 28^th, 2022 
  • Friday, February 25^th, 2022 
  • Friday, March 25^th, 2022 
  • Friday, April 22^nd, 2022 
  • Friday, May 20^th, 2022 
  • Friday, June 24^th, 2022 
  • Friday, July 8^th, 2022

• Provide access to professional development opportunities at campus and district levels 
• Participate in the P2P Mentor Orientation (January 7^th, 2022 8am -4pm) *In Sacramento 
• Participate in the P2P Faculty Mentor/Mentee Kick-off Orientation (Saturday Jan. 22^nd 2022 9-2pm PST)  
• Assist with mentee career development preparation including resume assistance, interview preparation, networking, etc.  

Faculty mentors will receive a stipend of $7000 for their 16-week commitment as well as professional development opportunities and networking opportunities with industry leaders in support of their mentee.  
Please share this email with potential faculty and have them use the link below to apply. 

Application Link: https://forms.gle/kvfQQMLqsW8rarPs9