Several MAA Brothers led by Brothers Kalonji Saterfield and Chris Walton supported this event with their presences and presented a $1,000 donation to help support programming.
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African American comprise a relatively low percentage of students at UCI; the Fall Harvest is an annual, early school year event designed to bring African American students together for them to meet as a group along with AA faculty, staff and community organizations. Several Phi Lambda Chapter Brothers were in attendance and played very prominent roles throughout the evening. Brother Theron Smith is currently a graduate student at UCI and was one the scholarship recipients during the event. As you are aware the Orange County Uplift Foundation (OCUF) has provided mentoring and scholarships for many years to Phi Lambda Brothers, and others, through its signature Career Matching Program (CMP.) It should be noted that UCI Black Alumni and Alpha Phi Alpha awarded several scholarships during the Fall Harvest. MAA and OCUF had a prominent display throughout the event; representatives from African American student organizations along with Black faculty and staff had information tables and provided updates. An excellent meal was catered by Backyard BBQ.
Our new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) program is an important component of our already mature and successful STEM mentoring program. Our STEAM mentorship program is committed towards providing guidance to college undergraduate students through participation in workshops, community service, and one-on-one mentorship.
The goal of the program is to foster educational and professional success by preparing and inspire young women and men in underserved communities to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) discipline and environments. These skills are needed for the jobs of tomorrow and through our STEAM initiative, we are expanding our CMP program even further and providing the essential components to prepare our students for the future.
Morris O’Kelly, guest Speaker at the CMP Luncheon
The CMP Mentorship program was honored to have as their guest speaker Mr. Morris O'Kelly. "Morris O’Kelly, better known as “Mo’Kelly” is a radio and television commentator. His show, “The Mo’Kelly Show” is heard weekends on KFI AM640, the #1 news/talk station in America.
