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HCC Diversity Council Committee Hosts ‘School To Prison Pipeline’ Discussion
Earlier this month, the Hillsborough Community College Diversity Council Committee hosted a “Coura- geous Conversations” forum. The topic of discussion was the “School To Prison Pipeline” trend that is preva- lent throughout the nation.
The event took place at the Student Services Build- ing Auditorium at the Bran- don Campus.
Professor TaMetryce Collins, Professor of Psy- chology and Program Man- ager for the Social Sciences at the Brandon Campus, who served as the Moderator, gave the occasion, and intro- duced the panelists.
Dr. Nancee Sorenson,
President of the Brandon Campus extended the wel- come.
Members of the panel were: Dr. Lewis Brinson, Chief Diversity Officer, Hills- borough County School Dis- trict; Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee; Dr. Brenda Walker, Professor of Special Education, Univer-
sity of South Florida, and Di- rector of the CAROUSEL Center; Dr. Joyce Hamil- ton-Henry, Director of Ad- vocacy at the ACLU of Florida; and William C. Daniels, Public Affairs Offi- cer, U. S. Department of Jus- tice, U. S. State Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida.
The program facilitators were Dr. Navita Cum- mings-James, Professor, Communications Depart- ment, University of South Florida, and Dr. Roy Ka- plan, past Executive Direc- tor of the National Conference of Christians and Jews for Tampa Bay.
Members of the Diversity Council Committee are: Ms. Barbara Cockfield, Dr. Ginger Clark, Dr. Joan Holmes, Ivan Mesa, Ms. Tierra Smith, Davidka McCaskill, Ms. Liz Cran- dall, Ms. Adrianna Grow, Ms. Sharon Hen- derson, Darryl Myles, Dean Lief Penrose, Ms. Bonnie Finsley-Satter-
Professor
Collins, who served as the Moderator, is shown with Michael Newett at the confer- ence.
field, Ms. Shannen Hage- mann, Ms. Sharlotee Henderson, Je’Vonte Reaves, Ms. Tricia Black- burn, Ms. Marilyn Car- rasquillo, Ms. Michelle Colson, Mastapha Lahrach, Ms. Christina Sanchez, Ms. Deborah Andrango, Professor Bobbie Harris, Freder- ick Sails, and Dr. Carol Zavarella.
Dr. Joan Holmes made the closing remarks. (Pho- tography by BRUNSON).
TaMetryce
Some of the Conference participants included the conference were: Dr. Joan Holmes, Dr. Navita Cummings-James, and Ms. Bar- bara Cockfield.
Warren Smith, Ms. Marilyn Williams, Larry English, and Ms. Ricquitta Lomax attended the Conference.
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