Sista-2-Sista is a mentorship program that works to support and build connections between Black female college students and high schoolers, housed under Pomona College’s Draper Center for Community Partnerships. The student-run program pairs Black women at the 5Cs with local high schoolers, creating community and fostering spaces that prioritize Black sisterhood.
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Reproductive medicine and policy: Abortion and the Supreme Court with Jaclyn Serpico
On Thursday, March 7, Jaclyn Serpico spoke at Pomona College about the intricacies of reproductive healthcare and her research on reproductive rights.
Pomona College Community Engagement Center creates new bridge for 5C students, staff, faculty and residents of the City of Pomona
On Saturday, Oct. 14, Pomona College opened its Community Engagement Center (PCCEC) in downtown Pomona, fulfilling the college’s 17-year dream of having a physical presence in the city of Pomona, with which it shares a name and history. In 2006, a group of faculty wrote a report on community engagement
Community, conversations and connections at the Draper Center
Staff members and student coordinators at Pomona’s Draper Center for Community Partnerships, a space that supports community engagement activities for students at Pomona and the 5Cs.
Pomona Mountain Project brings mental health outdoors to high schoolers in the Inland Empire
Do the 5Cs feel like a bubble? Pop it and take a step outside with the Pomona Mountain Project (PMP), an organization founded in 2019 by Shawn Trimble PO ’21 and Nicole Arce PO ’21, dedicated to giving nearby high school students an unorthodox approach to mental health care.
Broken Silence and Nobody Fails at CMC are expanding what students can do for each other
Broken Silence 5Cs and Nobody Fails at CMC continue to raise money and diversify goals upon return to campus.
Pomona Employment Partners tackle homelessness and unemployment one resume at a time
The student-run Draper Center program Pomona Employment Partners is tackling the Californian homeless crisis, working to eliminate unemployment in the city of Pomona by acting as one-on-one employment case managers. “I came to the conclusion that employment assistance [is] an area where college students seem uniquely positioned to help people experiencing homelessness,” founder Sophie Roe PO ’19 said.