Teamsters intends to call off their strike planned Jan. 22-26.
The California State University (CSU) is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with Teamsters Local 2010 on a three-year contract. The agreement covers 1,100 skilled trades employees across 22 of the CSU’s 23 campuses.
The agreement must be ratified by the union membership and will be brought to the CSU Board of Trustees for approval at its March 2024 meeting.
As a result of reaching this tentative agreement, Teamsters has indicated that they will call off their strike, which was planned for January 22-26.
“I offer my most enthusiastic congratulations to everyone involved in the negotiations and applaud their commitment to the collective bargaining process,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred García. “The work of our Teamsters-represented employees is invaluable, providing our students with an environment that supports their success, and I am thankful and appreciative that we have been able to arrive at a fiscally sustainable agreement that fairly compensates them for their skilled and dedicated work.”
Both parties will provide further details regarding the tentative agreement in the coming days.
About the California State University
The California State University is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 450,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are people of color, and nearly one-third of them are first-generation college students. Because the CSU’s 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.
Several CSUs are still accepting applications for the fall 2024 term.
With 23 universities across California, the CSU offers more access to diverse higher education pathways than any other public university system in the United States. While the priority application filing period for the fall 2024 term has passed, several CSUs across the state have extended the deadline to apply and are still accepting applications.
Find answers below to some of the most common questions students have when applying to the CSU.
How do I apply to the CSU and when are applications due?
Applicants should start by visiting the Cal State Apply portal and creating an account. Students input their information just once to apply to any of the CSU’s 23 universities. The priority application filing period for the fall 2024 term has passed, but more than half of CSUs continue to accept applications. Prospective students are encouraged to apply to their desired campus as soon as possible as they are accepting applications on a space-available basis. Visit the Cal State Apply website for a full list of application dates and deadlines.
Freshman applicants who are California residents or students graduating from a California high school should have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be admissible into the CSU. However, students who have less than a 2.5 GPA but greater than a 2.0 GPA should still consider applying as they can be considered for admission using a number of additional factors or by going through the admission application appeal process.
Transfer students should have a minimum 2.0 GPA in all college coursework. Non-California residents can view admissions requirements on the Cal State Apply website.
Where do I get help with submitting my application?
A number of CSU campuses are offering application workshops to assist students. Students are encouraged to check their desired campus outreach office or their high school or community college counselor or career center to find out if there are any workshops being offered for them.
Applicants can also take advantage of a chatbot nicknamed “Cassie,” which can be found in the bottom right-hand corner of the Cal State Apply portal. Virtual assistants are available 24/7 through the chatbot. They can also get application help via email and phone by contacting Cal State Apply customer service liaisons.
What does it cost to apply?
It costs $70 to submit an application, and applicants can apply to up to 23 universities. So, for example, if a student wishes to apply to four CSU campuses, the total would be $280. However, the CSU has expanded its California resident undergraduate application fee waiver, and now almost half of all applicants will qualify to have the $70 fee waived for up to four universities.
The Cal State Apply application will automatically alert students if they’re eligible to receive a fee waiver when they’re about to submit. If an applicant does not automatically qualify for an application fee waiver, they may file a fee waiver appeal form with their desired CSU campus.
Can international students obtain an acceptance letter without SAT or TOEFL scores?
Applicants do not need an SAT score to apply to the CSU. However, international students whose primary language of instruction was not English in the last three years do need to take the Test for English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit those scores to the respective campus they’re applying to.
Applicants are also encouraged to visit their desired CSU website for prospective international students to see all of the requirements to obtain admission.
I just applied…. now what?
The first thing applicants should do after applying is check their emails to confirm that the campuses they applied to have received their application. Applicants can also check that information in the Cal State Apply portal under “check status.”
Applicants should pay close attention to emails and text messages from the campuses they applied to in case there are any updates to their application. Campuses will send out notice of their admissions decision by March 31, 2024.
Lastly, applicants should apply for financial aid as soon as possible. At the CSU, about 80% of students receive some kind of financial aid, and 60% of undergraduates have their tuition completely covered by grants or other non-load aid.
Find out more about what to expect after you’ve submitted a CSU application.
Is there an option to provide a letter of recommendation?
Applicants do not need to submit any letters of recommendation, resumes or personal statements. A majority of the admissions decisions are based off of academic coursework they enter into the application.
Applicants do need to submit an essay and two letters of recommendation if they are applying to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), which is a student support services program that provides admission, academic and financial help to historically underserved students throughout California.
The California State University (CSU) will be providing regular updates during the strike. All CSU campuses are open during the strike. We respect the rights of the faculty union and their members to engage in strike activity and remain hopeful that we can reach an agreement with the California Faculty Association (CFA) for the sake of our students, faculty, the system and the state.
The parties were in communication with each other over the weekend. We will not discuss any details of those communications.
As you may have already seen, the CSU has reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters Local 2010 on a three-year contract. The agreement covers 1,100 skilled trades employees across 22 of the CSU’s 23 campuses. Teamsters members are not participating in the faculty union’s strike. The agreement must be ratified by the union membership and will be brought to the CSU Board of Trustees for approval at its March 2024 meeting. We are hopeful we can also reach an agreement with the CFA soon.
Meanwhile, there still remains misinformation about the status of classes. Again, classes are not canceled. Individual faculty members who decide to strike will cancel their own classes. Students should check their class portals or contact their professors to find out whether they intend to hold class this week. If students have not heard from their instructor that their class is canceled, they should assume that it is being held as scheduled and go to class. There have been no changes to the published spring academic calendar, and the strike will not interfere with students’ ability to complete their courses and graduate on time.
People coming to campus should expect to see picket lines and may experience traffic delays, but access to campus will be maintained and offices and facilities will be open to provide services and resources to students to help them prepare for the new semester.
There have been questions about what the CSU has offered the CFA.
The CSU has offered the faculty union a 15% raise over three years (a 5% raise each year).
The CSU has offered the faculty union two additional weeks of paid parental leave (currently 6 weeks, we have offered 8 weeks).
The CSU has offered to accept 13 of the independent factfinder’s 15 recommendations. This includes the factfinder’s comments on paid leave, department chair pay, gender-inclusive restrooms, and counselors and other key items.
The CFA’s demand for a 12% raise would cost $312 million just this year. Their other economic demands, such as life insurance increases and raising the minimum pay add up to another $68 million, for a total of $380 million. This is financially unrealistic. Their request far surpasses the state funding increase that the CSU received in last year’s state budget ($227 million) and is more than the entire budget of Cal Poly Pomona ($369 million).
The CSU remains committed to supporting our students and entering into labor agreements that do not result in cuts to the academic and student supportive programs that make the CSU the most diverse and transformative university system in the nation.
We will continue to provide regular updates.
About the California State University
The California State University is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 450,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are people of color, and nearly one-third of them are first-generation college students. Because the CSU’s 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.
California Faculty Association calls off strike effective immediately.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The California State University (CSU) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with the California Faculty Association (CFA), ending their systemwide strike after one day. Students are advised to look for messages from their instructors regarding adjustments to their classes.
“I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred García. “The agreement enables the CSU to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability. With the agreement in place, I look forward to advancing our student-centered work — together — as the nation’s greatest driver of social mobility and the pipeline fueling California’s diverse and educated workforce.”
The CFA represents approximately 28,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches across the CSU’s 23 universities.
Further details regarding the agreement will be provided in the coming days.
About the California State University
The California State University is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 450,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are people of color, and nearly one-third of them are first-generation college students. Because the CSU’s 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees is beginning the search for the next regularly appointed president of California State University, Fullerton. Serving a population of almost 40,000 students, Cal State Fullerton is the largest university in the system.
The first meeting of the Trustees’ Committee for the Selection of the President will be held in a hybrid in-person/virtual open forum from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6, at the Meng Concert Hall on campus. During this time, the committee will outline the search process and the community will be invited to share their preferred attributes of the next president of Cal State Fullerton.
Please note that campus and community members wishing to address the committee through the virtual option are required to register in advance on thePresident Search website. The deadline to register to speak remotely during the open forum is Monday, February 5 at 5:00 p.m. Confirmed registrants will receive details about how to participate. The virtual open forum will be web-streamed live and archived on the search website. Individuals may also provide written submission via the site.
CSU Trustee Jack McGrorywill chair the committee. The other trustee members include Mark Ghilarducci, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie,Trustee Chair Wenda Fong and CSU Chancellor Mildred García.
Board policy requires the chair of the CSU trustees to appoint an Advisory Committee to the Trustees’ Committee. The Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from the faculty, staff, students and alumni, as well as a member of a campus advisory board, all of whom are selected by the campus’s constituency groups. Also on the Advisory Committee is a vice president or academic dean from the campus, and a president of another CSU campus—both selected by the chancellor. Both committees function as one unified group.
Members of the Advisory Committee for the Selection of the President include:
Catherine Brennan, Ph.D., associate professor, Biological Sciences, and Alexandro José Gradilla, Ph.D., associate professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies (faculty representatives)
Matthew Jarvis, Ph.D., chair, Academic Senate
Elaine Dixon (staff representative)
Maysem Awadalla and Gavin Ong (student representatives)
Nicholas Andrew Cabeza (alumni representative)
Jon Smith (CSUF Philanthropic Foundation board representative)
Lisa Kirtman, Ph.D., dean, College of Education (administration representative)
Ajá Reneé Clarke and Tam T. Nguyen (community representatives)
Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D., president, California State University, Long Beach
Over the next several months, the committee will review candidates and conduct interviews.
Dr. Sylvia A. Alva currently serves as interim president following the retirement of Mr. Framroze Virjee in July 2023 after five years as Cal State Fullerton’s president. Alva will continue to serve as interim president while the national search is conducted.
About the California State University
The California State University is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 450,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are people of color, and nearly one-third of them are first-generation college students. Because the CSU’s 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.
California State University (CSU) Chancellor Mildred García has appointed Greg Saks as vice chancellor to lead the CSU’s Division of External Relations and Communications. He will join the executive leadership of the CSU system in this new role on February 12, 2024, and will report directly to the chancellor.
“Greg is an inclusive, strategic and principled leader, an innovator and a tireless and compelling communicator of the CSU mission,” said Chancellor García. “As a champion of the transformational power of higher education and of California’s diverse and talented students, Greg has a long and extraordinarily impressive track record of garnering support for the institutions he has represented. I have every confidence that, with his leadership, the CSU’s commitment of access, success and inclusive excellence will reach and inspire countless students, families, friends and supporters.”
In October 2023, Chancellor García announced that the former Division of University Relations and Advancement would be renamed the Division of External Relations and Communications to reflect her vision to strengthen the CSU’s position as the nation’s preeminent university system. The Division of External Relations and Communications will work to achieve this vision by leading the CSU’s efforts in advocacy, communications and brand positioning, media relations, advancement, and alumni engagement.
As the vice chancellor of the division, Saks will serve as the key policy advisor to the chancellor and the CSU’s 23 university presidents in navigating immediate and emerging issues as well as creating mid- and long-term strategies for communicating to key stakeholders and constituents the transformative impact the CSU has on students, families, communities, the state and nation.
“It is an honor to be expanding my opportunity for impact with the nation’s largest and most diverse four-year university system as the vice chancellor for External Relations and Communications,” said Saks. “Through its dedicated leaders, faculty and staff, the California State University is empowering the nation’s future educated workforce and uplifting communities throughout California and beyond. I look forward to working alongside our invested stakeholders in telling our students’ powerful stories and taking the CSU to even greater heights.”
Saks brings more than 30 years of leadership in higher education stakeholder engagement, philanthropic development, government advocacy and strategic communications. He currently serves as vice president for University Advancement at California State University, Fullerton, a position he has held since 2013, and is the executive director of the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation. Under his leadership, CSUF has strategically elevated its marketing and brand position and developed an authentic outreach effort that has grown its presence and built advocates throughout the region and the diverse communities throughout the state and beyond. In addition, Saks significantly expanded all aspects of philanthropy, including the successful completion of the first comprehensive campaign for Cal State Fullerton that raised more than $270M toward a goal of $250M.
Prior to CSUF, Saks served as the vice president for University Advancement at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). During his tenure, CSUDH expanded its alumni engagement and government and community relations activities, and strengthened the case for investment in CSUDH that resulted in 80% more philanthropic commitments and grew the university’s endowment by more than 68%.
Saks also served eight years at Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, in leadership roles in alumni and parent relations as well as development. He also held positions in student affairs and advancement at Baylor University and Cal Poly Pomona.
Saks is a product of the CSU, having earned his bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in communications from Cal State San Bernardino. He also holds a master’s degree in higher education administration from Ohio’s Miami University.
About the California State University
The California State University is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 450,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are people of color, and nearly one-third of them are first-generation college students. Because the CSU’s 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.
Wang Family Excellence Awards honor exceptional contributions in teaching, scholarship and service to CSU students.
The California State University (CSU) will present four faculty and one staff member with the esteemed Wang Family Excellence Award for their unwavering commitment to student achievement and advancing the CSU mission through excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Each honoree will receive an award provided by CSU Trustee Emeritus Stanley T. Wang and administered through the CSU Foundation.
Honorees will be recognized publicly today, January 30, during the CSU Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach, California.
“It is my great honor to confer the 2024 Wang Family Excellence Award to five extraordinary individuals who have made it their life’s work to elevate the CSU learning experience and create limitless opportunities for our students,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred García. “Their skill, innovation and unwavering commitment to fulfilling the CSU’s mission wonderfully represent the highest ideals of the university.”
Introduced in 1998, the Wang Family Excellence Awards recognize CSU faculty members who have distinguished themselves through high-quality teaching and excellence in their area of expertise. The awards also acknowledge a staff member whose contributions go above and beyond expectations.
The five honorees are:
John Crockett, Ph.D., San Diego State (AVP for Research Advancement, Adjunct Professor of Geosciences) | Outstanding Staff Performance
Dr. John Crockett has been credited for invigorating the university’s research enterprise by determining what objectively measurable, functional contributions he and his team can make that leverage SDSU scholars’ intrinsic excellence. As a result, SDSU has been able to grow its research activity by more than 40% in just five years, now exceeding $192 million in external research activity in 2023.
With his team, Crockett has supported the training of more than 300 new faculty members on the San Diego State campus and many more graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. One of his group’s signature programs is the Grants Research and Enterprise Writing fellowship, which coaches early-career faculty members on communicating effectively with grant officers, developing successful proposals and sharing their research with media and other stakeholders.
For the past decade, Crockett has also worked to foster the expertise of early‐career faculty at SDSU. With an emphasis on equity, he and his team received NSF funding for and designed an intervention focused on preparing early‐career scholars to contribute equitably within science teams and be credited for their contributions.
Kelly Ansley Young, Ph.D., Cal State Long Beach (Professor of Biological Sciences) | Outstanding Faculty Innovator in Student Success
For the 20 years she has been at Cal State Long Beach, Dr. Kelly Ansley Young has utilized her exemplary teaching skills, knowledge, focused scholarship and student-centered inclusive approach to create pedagogical and mentoring programs for faculty that promote student achievement.
As part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) program at Cal State Long Beach, Young created two programs to train mentors of research students, her most recent program focusing on mentoring through an equity and inclusivity lens. Since summer 2022, over 600 mentors have completed the Advanced Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) program and Young has trained AIM leaders at 11 CSU campuses, with nine of these universities adopting AIM. All told, AIM mentors are projected to reach an estimated 42,000 to 140,000 students during their careers.
Young’s reproductive biology research laboratory is revered as a place where her students are not merely observers; they do their own research, present it at conferences and publish it in scholarly journals. Young successfully funded student research through three NIH grants. Overall, Young’s practices and programs have multiplied exponentially the success of CSU students.
Daniel Crocker, Ph.D., Sonoma State (Professor and Chair of Biology) | Outstanding Faculty Scholarship
Dr. Daniel Crocker is a world-renowned researcher and expert on how human-created stressors such as noise and contaminants affect the survival and reproduction of thousands of species that live in the oceans.
Discover how Guardian Scholars and similar programs empower foster youth to achieve their dreams of earning a college degree.
Cal State Fullerton alumna and former Guardian Scholar Junely Merwin earned a bachelor’s degree in human services in spring 2019.
For a quarter century, the CSU-led Guardian Scholars program has created a powerful and lasting impact for foster youth, benefiting thousands of students. Founded at Cal State Fullerton in 1998, the initiative made history as the first of its kind in the nation and laid the foundation for similar foster youth programs at each of the CSU’s 23 universities and across the country.
According to the National Foster Youth Institute, only 3% to 4% of former foster youth obtain a four-year college degree because it is uncommon for students to have the financial resources, mentorship, support, stability and guidance they need to complete postsecondary education.
The Guardian Scholars program breaks these barriers by providing a nurturing support system with wraparound services and a community that enhances belonging and success for students. It provides financial aid and basic needs support, as well as academic and professional resources including mentorship, network connections, advising and opportunities for leadership and career development.
CSUF’s Guardian Scholars program was recognized by the CSU Board of Trustees at its January meeting for 25 years of supporting former foster youth on their path to educational and career success.
“Founded in 1998 with just three students, the Guardian Scholars program has now helped hundreds of CSUF scholars achieve their dreams of earning an undergraduate degree, [and] many alumni have also gone on to earn master’s degrees,” CSUF Interim President Sylvia Alva said at the meeting. “The graduation rate for transfer scholars is nearly 80%, essentially eliminating the gap between them and the general student population at Cal State Fullerton.”
This year marks CSUF’s largest cohort of Guardian Scholars with 27 current students expected to graduate in May. And the program recently expanded its services to graduate students, and nine are currently participating.
“Through hard work and a dedicated commitment to these remarkable students, Cal State Fullerton has become a trailblazer,” Alva said. “Our Guardian Scholars program inspired others to develop similar projects that assist current and former foster youth, which have expanded to 90 colleges and universities, including all 23 CSUs.”
A co-founder and major partner of the Guardian Scholars program at CSUF is the Orangewood Foundation, a leading service provider to youth in Orange County. The Orangewood Foundation has given $1.3 million over the years to the university to support the program.
“The incredible graduation rates for [Cal State Fullerton’s] Guardian Scholars students are not a fluke,” Orangewood Foundation CEO Chris Simonsen said. “They are due to a vision 25 years ago that is still well-executed and a continued investment of resources by university leadership. Cal State Fullerton created the ‘gold standard’ for the Guardian Scholars program, and that model has been replicated across California and the entire United States.”
CSUF alumna Becky Wells (‘00), who was among the first cohort of Guardian Scholars, shared with trustees how the program impacted her life.
“As a single mom and former foster youth, the financial burden of college was obvious,” Wells said. “Less obvious, and something I underestimated, was the emotional support needed to make it through my last couple years of college. The people of Guardian Scholars helped pour the foundation of my success post college.”
Wells continues to advocate for the program, saying, “A university’s greatest resource is people. Put the right people in the right place and you can change lives forever.”
Learn how higher education is a primary driver of improved socioeconomic status.
Photo courtesy of Cal Poly Humboldt
The California State University educates some of the most ethnically, economically and academically diverse student populations in the nation, and nearly one-third of CSU students are the first in their families to attend college. The CSU frequently highlights its ability to provide “social mobility” for its students, particularly those who are first-generation college students. The question is: What exactly is social mobility and how does it relate to obtaining a college degree?
Social Mobility and Higher Education
First coined in 1927 by Pitirim Sorokin, a sociologist and political activist, social mobility refers to the movement of a person from one social status to another. In countries like the United States, individuals are freer to improve their social standing and experience upward social mobility.
Upward social mobility, the type of social mobility referenced in college rankings, describes the improvement of an individual’s socioeconomic status. Although there are various means for attaining upward social mobility, obtaining a college degree is one of the most common and proven methods. Furthermore, “social mobility” is not simply limited to an increase in annual income. It can also include greater opportunities in society that would otherwise be unattainable, such as more prestigious jobs, wider professional networks and better access to health care.
Data from the 2012 Pew Economic Mobility Project shows that earning a four-year college degree promotes upward mobility from the bottom of the family income and wealth ladders and prevents downward mobility from the middle and top rungs. A 2021 study from Georgetown University demonstrated that the lifetime value of a college degree is $2.8 million. This analysis also discovered that bachelor’s degree holders earned 75% more money than those who only had high school diplomas.
However, college graduates don’t only have a higher rate of upward economic mobility. Research collected in 2015 by the Lumina Foundation demonstrates that degree holders report higher levels of happiness and better overall health outcomes due to higher quality living conditions and health care, as well as less stress. Additionally, College Board’s 2023 report, Education Pays, shares that college graduates face lower rates of unemployment and are more likely to enjoy the stability that comes from retirement plans and health insurance.
See how CSUs are celebrating Black History Month this year.
Photo courtesy Ally Barriga/Fresno State
Each year in February, Black History Month provides the CSU an opportunity to recognize the legacy of Black and African American individuals—including leadership, faculty, staff, students and alumni—who have made lasting contributions to both the CSU and their communities.
“The California State University celebrates Black History Month—and the students, faculty, staff, presidents and trustees whose work exemplifies and elevates Black success and excellence every day across the CSU’s 23 universities,” CSU Chancellor Mildred García says. “We are proud to showcase just a few of the many ways our Cal State family is observing Black History Month, paying tribute to Black heritage and culture, and honoring the rich legacy of Black achievement.”
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