Our friends at Community Outreach Coordinators part of the Raíces Recruitment & Retention Center (formerly known as the RAZA Center) at UC Berkeley are hosting an winderful opportunity for you. Their mission is to demystify higher education through outreaches and programs geared towards low-income students of color to encourage them to attend higher education institutions as one way to ensure more opportunities for themselves and their communities and they wish to warmly invite you to our first-ever Raíces Regional Outreach & Opportunities Throughout Spring (ROOTS) a FREE hybrid program. Our ROOTS mission is to inspire High School & Community College students who may feel like school isn’t for them and reignite interest in continuing their education. Students will attend and participate in this 3 week-long program, and each week is a different region in CA, students will attend a 3-day long week of their specific location. With workshops focused on the various pathways to achieving higher education and workshops focused on fostering self-confidence and identity!
Week 1 Southern California: Thursday, March 17-Saturday, March 19
More detailed information can be found in the student application, linked below.
ROOTS Student Application:
Applications will have the following deadline:
- Southern CA students the deadline is Tuesday, March 15th at 11:59 PM
Any questions or concerns, please feel free to email: outreach@raices.berkeley.edu