CAMP SUYI

SDAD 5400
Bianca Galam, Lucas Ruiz,
and Megan Winter
Community Cultural
Wealth
The set of knowledge, perspective,
and abilities that communities of
color gradually acquire and share in
order to battle against racial
biases rooted in society.

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 Literature Review Themes
- Mentorship is key: Mentorship has the ability to empower students
to realize their potential for success, and celebrate the
cultural wealth they have to offer.

- Familial capital is a vital resource, and one that is largely untapped: Family
members feel comfortable in their role as emotional/personal
support network, but their input and understanding is not
often considered in their student’s college preparatory
development.

- Immersion is vital to promoting a college going culture: Connecting

students with an in depth experience on a college campus has
a great deal of positive influence.

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Promising Practices
Immersive College Prep Programs Mentorship
✗ Jr. Discovery ✗ College Access Now
✗ Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) at ✗ Young Black Scholars
Pomona College ✗ Rainier Scholars
✗ STEP/BEST programs at New York ✗ FIRST program at
University Clemson University

Family Engagement
✗ Family Engagement Institute (FEI)
at Foothill College
✗ Family Development Institute (FDI)
at University of Southern
California

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Recommendations

Family Programming On-Campus Immersion Scholarship

Courses and workshops Immersion program during Room & board scholarships
for students and families 4-week summer camp for for SUYI students
offered HS students successfully completing the
program

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Our process

Summer Funding
Mentorship camp to to
for students immerse promote
and families in college residence
culture life

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Group Reflection
Challenges
✗ Group dynamic adjustments
late into the quarter.
✗ Scholarship
recommendation is not
complete as there are
several moving pieces.
Highlights
✗ Community Cultural Wealth
theory ties in well with
the project, and worked in
our favor.
✗ Group members’ knowledge of
new scholarship opportunity
guided our recommendations.
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Thank you!
Any questions?