As we conclude Black History Month 2021, Jahshua Smith, metro Detroit region program supervisor for AdviseMI, asked MCAN AmeriCorps VISTA Delesiya Davis and four of our AdviseMI college advisers about what the month means to them.
AdviseMI college adviser Zariea Williams discusses "code-switching," where Black people use white language to navigate professional spaces.
Everyone imagines their last year of high school as being the time of their life. ... However, the 2020-21 school year hasn’t lived up to what most seniors were hoping for when they began their high school journey four years ago.
AdviseMI college adviser Rayvon Miles-Smith interviews two Black college graduates about their college experience and the importance of Black history.
AdviseMI college adviser Janay Johnson reflects on her college selection process and how she dismissed HBCUs too quickly.
Jahshua Smith reflects on the beginnings of Black History Month and the lessons today's activists can learn from it.
Guest author Bill DeBaun, NCAN Director of Data and Evaluation, looks at some of the barriers that prevent students from completing the FAFSA.
First-year AdviseMI adviser Janay Johnson talks about her successes and challenges implementing the College Cash Campaign in her high school.
Schuyler Pruis, MCAN's Americorps VISTA for data and technology, walks through the updates to our Impact Map.
AdviseMI adviser Erneso Duran talks about his accomplishments as an adviser, and what he looks forward to in the new year.