San Manuel Grant Will Enhance Native and Indigenous Outreach
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ has received $60,000 grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in support of the College's efforts to support Native and Indigenous students and communities through cultural education, archives, oral histories, internship opportunities, and relationships with local tribes.
The grant will provide funding to the Native &Indigenous Initiatives at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿, a program that is housed in the College's Community Engagement Center (CEC), and to a new oral history project of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s CASA (Critical Action & Social Advocacy) community center and community-based research program.
The $60,000 grant, which was awarded last fall, is the latest example of San Manuel's long history of supporting ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s efforts to support Native and Indigenous populations.
"ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Native Indigenous Initiatives programs align with San Manuel's giving pillars of 'Inspiring our Future through Education' and 'Preserving Cultural Traditions'," said Lynn Valbuena, Chairwoman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. "It is important to collaborate with local communities in this work, and we are pleased to be able to assist ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ on an important initiative that will benefit Native and Indigenous students in this region and beyond."