{"id":53044,"date":"2012-03-16T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=53044"},"modified":"2023-12-15T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:41:06","slug":"summit-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/03\/16\/summit-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"A sampling of advice from the Conference for Black and Latino Men"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ozzie<\/a>

Ozzie Jones ’92 offers advice at a Bates-hosted conference for black and Latino male students. Photograph by Simone Schriger ’14.<\/p><\/div>\n

A sampling of advice from the \u201cConference for Black & Latino Men from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening address by David Wall Rice<\/h3>\n

Rice is professor of psychology at Morehouse College and leader of that school\u2019s Identity Orchestration Research Lab.<\/p>\n

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  • \u201cStep outside the stereotypes and complicate the picture: Be your own man, utilize immediate democratic space, assume responsibility and accountability.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cBe successful in meaningful, life-affirming, community-building ways.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cDon\u2019t just whistle Vivaldi,” a metaphor for embracing cultural preferences that please majority groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Alumni Panel<\/h3>\n
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    • Robb Brown<\/strong>, Bates \u201992, founder and principal owner of the Denver Retail Group real estate brokerage; member, African American Leadership Institute: \u201cFind the opportunity where there appears not to be opportunity, and maximize the opportunity.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Hajmil Carr<\/strong>, Bowdoin \u201900, founder, Novaya Mortgage, largest mortgage company in New England; and Trueline Publishing, publisher of trade journals throughout the U.S. and Canada: \u201cAre you a winner? Do you act like a winner? Show intellectual capacity.\u00a0 Confidence is so critical.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Jay Scott-Harris<\/strong>, Colby \u201998, vice president and legal product specialist, Putnam Investments; writing coach and mentor for students through Citizen Schools of Boston: \u201cUse your liberal arts education, which teaches you how to deal with a range of different subjects and how to communicate well \u2014 on paper, in person, electronically, every way you can.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Faculty Panel<\/h3>\n
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      • Joseph Atkins<\/strong>, visiting assistant professor of psychology and coordinator of multicultural student programs, Colby College: \u201cFind a personal mentor, an adviser, and listen to them carefully.\u201d<\/li>\n
      • Tashia Bradley<\/strong>, associate dean of students at Colby: \u201cTake an hour a week to do something you wouldn\u2019t do in the course of your normal schedule. Broaden yourself.\u201d<\/li>\n
      • Marcus Bruce<\/strong>, a 1977 graduate of Bates who is now the college\u2019s Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Religious Studies: \u201cYou have a calling,\u201d he said. \u201cFind it and build on it.\u201d<\/li>\n
      • Brian Purnell<\/strong>, assistant professor of Africana studies, Bowdoin College: \u201cBe on time.\u00a0 Sit in the front of the class.\u00a0 Speak up in class. Pester your professors. Carve out time for academic life.\u00a0 Start your work early.\u00a0 Read a good newspaper every day.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Concluding address by Ozzie Jones \u201992<\/h3>\n

        Jones is a stage and film writer and director.<\/p>\n

        \u201c[Society] may not love the kids who haven’t gotten a chance, but they love the guys who have made it to Bates and places like it. Society wants you to succeed, and holding yourselves to a lower standard is not necessary, sufficient or acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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