HBCU Summit In Alabama Focuses On Opportunities, Challenges
By Mitchell Kilpatrick
To kick off Black History Month, students and leaders from Alabama’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) gathered at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham to discuss opportunities and challenges and ways to strengthen the state’s workforce.
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones moderated a panel discussing “Alabama at Work: Strengthening the State’s Workforce,” that included Lawson State Community College President Perry Ward, Marc Bayard of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Bishop State Community College President Reginald Sykes.
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