Celebrate African-American history, learn college prep skills Saturday

Are you an African-American parent of a child who wants to learn more about going to college or connect with your community? Or are you an African-American young person who wants to learn life skills and plan for college? TCC/NAACP will hold the annual Youth Helping Youth conference from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at TCC's Northeast Campus. To learn more, watch: Diversity Dialogue.

P.S. Watch more with Tony Alonso, dean of diversity and civic engagement, at 8:30 a.m. on KTUL (channel 8) on Wednesday.

TCC to hold MLK Day of Service event Saturday

Do you want to do something this year to celebrate and carry out Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message? TCC is having a free, public event to educate adults and children about the importance of literacy on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to noon, TCC's event, Words of Change, will take place in the Fitness Center at the Northeast Campus.

Words of Change is open to anyone who wants to learn how reading and writing can be fun and engaging. There will be poetry performances, games, art projects, poetry writing tips and more. Plus, everyone will leave with a free book.

This event is a result of the U.S. Congress designating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer to speak, present work at TCC

If you don't have plans on Friday night, you do now. Jose Galvez, the first Mexican American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer is coming to TCC to speak and display his photo exhibit, "Somos Mismos, We are All Alike." The photos communicate that people have more in common than they might think. He will talk about his work at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Cyber Lounge at TCC's Northeast Campus.

"We all share similarities across this great land of ours," Galvez said via email. "We're families, attend celebrations, have faith, are business people and have hope for the future."

As you may have read in my last post, the Hispanic population is booming in Tulsa and TCC. This growth is leading to changes at TCC, including a new class, Hispanic American History. Galvez's visit to TCC is not only to display and talk about his work, but also to support the addition of this new credit class.

To view his work, visit http://www.josegalvez.com/.