Kinecta Empowers African American High School Students with its Black History Month Event
Published on 3/8/2023
Kinecta proudly hosted its fifth annual Defying the Odds Black History Month event on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Over 60 male African American students from Environmental Charter High School, Leuzinger High School, Long Beach Jordan High School, Mira Costa High School and Verbum Dei High School participated in this symposium composed of accomplished African American business professionals sharing stories about overcoming adversity to achieve professional success.
"It's an honor to help address the unique challenges that young Black men face while transitioning from high school to college or into full-time employment," said Latrice McGlothin, Executive Director, Kinecta Community Foundation, and event co-creator. "As part of Kinecta's commitment to the advancement and strengthening of the communities we serve, we host the Defying the Odds Black History Month event to connect students with tools, community and contacts to help them define their own paths toward success."
Chief of Public Safety at Loyola Marymount University, Robbie R Williams, delivered the keynote. In addition, C. Von Parchman, 6x Entertainment; Jayvon Brown, CDF Labor Law, LLP; Jeff Harris, JB Harris Consulting; Doyin “Doc” Adewole, Actively Black; Cedric “Beastie” Jones, BMoved Foundation; Nathan Bell, Dignity Health Sports Park; Sean Patikas-Hunter, Kinecta Wealth Management; Mikle McBride, Long Beach Unified School District comprised this year's panel and guest speakers. The event was moderated by Kinecta’s Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Marquis Boochee.
The event topics included skills for thriving in the workplace, interacting with law enforcement, the business of entertainment, how to gain wealth, investing, goal setting and resiliency. Students had the opportunity to hear from professionals, ask questions and share their own stories and goals. The students were also shown how to tie a tie from the panelists and guest speakers.
During 2022, Kinecta, its subsidiaries and employees donated more than $1.2 million to charitable causes, volunteered over 6,300 hours and participated in over 200 community events. To learn more about Kinecta's community outreach programs and activities, visit kinecta.org/community.
Kinecta proudly hosted its fifth annual Defying the Odds Black History Month event on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Over 60 male African American students from Environmental Charter High School, Leuzinger High School, Long Beach Jordan High School, Mira Costa High School and Verbum Dei High School participated in this symposium composed of accomplished African American business professionals sharing stories about overcoming adversity to achieve professional success.
"It's an honor to help address the unique challenges that young Black men face while transitioning from high school to college or into full-time employment," said Latrice McGlothin, Executive Director, Kinecta Community Foundation, and event co-creator. "As part of Kinecta's commitment to the advancement and strengthening of the communities we serve, we host the Defying the Odds Black History Month event to connect students with tools, community and contacts to help them define their own paths toward success."
Chief of Public Safety at Loyola Marymount University, Robbie R Williams, delivered the keynote. In addition, C. Von Parchman, 6x Entertainment; Jayvon Brown, CDF Labor Law, LLP; Jeff Harris, JB Harris Consulting; Doyin “Doc” Adewole, Actively Black; Cedric “Beastie” Jones, BMoved Foundation; Nathan Bell, Dignity Health Sports Park; Sean Patikas-Hunter, Kinecta Wealth Management; Mikle McBride, Long Beach Unified School District comprised this year's panel and guest speakers. The event was moderated by Kinecta’s Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Marquis Boochee.
The event topics included skills for thriving in the workplace, interacting with law enforcement, the business of entertainment, how to gain wealth, investing, goal setting and resiliency. Students had the opportunity to hear from professionals, ask questions and share their own stories and goals. The students were also shown how to tie a tie from the panelists and guest speakers.
During 2022, Kinecta, its subsidiaries and employees donated more than $1.2 million to charitable causes, volunteered over 6,300 hours and participated in over 200 community events. To learn more about Kinecta's community outreach programs and activities, visit kinecta.org/community.