{"id":4477,"date":"2015-03-12T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2015-03-12T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:58:16","slug":"skyline-college-hosts-second-annual-brothers-and-sisters-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/skyline-college-hosts-second-annual-brothers-and-sisters-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyline College Hosts Second Annual Brothers and Sisters Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4478 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-1-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"brothers and sisters conference 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-1-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Skyline College concluded its African American Heritage Month with the second annual Brothers and Sisters Conference. The conference serves as a transitional and welcoming opportunity for African American high school students as they graduate and move on to college. The conference also strengthens Skyline College\u2019s existing outreach efforts to increase the number of African American students on campus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4479 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"brothers and sisters conference 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brothers-and-sisters-conference-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This year\u2019s theme was \u201cIt\u2019s Your Time to Shine,\u201d focusing on college success and how to navigate through the college system. The students experienced an engaging keynote speaker, participated in workshops, went on a campus tour showcasing our premiere CAA\/CTE programs (Automotive, Cosmetology, and Respiratory Therapy), and lastly heard inspirational stories and important information from our student panel. The high schools that participated this year were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lowel High school<\/li>\n<li>Jefferson High school<\/li>\n<li>Oceana High School<\/li>\n<li>Westmoor High School<\/li>\n<li>El Camino High School<\/li>\n<li>South City High School<\/li>\n<li>Capuchino High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special thanks to all the Skyline College students, faculty, classified staff and administrators who helped make the conference memorable for the high school students and chaperones who attended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Article by Kwame Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skyline College concluded its African American Heritage Month with the second annual Brothers and Sisters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}