OBJECTIVES OF CBFSA (as posted on the State website 7/9/09)
•Focus on representing Black faculty and staff personnel in employment related civil rights grievances and slate personnel board hearing when required.
•Facilitate understanding of the unique needs of Black faculty, administrators, staff and students.
•Provide a forum for Black faculty, administrators, staff and students to ensure equal opportunity and promote human values in education.
•To aid in the development of a Black perspective on education in the broader community.
•To encourage the entry of more Black faculty, administrators, staff and
•Students into the university and college community.
•Sponsor and provide for the delivery and holding of lectures, exhibitions, public meetings, classes, seminars, and conferences for the purpose of advancing the cause of democracy and humanistic education.
•Encourage continuing career enrichment for Black faculty, administrators and staff.
•To maintain an informational network for members concerning courses of study, job openings, and innovations in, the field of education.
•To distribute a newsletter to all members informing them of events and activities of the association's members on the various campuses.
•Promote equal access to education for underprivileged and low income persons.
•Provide consultation to individuals, communities, and organizations on matters pertaining to education.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by J. Owens Smith, Ph.D.
ReplyDeleteThe California Black Faculty and Staff Association (CBFSA) was organized in 1969 because concerned persons felt that the needs of Black faculty staff and students were not being properly addressed. In order to remedy this serious shortcoming, the idea of a statewide effort was proposed and initiated by Dr. Enid Blaylock at California State University at Long Beach.
She recognized the fact that Black faculty and staff in California did not have central organization around which they could coalesce an effectively deal with problems faced by Blacks employed in higher education.
...Taking stock of our own dilemma, the Board of CBFSA decided to develop a more effective advocate organization in order to advance our cause.
With this new thrust we completely revamped our organizational structure, rewrote the bylaws and adopted new goals and objectives. The primary goal was to increase membership. To do this we conducted an intensive recruitment drive. After a year, we were able to double our membership. Our recruiting efforts over the years have been successful and today the figure is close to 600 dues paying members. Our membership stretches across the stale and encompasses all three systems of publicly-supported higher education. Our members are also found in private colleges and universities. CBFSA is the only organization of its kind in the nation and has far more members than any similar Black faculty and staff association in the U.S....
To help bridge the transition from my department to the campus community. To help retain staff members by helping them acclaimate to the culture of the campus at CSUSB. To help our students graduate from a university that is often hostile to students of African descent. To help give them the necessary skills to succeed. To let them see they can make it and succeed in their desired profession.
ReplyDeleteThe push to reduce students will impact african americans especially with lower gpa’s (campus demographics show that African Americans have the lowest gpa’s and are least likely to be retained in the current budget climate)
ReplyDeleteProvide guidance
To provide a form of familial support and guidance to Black students.
With budget cuts many minorities will be released from teaching positions
Problems with the retention and promotion of minority faculty.
Students need to see representation of themselves on campus.
Kinship, familiarity, and cultural association will breed a sense of communal involvement that leads to fulfilling employment responsibilities.
To encourage black cultural and retention events and opportunities to celebrate uniquely African American culture.
To remember that it goes back to the community – our students having degrees and job placement improves the quality of life in our communities and the world at large.