Welcome to Jesuit High School’s Black Student Union
website. Please visit to see what we are doing, what’s
coming up or to get more information. We are excited to
launch our site and hope it is a great resource for all of those
that visit
For more information please contact Mr. Josh Palone
Come celebrate with us as we listen, learn and reflect during
Black History Month. All are invited to join us for our
speaker series starting on February21. We will listen as
our speakers share stories of their journey to success. All
parents and family members are welcome to attend! All
speakers will begin at the start of our lunch period, 11:50am and
will conclude at the end of the lunch period, at 12:40pm.
Please come to our Little Theater, which is located in the
Barry Gymnasium, through the lobby doors. Hope to see you
there!
With understanding of how to combine editorial excellence with
new media style, Lawrence (Larry) C. Lee is leading The OBSERVER
Media Group into the 21st century as a powerful multi-media voice
for the ethnic consumer.
Scott Syphax is the President and CEO of The
Nehemiah Companies, a Sacramento, CA based
social enterprise and development corporation.
Scott leads the development team of Township
9 – a 3,000 unit master-planned, smart-growth
community in downtown Sacramento. As CEO
of Nehemiah, he manages the Nehemiah
Community Reinvestment Fund, which has
leveraged over $880 million in projects to spur
development in low-income and underserved
communities. Through Nehemiah Corporation
of America’s former flagship program, The
Chet P. Hewitt has more than 25 years experience working in the
public and nonprofit sectors,
and has served as the President and CEO of Sierra Health
Foundation since September 2007.
During his tenure at Sierra Health, Chet has been credited with
increasing the foundation’s
impact by establishing new mission-driven grant programs and
creating local, state and
national partnerships.
Prior to joining the foundation, Chet spent five years as the
Agency Director for the Alameda
It was bright and early on Monday January 16, 2012 and the J-High
students came out to join the March. The March began at the
Oak Park community center and ended 6 miles later at the
Sacramento Convention Center. A special thank you goes out
to all the students, faculty, and parents that came out to
support this event. It was a day off from school, and you
sacrificed some sleep to join in the festivities. We look
forward to having an even greater presence at the March next
year!
Experience Berkeley is a program that aims to increase the
diversity of Black, Latino, and Native American students at UC
Berkeley. We provide students with UC application resources,
information on scholarships and financial aid.
The Sacramento Chapter of the Links, Incorporated gives
scholarships and awards annually to graduating high school
seniors of African heritage who exemplify academic excellence and
exhibit leadership potential. The scholarship committee
administers all chapter scholarships, awards funds and selects
recipients. The chapter offers varying amounts of scholarships
and awards through four programs.
Kwanzaa was a great celebration that brought families together
for the holidays. Students, parents, brothers and sisters, we
were all there together.
We prayed, ate great food, had inspiring performances and learned
more about the Kwanzaa tradition! Thank you to all of the
students and parents that were behind the scenes and did a lot of
leg work to see this event succeed. A thank you to Ms.
Latko and Ms. Pryor for attending the event and supporting the
BSU.
The theme of the summit was “The Color of Change”. It was a
great event that was organized by Bellarmine Preperatory High
School students and their Co Diversity Directors, Barbara
Henderson Davis & Gwen White.
The Jesuit students that were in attendance were: freshmen,
Anthony Wesley and Mario Ortega, juniors, James Avila-Ellington
and Kayman Nixon and Keith Jefferies representing the senior
class.
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