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ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ hosts the 10thannual Youth Helping Youth Conference in partnership with the NAACP at ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ's Northeast Campus. The one-day event combines a celebration of African-American history and education to help prepare students for college. The conference includes workshops aimed at a college prep curriculum and walks parents through the financial aid resources available and college funding opportunities.

Students from grades 6-12 are invited to attend, along with their parents or other adult family members. The event is free to participants and provides a morning of breakout sessions designed to help parents and students plan for college and develop skills necessary to be successful.

Break-out sessions are titled: Preparing for ACT; Black History: Past and Present; Black Student Experience: the Remix; Everything you wanted to know about college but were afraid to ask; Why ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ is for me.

ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ is proud of its commitment to diversity which is one of the college’s five core values. The annual event has served to diversify ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ’s student body by increasing our minority student population and reaching out to historically underserved and underrepresented communities through outreach. ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ’s minority enrollment has climbed significantly in the past 20 years.

• 2011-2012 28.7% minority enrollment

• 2001-2002 21% minority enrollment

• 1991-1992 12.9% minority enrollment

The 10th annual Youth Helping Youth Conference is 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 at ÍøºìÇ°Èα¬ÁÏ’s Northeast Campus at 3727 East Apache (on the corner of Apache and Harvard). If interested in attending, please make your reservation by calling (918) 595-7838 or online at www.tulsacc.edu/naacp by Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.