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Special Thanks to Blair Imani Sessions

gzb_admin2022-01-11T13:14:19-08:00

Throughout the year, the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program receives tremendous support and accolades from many members of our local and national community. We are privileged to express our gratitude to Ms. Blair Imani, author of the book, Read This to Get Smarter. Ms. Imani is a nationally recognized author. Her works include Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More (2021), Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream (2020), and Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History (2018). Ms. Imani has lectured and presented Oxford, Stanford, Brown, Harvard, Duke, and as well as numerous conferences in the US and abroad. [...]

Special Thanks to Blair Imani Sessionsgzb_admin2022-01-11T13:14:19-08:00

Jacobs and the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program expand their Commitment to the Success of African American Young Men

gzb_admin2022-01-12T00:19:43-08:00

The L.A.M.P. Mentor Program and Jacobs, a national leading engineering and STEM company, have enjoyed a mutual commitment to the success of the Program for many years. In November 2021, at its annual board meeting, Steve Demetriou, Jacobs’ CEO, announced a new level of support with a $100,000 gift to the Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation for the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program. The announcement came as part of the recognition of the service of Archon Robert Davidson for his 20-year tenure on the board of Jacobs. Archon Davidson introduced the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program to Jacobs and its senior leadership. Jacobs and Mr. Demetriou have been supporting the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program with an annual [...]

Jacobs and the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program expand their Commitment to the Success of African American Young Mengzb_admin2022-01-12T00:19:43-08:00

L.A.M.P. Mentor Program Alumni and Mentees Collaboration

gzb_admin2022-01-10T14:52:28-08:00

According to Wikipedia, “A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past”. Another dictionary source defined tradition as – “The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication”. Both definitions were proven and demonstrated to be true on December 18, 2021, when L.A.M.P. continued its annual tradition of bringing back former Mentees who are now at universities across this land to speak to, and provide advice to, and take questions from the current Mentees. The session was moderated by the president of Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation, [...]

L.A.M.P. Mentor Program Alumni and Mentees Collaborationgzb_admin2022-01-10T14:52:28-08:00

The BROTHERHOOD – January 2022

gzb_admin2022-01-10T20:08:51-08:00

The BROTHERHOOD – January 2022gzb_admin2022-01-10T20:08:51-08:00

L.A.M.P. Mentees and Parents See August Wilson’s Seven Guitars at A Noise Within in Pasadena, CA

gzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:52-08:00

One part of the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program includes the Mentees reading two books during the program year. This year, the Mentees read the August Wilson play, Seven Guitars. This is the second August Wilson play that the Mentees in the Program have read. In 2019, the Mentees read, Gem of the Ocean. Also in 2019, the Mentees and parents went to the local Pasadena theater, A Noise With, to see a rendition of Gem of the Ocean. In 2021, the Mentees and parents repeated that experience by seeing the rendition of Seven Guitars at the same theater. The experience had two significant components. First, the Mentees read the play in advance [...]

L.A.M.P. Mentees and Parents See August Wilson’s Seven Guitars at A Noise Within in Pasadena, CAgzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:52-08:00

Tribute to Former La Salle Preparatory President Dr. Richard Gray

gzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:36-08:00

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of the former president of La Salle College Preparatory, Dr. Richard Gray. In addition to serving at the prestigious Pasadena based high school for 20 years, Dr. Gray was an ardent supporter of the Gamma Zeta Boulé Foundation’s L.A.M.P. Mentor Program from its inception. After learning about the Gamma Zeta Boulé Foundation from Archon Raymond Ealy, Dr. Gray immediately promised his support for the goals of the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program. He offered the use of La Salle’s beautiful and spacious Blakeslee Library as a venue for some of the Saturday morning L.A.M.P. sessions. Dr. Gray was extremely impressed with the L.A.M.P. [...]

Tribute to Former La Salle Preparatory President Dr. Richard Graygzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:36-08:00

L.A.M.P. PAC FOUNDING CHAIR STEPS DOWN

gzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:18-08:00

Therese Dodds, L.A.M.P. parent and the first Chairperson of the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program Parents Auxiliary Council (L.A.M.P. PAC) has stepped down from her position. She made this decision due to promotions and added responsibilities at work and has handed the leadership post to Mark Fowler. Therese (pictured with her two sons, Marshall, and Landon) was the first chairperson of the L.A.M.P. PAC. Gamma Zeta Boule launched L.A.M.P. PAC in the 2020/2021 school year as a part of the Foundation’s Institutional Infrastructure (II) strategic goal. Therese brought many brilliant ideas to the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program and L.A.M.P. PAC including launching workshops for the parents, and many programs to engage L.A.M.P. parents in [...]

L.A.M.P. PAC FOUNDING CHAIR STEPS DOWNgzb_admin2022-01-11T13:13:18-08:00

The BROTHERHOOD – November 2021

gzb_admin2021-10-31T19:28:02-08:00

The BROTHERHOOD – November 2021gzb_admin2021-10-31T19:28:02-08:00

L.A.M.P. 2021/22 Class Returns to In Person Sessions

gzb_admin2021-10-31T19:30:46-08:00

The Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation, L.A.M.P. Mentor Program commenced its 16th season of providing workshops on Leadership Achievement Management and Professionalism for African American high school males with sessions on August 28 and September 25, 2021. This year there are 36 Mentees in the Program. The first session of the L.A.M.P. Mentor Program was on August 28, 2021, at the Pasadena Rosebud Academy. The Academy is a Black-owned Charter School in Altadena, CA. This was the first in-person session since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. The L.A.M.P. COVID protocols were developed with input from the COVID-19 Advisory Panel of the Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation Board of Directors. The protocol includes [...]

L.A.M.P. 2021/22 Class Returns to In Person Sessionsgzb_admin2021-10-31T19:30:46-08:00

The L.A.M.P. Suit Bank and the JCPenney Collaboration

gzb_admin2021-10-31T19:37:36-08:00

The genesis of the L.A.M.P. Suit Bank came from the caring and concern of two of our very own mentees; Xavier Smith and Marshall Dodds. They approached Therese Dodds and Elvia Bedolla, from the L.A.M.P. Parent Auxiliary Council, when they noticed some mentees were not dressed in the required business attire for the monthly events. Sensitive to the potential reasons for this Marshall Dodds stated: “Xavier and I thought a suit exchange program would be a great idea that would help mentees who didn’t have suits. I, myself, have had some nice suits handed down to me from family friends, which has allowed me more variety in my business attire. My [...]

The L.A.M.P. Suit Bank and the JCPenney Collaborationgzb_admin2021-10-31T19:37:36-08:00

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