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Cal Poly engineering majors serving as mentors (standing on top back row), Diamond Bar high school student mentees, instructor Scott Chang, at far left, Pomona City Councilmember Rubio Gonzalez, at far right, and, seated in front Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval, and seated immediately behind Sandoval is LAMP mentee and Diamond Bar student Melvin Houston A new engineering mentoring program at Cal Poly University Pomona is hopefully heading for high schools throughout the Pomona Unified School District after a successful six-week summer pilot at Diamond Bar High School. Melvin Houston, a GZBF LAMP Mentor Program student, was instrumental in helping get the entire program off the ground. Houston was inspired to [...]

On November 8, 2018, Clark D. Rucker was named a finalist for the 2018 Amelia Earhart Award in acknowledgment of his accomplishments and contributions to The Boeing Company and to the Amelia Earhart Society. For the past 14 years, Rucker, has given back to the next generation of scientists, working with high school students, mentoring robotics clubs, offering advice about college and internships, and assisting college students in creating their resumes and other career advice. Rucker is a Board Director of the Gamma Zeta Boule’ Foundation where, among his many contributions, he champions the foundation’s annual March STEAMposium. He has also received two Global Diversity & Inclusion awards for his volunteer [...]

2018 LAMP Scholars: Corey O’Rane-Ealy (front row, from left), James Wilcox, Louis Preston, Mayor Terry Tornek, Alena DeVaughn, Maasai Moore, Darius Sorrells and Nicholas Turner. Back: Archon Gilbert Holmes, John Humphrey, Donald Humphrey, Ethan Monroe, Daylon Adkison, Tobias Humphrey, London Wright, Quintin Hollomand, Nicholas Richard-Craven, Dylan Haymond, Chandler Washington, Devon Culpepper, Tyler Street and Archon Bertral Washington Although he did OK in school, Corey O’Rane-Ealy recalled, he didn’t make grades for the honor roll until he was a sophomore or junior. The drastic improvement coincided with when he began to meet a contingent of local black businessmen through the GZBF. After a few discussions, O’Rane-Ealy learned just how hard some [...]