Nominate Your Black/African American Heroes for the LBCC 1865 Awards!
Now is the time to honor your Black/African American heroes by nominating them for a 2025 1865 Award. LBCC’s 1865 Awards were established in June 2023 to celebrate not only Juneteenth, but also to honor a Black/African American LBCC student, a Black/African American staff or faculty member, and a Black/African American community member who exemplifies a commitment to the Black/African American community through service.
Get details and nominate:
- a student for the 1865 LBCC Student Award here,
- a faculty or a staff member for the 1865 Courageous Leader Award here, and
- a community member for the 1865 Empowerment Award here.
The deadline for submissions is Fri., May 30, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
The 1865 Award recipients will be announced and honored at LBCC’s annual Juneteenth celebration on Wed., June 18, 2025, at 12 p.m. in W-201, LAC.
STUDENT ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting services or
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
services, please contact Camille Bolton at (562)
938-4846 or cbolton@lbcc.edu , and Disabled
Students Programs & Services (DSPS) at (562) 938-4558 or dsps-staff@lbcc.edu and
Stephanie Bonales at sbonales@lbcc.edu or (562)
938-4918 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
FACULTY AND STAFF
ONLY
If you require Sign language interpreting
services, please contact Camille Bolton at (562)
938-4846 or cbolton@lbcc.edu, and Rebecca Lucas
at rlucas@lbcc.edu at least
5 business days prior to the event.
If you require Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services, please contact Camille Bolton at (562) 938-4846 or cbolton@lbcc.edu , and Elizabeth Perez-Rodriguez at cart@lbcc.edu at least 5 business days prior to the event. *Please note requests are based on provider availability, the more advance notice the better.*