2026 Black Student Success Week: Black Hour, Basic Needs Support is Institutional Infrastructure, Not Intervention

Join California Community Colleges for this statewide initiative focused on advancing Black student achievement, community, and opportunity across our colleges. This year's theme is Revolution: (Re)Defining Black Student Success.

In this Webinar, we will present findings from the 2025 Real College Basic Needs Survey, using disaggregated data to illustrate the most significant barriers faced by postsecondary students, including Black and African American students. This session will explore how institutions must operationalize support for food, housing, mental health, and financial stability needs, and develop these resources as part of institutional infrastructure rather than peripheral services. This discussion reframes student support as an institutional responsibility central to Black Servingness.