African American Mentoring Program
Acknowledging, recording, retelling, and addressing African American graduate students’
experiences is important to their success in higher education. One of the key elements
to student success is mentorship. From preschool to college, Black students demonstrate
positive academic outcomes in environments where they are supported by healthy mentoring
villages. Since 2001, AAMP has supported the needs of 300 undergraduate and graduate
students of African descent throughout SDSU and at our sister AAMP program at California
State University Long Beach (CSULB Founding Faculty Directors: Dr. Beverly Booker
Ammah and Dr. Brandon Gamble).
Contact us: [email protected] | 619-594-4467
Director & Founder: Tonika Duren Green, Ph.D., NCSP
The Goal of AAMP
The goal of the African American Mentoring Program (AAMP) is to recruit, retain, and sustain students of African descent in graduate level programs at San Diego State University.
AAMP is devoted to ensuring that the educational experiences of students from multiethnic and diverse African-descended backgrounds are supported, mentored, and fostered.
AAMP seeks to enhance students’
- Professional growth
- Self-awareness
- Self-confidence
- Cultural responsiveness
- Historical presence
Moreover, AAMP is committed to being a source for connecting students with community resources, faculty mentors, and peers that identify and can relate to their experiences in higher education.
News
AAMP Received a $500 Donation from AT&T
AAMP Presents at the Association of Black Psychologists Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
3 AAMP Mentors and 7 AAMP Students traveled to New Orleans to present at the Association of Black Psychologists Convention (ABPsi). This annual international convention is the only one of its kind, with a focus on African-Centered Psychology. AAMP students and mentors presented on the effectiveness of the AAMP program from a mental, emotional, spiritual, and psychological perspective. The presentation was a success!
Dream Deferred Conference: The Future of African American Education
Los Angeles, California
Presenters From L to R: Nicholas McIntosh, CSP; Angelia Watkins, SPED; Jessica Dishmon, CSP; Dr. Angela McIntosh, SPED; Dr. Tonika Duren Green, CSP; Dr. Regina Brandon, SPED, Dr. Beverly Booker, CSULB (Formerly SDSU CSP Faculty)
AAMP Student Reflections
Read a variety of personal reflections from student participants in our program - including poems, personal stories of struggle and triumph, and a prayer of thanks.
SDSU students, faculty, and community members gathered together for a Black Lives
Matter panel discussion. The event was sponsored by the African American Mentoring
Program (AAMP). The founder of AAMP, Dr. Tonika Green, invited 4 panelists to address
questions related to promoting education, identity development, health, and finances.
Expert panelists included Dr. Adisa Alkebulan, Associate Professor of the Africana Studies at SDSU, Dr. Darlene Willis, CEO and President of Empowering Parents and the Chief Executive Officer of Concerned Parents Alliance, Freda Davis-Johnson a Registered Nurse and Project Director for California Newborn Screening, and Robert McClinton, CEO of McClinton & Associates, an independently owned office of Primerica. The moderator, Lisa Covington, conducts Black Girls Matter research.