Rosa Parks Transit Center 2011 Activities
Mesa College will celebrate the life and legacy of Rosa Parks on Thursday, February 3, 2011, at the Rosa Parks Transit Center (her birthday is February 4th). Please return to see a list of activities.
Rosa Parks Transit Center -- Unveiling and Dedication
ROSA PARKS TRANSIT CENTER
UNVEILING & DEDICATION
10 AM Thursday, February 25, 2010
Location: East Gateway entrance to Mesa College; corner of Mesa College Drive and Mesa College Circle
Remarks, Refreshments, Music & Entertainment
PROGRAM
“Ride on King Jesus” San Diego Mesa College Vocal Ensemble, directed by Richard Chagnon
Welcome: Rita M. Cepeda, Ed.D., President, San Diego Mesa College
Remarks:
Rich Grosch, President. Board of Trustees, SDCCD
Constance M. Carroll, Ph.D., Chancellor, SDCCD
David Umstot, Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management, SDCCD
Paul Jablonski, CEO, San Diego Metropolitan Transit District
Elizabeth Hamilton, Rosa Parks Institute for Human Rights and Self Development (San Diego-Mexico Branch)
Miguel Murillo, Student
Eniola Jose, Student Poet
Closing Remarks, Rita Cepeda
“Rosa Sat” Performed by: San Diego Mesa College Vocal Ensemble
Rosa Parks Memorial Project Community Forum
Community Forum Previewed Plans for Rosa Parks Memorial Project at Mesa College
Community Forum: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Joe and Vi Jacobs Center, Community Room, Market Creek Plaza, 404 Euclid Ave., San Diego, near the corner of Market Street and Euclid.
A community forum was conducted to preview of plans a memorial honoring civil rights activist Rosa Parks being built at San Diego Mesa College in Kearny Mesa. The memorial will include an MTS transit stop and surrounds at the new east gateway entrance to Mesa College. The forum was held Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Joe & Vi Jacobs Community Center, Market Creek Plaza, 404 Euclid Avenue. Speakers included Constance M. Carroll, Chancellor, San Diego Community College District; Dr. Rita M. Cepeda, President, Mesa College; Elizabeth Hamilton, Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. Presentations were made by the designers of the memorial project, public artists Nina Karavasiles and Mario Lara, and diversity expert Dr. Gerda Govine-Ituarte, Ed.D.