Commission for Community, Minority and Non-Formal Education (CCMNFE)

CCMNFE is dedicated to the belief that minority and non-formal life-long learners contribute to professional development and human fulfillment within communities as promoter of productive social change, and advocates of relevant public policy and programs.

Director: Deborah LeBlanc, (dleblanc@nu.edu)

Activities:

(For further information on any of these activities contact the CCMNFE Director, dleblanc@nu.edu)

• AACCCT & CCMNFE are hosting a regional conference on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at National University, San Bernardino, CA.
  The theme is "Community Engagement: To Ensure Accountability in Adult Literacy for Minorities" More information is available HERE.

Past Events

• CCMNFE will co-host the 3rd annual '2011 Salute to the Urban Valedictorian' community event in the Los Angeles, CA area on June 4, 2011
• Co-host - "Summit -Closing the Academic Gap for African American Males" National University Los Angeles, CA July 21, 2011
• 2010 Community Educators Conference: Theme: "Proactive approaches to addressing Toxic School Culture", May 13 -14, 2010, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
• The commission hosted its first conference - CCMNFE-AAACE Regional Conference - theme: "Community Accountability in Adult Literacy' at Tennessee Tech University, Cooksville, TN, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
• CCMNFE co-hosted a 'Businesswoman's Roundtable Discussion' as a pre-conference event for the 2008 Congressional Black Caucus, at the Four Season's Hotel in Washington, DC.

The History of CCMNFE

The CMNFE Commission has had three presidents since its inception; Dr. Vanessa Sheared, Dr. Elizabeth Ojo, and Dr. Deborah LeBlanc. CCMNFE hosts on-going dialogues and group discussion on community related topics designed to improve social change and human relationships in society. It sponsored a successful pre-conference training during the 2005 AAACE annual conference, “Improving Race Relations.”