African / African American Graduation

The 14^th Annual African and African American Graduation ceremony is a pre-commencement celebration to honor African and African American students who through unyielding determination have successfully completed an Associate Degree and or Certificate, from a Peralta Community College. The ceremony is representative of African and African American culture and heritage and embraces the values of community scholarship and achievement.

The African/African American Graduation does not replace your college commencement ceremony. 

Graduation Date:
Saturday, May 21, 2022 

Location:
In-person festivities will be in the Merritt College Huey P. Newton Lounge beginning at 11:00 am, and the virtual event will be televised at 5:30 pm. The link will be forwarded in a later email. 

Virtual Graduate RSVP email:
africangrad@peralta.edu

With your RSVP, please include the following information for your Graduation Slide: 

• Full Name
• Student ID
• Graduation College
• Degree(s)/Major(s)
• Graduation Picture (Can be a cell phone pic)
• Whose shoulders you stand on/who supported your academic journey this far (two sentences)

Please forward your information no later than May 6^th.