{"id":679,"date":"2023-04-27T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2025-04-29T20:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:01:05","slug":"2023-celebration-of-black-graduates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/2023-celebration-of-black-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Mahafali \u2013 A Celebration of Black Student Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/04\/Mahafali-Flyer-2025.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">The Palomar\u00a0Black\u00a0Faculty and Staff Association (PBFSA) would like to celebrate our students&#8217; accomplishments at our ceremony\u00a0<strong>Mahafali &#8211; A Celebration of Black Student Achievement <\/strong>on Thursday, May 15th from 6-8pm at the Palomar College Student Union (San Marcos Campus).<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>We celebrate <em>Mahafali<\/em>\u2014Kiswahili for \u201cgraduation\u201d\u2014as more than a ceremony. It\u2019s a tribute to the strength, culture, and legacy of African American excellence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">We&#8217;ve planned an exciting night which will include dinner and entertainment. We are also gifting Kente graduation stoles that you can wear with your regalia at the main commencement ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Please fill out the following form to let us know&nbsp;of&nbsp;your interest in participating&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em><strong>Friday, May 9th at 5 p.m<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-23a043ba wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeQv6XdaJSJOow6IFiFAtjRp79UVvKrF2uNZh3dlxC_GjwFhg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Graduates, Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">If you have any questions, please contact <strong>Amber Colbert:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:acolbert@palomar.edu\">acolbert@palomar.edu<\/a> or <strong>Cheryl Kearse:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ckearse@palomar.edu\">ckearse@palomar.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palomar\u00a0Black\u00a0Faculty and Staff Association (PBFSA) would like to celebrate our students&#8217; accomplishments at our ceremony\u00a0Mahafali &#8211; A Celebration of Black Student Achievement on Thursday, May 15th from 6-8pm at&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/2023-celebration-of-black-graduates\/\">Continue Reading<span> 2025 Mahafali \u2013 A Celebration of Black Student Achievement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11032,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11032"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26998,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679\/revisions\/26998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/pbfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}