PVCC Clubs
The Pride Club at Paradise Valley Community College is a welcoming and inclusive group for LGBTQIA+ students and allies. It provides a space for members to share experiences, support one another, and celebrate diversity through various events and activities, and build community. The club also works to promote understanding and acceptance across the campus community.
Pride Club Advisors:
The Association of Hispanic and Latin American Students (AHLAS) at our community college is dedicated to celebrating and promoting the rich cultures and traditions of Hispanic and Latin American communities. It offers a supportive space for students to connect, share experiences, and engage in cultural events and educational activities. The association also advocates for greater awareness and inclusion across the campus, ensuring that the voices of Hispanic and Latin American students and communities are heard and their needs are met.
AHLAS Advisors:
Cynthia Rojas Rangel - Email
Professor Leonard Macias - Email
Sheena S. Mata
602-727-7297
womenrising@paradisevalley.edu
Dr. Norma Chandler
602-787-7076
womenrising@paradisevalley.edu
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/K9NxfXAJVgdzKD5V8
Women's Rising Program - Primary goals of the Women's Rising Program are to:
- Promote empowerment, leadership, and sisterhood/community
- Provide opportunities to support student success through: chapter meetings, networking, academic and career development, professional development activities, cultural events and activities, and university transfer support.
- Increase the access, persistence, and graduation rate of Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian female students
- Connect Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian female students with academic and professional support resources and services
- Create a culture of success and empowerment amongst Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian female students
- All currently enrolled PVCC students are welcome to participate
Sheena S. Mata
602-727-7297
womenrising@paradisevalley.edu
Dr. Norma Chandler
602-787-7076
womenrising@paradisevalley.edu
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/whgpmYyY188q6Fgg8
MENs Program (Male Empowerment Network) - Primary goals of the MENs Network are to:
- Promote empowerment, leadership, and community
- Provide opportunities to support student success through: chapter meetings, networking, academic and career development, professional development activities, cultural events and activities, and university transfer support.
- Increase the access, persistence, and graduation rate of Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian male students
- Connect Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian male students with academic and professional support resources and services
- Create a culture of success and empowerment amongst Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian male students
- All currently enrolled PVCC students are welcome to participate
Center for International Studies
Michele Marion
Michele.marion@paradisevalley.edu
“Working in a diverse, multicultural environment challenges us to move beyond acceptance and respect to recognizing that we need to negotiate our relationships with others differently. That all of us are coming from different experiences and perspectives so that in each encounter we need to observe the interaction as we engage in it, and modify our styles as they modify theirs to come to better understanding.
The value of sharing school and work and our lives with diverse peoples allows us to keep looking through new eyes, to continue growing, to really model what Maricopa is about -- being lifelong learners -- about each other, ourselves and the world."
Rory Gilbert, Employee and Organizational Learning DSSC