[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF THE 1300 CAMPAIGN

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 7, 2022

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, it is with delight that I rise to honor 
the 1300 Campaign for their outstanding efforts to close the college 
achievement gap in the Sacramento region. The 1300 Campaign, a 
community-led and systems change initiative, is dedicated to 
permanently transforming the historical systematic barriers that have 
limited opportunities for young men of color.
  In 2013, Improve Your Tomorrow was founded with the mission to 
increase the number of young men of color to attend and graduate from 
colleges with the vision of a world where men of color are 
overrepresented in higher education and underrepresented in the 
criminal justice system. The 1300 Campaign is an initiative of the 
Sierra Health Foundation, My Brother's Keeper Sacramento, and the Chan 
Zuckerberg Initiative with backbone support provided by Improve Your 
Tomorrow, a homegrown organization within my district. Working together 
with local leaders and organizations, the 1300 Campaign strives to 
increase the number of young men of color from Sacramento who attend 
and graduate from the Los Rios Community College District, California 
State University, Sacramento and the University of California, Davis.
  The 1300 Campaign partners with school districts to incorporate the 
A-G requirements as a default curriculum for all students. This will 
help ensure that all graduates, particularly young men of color, are 
eligible for post-secondary options. A-G eligibility for all students 
addresses a systematic barrier to college that contributes to the 
divergence in educational outcomes, particularly for young men of 
color. Additionally, the 1300 Campaign works with school districts to 
incorporate ethnic studies as a graduation requirement, to establish a 
place-based mentorship model, hire additional counselors that represent 
the diversity of the student population, develop an organizational 
racial equity assessment tool, design and implement an ongoing 
countywide professional development training centered around culturally 
responsive pedagogy, to incorporate required implicit bias training for 
K-12 educators, and districts to implement a moratorium on school 
suspensions related to willful defiance for all schools in Sacramento 
County for no less than one year.
  Madam Speaker, today we honor the 1300 Campaign for their outstanding 
efforts to close the college achievement gap and I thank their partners 
for their dedication and successful efforts.

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