Thomas Parham
VICE CHANCELLOR, STUDENT AFFAIRS: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
Active education, black community 30+ years … interaction, UCI, city of Irvine, civic groups on culture, race … author, contributor, half-dozen books … founder, Bakari Project to move youth into adulthood; ‘Bakari’ from Swahili: ‘one who will succeed’ … part of UCI 2015 oral history project with brothers Gerald, William, all in higher ed … born NYC; moved to SoCal age 3
