2024 TOUR DATES:
February 8th- Feb 11th 2024

Since 2007 the Annual West Coast Educational Excursion college and cultural enrichment tour enabled OYLA mentees 7th-12TH grades the opportunity to travel to California for 3 days and 2 night. They visit private and public higher learning institutions such as USC, Long Beach State, and UCLA. Activities include campus tours, special meet and greet with university administrations, in addition to workshops on admissions, student panel, and classroom visit.

The highlight of the WCEE is attending the national Black College Expo where over 5000 youth from across Southern California meet with admission representatives from Historical Black Colleges & Universities, numerous California colleges and universities in addition to attending various seminars throughout the day. Several OYLA alumni who have attended the BCE have gone on to attend universities in attendance.

In addition to visiting colleges, youth attend the California African American Museum, Hollywood, themed amusements parks, and entertainment attractions.

Through collaborative partnerships, the goal is to expose youth in areas of college readiness who may not be offered this valuable resource in their traditional schools. Our collective community goal is to increase higher education attainment of marginalized males of color.