CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) will join other CSU campuses across California on Feb. 23 for Super Sunday, a day when predominately Black and African American faith-based organizations gather to stress the importance of preparing for college.

The Super Sunday event will be 2-4 p.m. at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC), 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard. It will include food, activities and entertainment, as well remarks from CSUCI President Richard Yao.

CSUCI staff members will be available to provide information on the application and admission process for prospective students.

“Super Sunday in this iteration is designed to bring together community in celebration of the importance of education in our own backyard,” said Eboni Ford-Turnbow, CSUCI vice president for student affairs. “I look forward to how this event continues to grow and how community relationships support our students.”

This is the second year Ventura County’s Super Sunday has been held at the OPAC. It had been held at area churches until 2024, when CSUCI adopted a new format to be more inclusive of families who do not attend Black churches, do not attend church on Sunday, or do not attend church at all.

The event is intended as an “after-church service,” CSUCI said.

Last year’s event drew representatives from 11 churches and about 150 attendees. This year’s event will include free food and music from Black-owned businesses. Other activities include face-painting, selfie photo booths, crafts for kids, and a dance performance by the 20th Century Onyx Club Debutantes and their escorts.

This year’s Super Sunday was made possible in part by a collaboration between CSUCI’s office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Community Advocacy Coalition of Ventura County.

Since Super Sunday’s launch in 2005, more than a million people have participated in this signature awareness event for CSU’s African American communities.