The Saturday Tongan Education Program (STEP) is a weekly program that connects 5C student volunteers through the AARC with the greater Inland Empire community. STEP fosters growth by providing academic tutoring, co-cultural activities informed by community, and other concrete resources. STEP works with Motivating Action Leadership Opportunity (MALO), a community organization that supports Tongan Americans in the Inland Empire.
Our Program
Participants work in conjunction with students from the Claremont Colleges during STEP and throughout the week if needed. Program attendees range from those in pre-school to college and includes young parents and community elders. Moving forward, STEP seeks to expand and focus on its programming for students.