LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Tribal Health will host the “To Honor One Is To Honor All” event on Thursday, June 5.

It will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at Legacy Court, 1950 Parallel Drive in Lakeport.

An honoring ceremony for this year’s graduates will be conducted. Dinner will be provided.

This event was started in 2012 to promote education in the native community by honoring all native junior high, high school, GED, adult education and college graduates living in Lake County.  

In addition, this year they will celebrate the LCTHC Parent-Child Development Center’s "preschool" graduates and the LCTHC job skills class graduates.  

Every year, native college graduates are invited to the event to share their inspirational stories of how they were able to pursue and complete their education.  

This year Mickela Jones of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians will be the keynote speaker.

Jones has a bachelor's degree in ethics and applied law and a master's degree in school counseling. He currently serves as principal for a tribal school in Sacramento.