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Thank you to all of the students, staff, faculty and administrators who have participated in any of our DEI in WA CTCs state-wide research, service & leadership.</div>
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<span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">I'm reaching out to let you know that Sen. Emily Randall reached out to see if there are any faculty members that could provide their expertise on this legislation? The first hearing is today January
26 at 1:30pm and there will be other hearings next week. Faculty, staff and students can also submit their written testimony at any time. </span></div>
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<div>Our state wide research team provides subject matter expertise & innovations to increase student & employee of color success & equal opportunities in hiring with high quality programs that are responsive to Washington’s growing racial diversity.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;background-color:white">The annual 2020 findings align directly with the research, data & recommendations of SB 5227 which will be introduced today.</div>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5227&Initiative=false&Year=2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">SB
5227</a> <span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">includes the following:</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 73, 125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><u>Establishes a program on diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and antiracism for all staff, faculty, and students at public institutions of higher education (IHEs).</u></b><u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">
Additionally, the bill requires an annual campus climate assessment of DEI on each campus.<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">
Results of the campus climate assessments and evaluations of the professional development program for faculty and staff, as well as students (beginning in 2024) from each campus shall be sent to the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) for further
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WSAC will be required to report to the legislature on the information received on the program and campus climate assessment results every other year. <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Sign up to provide live remote
testimony</a><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">Please let me know if you sign up to testify so we are able to help organize panelists!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Testimony/Form?chamber=Senate&meetingFamilyId=28281&agendaItemFamilyId=138503&remoteLocationId=50&testify=False" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Sign
in ‘pro’ to show your support</a><u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Testimony/WrittenTestimonyForm?chamber=Senate&meetingFamilyId=28281&agendaItemFamilyId=138503&remoteLocationId=50&testify=False" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Submit
written testimony</a><u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Watch the hearing on <a href="https://www.tvw.org/schedule-main/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">tvw.org</a></li></ul>
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<span style="margin:0px">Our policy, research and planning efforts with state legislatures have turned into tangible action and state-wide collaboration serving over 2,100 students, staff & faculty across the system. </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We
would like to thank Communities for Our Colleges, especially Fernando Mejia for creating space for students & employees to participate in the legislative process in meaningful ways. </span></div>
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As the nation and the state grapple with racism and white supremacy, let us unite in solidarity to build a new future. </div>
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Michael A. Tuncap </div>
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Diversity & Globalism, Highline College </div>
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<span style="margin:0px">the Men of Color Academy (MOCA)</span></div>
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WA State Faculty & Staff of Color Conference Committee <br>
Diversity Equity in Hiring & Professional Development <br>
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<font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">(Contact) 206-214-8969 </font></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">mtuncap@highline.edu</span></div>
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STATE RESEARCH ACTION PLAN TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMATIC INJUSTICES & RACISM<o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Research Action Plan submitted August 31, 2020 by
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Michael Tuncap (he/</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Matao)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">, Faculty, Diversity & Globalism,
Highline College, (DEHPD) (FSOCC) (MOCA) (MSSDC2012-16) <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Dr. Xyanthe Neider
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">(She/her/</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">), Director of Teaching & Learning, Whatcom Community College
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Dr. Lulani Tomaszewski,
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">she / her/ Kanaka Maoli),</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Manager, Testing
Services, Renton Technical College <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, recent<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>state wide movements & efforts of Black Indigenous People of Color lead faculty, staff, trustees & administrators serve the state’s mission of serving a diverse student body;
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the State Board for Community and Technical College Board has committed to leading with racial equity and advancing racial, social and economic justice in service to our diverse
communities; <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS the June 5<sup>th</sup>, 2020 Washington Assoc. of CTCs Board of Presidents Resolution Anti-Asian Discrimination Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic in support of Asian American and Pacific
Islander Students, Faculty, Staff, and Communities<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the WA CTC Presidents are concerned for our students and colleagues who are at risk of being targeted in this environment in our communities and in their daily lives;<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the WA CTC<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>affirms its commitment to the safety and well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and in combating acts of aggression and hate crimes targeting these communities;<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the WA CTCs build upon the research and planning of 30 years of the renowned SOCC (Students of Color Conference), FSOCC (Faculty & Staff of Color Conference), MSSDC (Multicultural
Student Services Directors Council), SJLI (Social Justice Leadership Institute), DEHPD (Diversity & Equity in Hiring & Professional Development), Admins of Color Leadership Program, Cross-Institutional Faculty of Color Mentorship Program and the Men of Color
Academy (MOCA). <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the June 5<sup>th</sup>, 2020 WA Assoc. of CTC Board of Presidents Resolution Denounces Violence against Blacks in America In support of Black Students, Faculty, Staff, and Communities;<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">WHEREAS, the WA State House Bill 1783, signed into law by Governor Inslee (on<i> April 3, 2020)</i>
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>that mandates every state agency create or expand funding for an office of equity;<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<a><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">THEREFORE BE IT RECOMMENDED,THAT Washington Community and Technical Colleges,
<span style="color:#0070C0">expand funding (possibly from $44 million of CARES relief), research & full time staffing for Black, Indigenous and People of Color learning communities & student led organizations
</span>(BSU, First Nations, LSU, MSA, PISU, Umoja, Puente, Indigenous & Pacific Studies & AANAPISI models);<o:p> </o:p></span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">THAT, the SBCTC & human resources management commission<b>
</b></span><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">adopt the 17 Steps to Diversity & Equity in Hiring & Professional Development
</span><span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">to combat racism, disrupt intolerance & discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation, or age in the administration of its programs and activities; <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">THAT, Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges & each of the 31 commissions & councils
<span style="color:#0070C0">complete an annual D2S2 Departmental Diversity Self Study
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>to dismantle systematic injustices against historically marginalized groups;<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">THAT, each of the Washington’s Community and Technical Colleges (34), commissions and councils (31) ,
<span style="color:#0070C0">complete the Racial Equity Inventory Tool</span> (Richardson & Davis-Jones 2019) to advance racial, social and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">THAT, the SBCTC student services commission
<span style="color:#0070C0">implement and fund the annual work plan </span>(Martinez, Almusawi et. al. 2020 ) of the Multicultural Student Services Directors Council.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiLight Condensed",sans-serif">THAT, the Washington CTC presidents council
<span style="color:#0070C0">empower & support the work plan of the newly formed WA equity diversity inclusion council
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span>(Strickland Hunt et. At. 2020).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:#0000CC">CTC HUMAN RESOURCES GUIDED PATHWAYS </span></i><span style="color:#0000CC">“DREAM”<i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></b></p>
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WHEREAS, there are approximately <b>4,763 Black Indigenous People of Color</b> serving as faculty, staff, trustees & administrators in racial harmony with our diverse region of more than
<b>100,000 students of color in Washington state</b>;<o:p> </o:p></p>
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WHEREAS, the 2020 WA State legislature “finds that inequities based on race, ethnicity, gender, and other characteristics continue to be deep, pervasive, and persistent, and they come at a great economic and social cost.”<o:p> </o:p></p>
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WHEREAS, the June 5<sup>th</sup>, 2020 WA Assoc. of CTC Board of Presidents <i>Resolution Denounces Violence against Blacks in America In support of Black Students, Faculty, Staff, and Communities</i>;<o:p> </o:p></p>
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WHEREAS, the WA CTCs build upon the research and planning of three decades of the nationally renowned SOCC (Students of Color Conference), FSOCC (Faculty & Staff of Color Conference), MSSDC (Multicultural Student Services Directors Council), SJLI (Social Justice
Leadership Institute), DEHPD (Diversity & Equity in Hiring & Professional Development), Admins of Color Leadership Program, Cross-Institutional Faculty of Color Mentorship Program and the Men of Culture Academy (MOCA).<o:p> </o:p></p>
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WHEREAS the June 5<sup>th</sup>, 2020 Washington Assoc. of CTCs Board of Presidents
<i>Resolution Anti-Asian Discrimination Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic in support of Asian American and Pacific Islander Students, Faculty, Staff, and Communities<o:p> </o:p></i></p>
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WHEREAS, <b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Washington State House Bill 1783</b> compels every state agency to create or expand funding for an office of equity;
<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
<b><i>Dream </i></b>reminds us that<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.”</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<a><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">THEREFORE BE IT RECOMMENDED, THAT ALL 34
</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk48569411"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Washington Community and Technical Colleges,
<b>invest & ensure funding of year round Ethnic Studies courses</b> to address the Guided Pathways urgency for radical, equity-minded, transformational organization change.<o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">THAT, all 34 colleges create & or expand funding for an Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">
to fully engage the voices of students, faculty, staff, and community members with strategic plans that lead to meaningful action & real systemic change.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">THAT all 34 colleges fund a permanent Executive level DEI administrator</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">
to combat and disrupt instances of racism & intolerance with a focus on learning & outcomes aligned with community values & industry needs;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">That, all 34 colleges fund a permanent full time tenured non-teaching faculty member (Instruction)</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">
to ensure intentional collaborative learning through professional development, partnerships, and resource development;
<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">THAT, all 34 colleges establish measurable equity outcomes to increase equal employment opportunities
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>& <b>college wide tenure track</b> faculty diversity on an annual basis.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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2020 Research Findings by Michael Tuncap, Faculty & Consultant, WA CTCS, 2005-present<o:p> </o:p></p>
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WA State Faculty and Staff of Color Conference FSOCC 2015-present<o:p> </o:p></p>
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Diversity & Equity in Hiring & Professional Development, 2013-present, <o:p> </o:p></p>
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Center for Guided Pathways 2019-present <o:p> </o:p></p>
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Multicultural Services Directors Council 2012-16,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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*research drafted 8-31-20, *debated fall quarter 2020, *final research findings report 12-18-20<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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