[DEOC] Fwd: TOMORROW: SBCTC & C4C Meeting Re: Racial Equity Recommendations | June 20th @ 10AM
Yvonne Terrell-Powell
yvonne.terrellpowell at edmonds.edu
Mon Jun 19 20:09:03 PDT 2023
Thanks Sophia, this sounds like a great opportunity to connect, learn, and
build. However, my schedule and project deadlines won't allow me to attend.
Yvonne
On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 10:55 AM Sophia Agtarap via DEOC <deoc at lists.ctc.edu>
wrote:
> Colleagues--
>
> Happy Juneteenth!
>
> Just in case your plans change and you're able to attend, there's still
> room for you at tomorrow's planning/collaboration with Communities for our
> Colleges. See agenda and info below.
>
> Lunch will be provided and mileage reimbursed.
>
> Sophia
>
> *Sophia Kristina R. Agtarap (she/siya)*
>
> Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
>
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
>
>
>
> Book time to meet with me
> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/428a9a0a3cb14afe82036360d2d894a8@sbctc.edu?anonymous&ep=signature>
>
> <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Fernando Mejia <fernando at juststrategy.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 19, 2023 8:01 AM
> *To:* Fernando Mejia <fernando at juststrategy.org>
> *Cc:* Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap at sbctc.edu>
> *Subject:* TOMORROW: SBCTC & C4C Meeting Re: Racial Equity
> Recommendations | June 20th @ 10AM
>
> *[Sent from outside SBCTC] *
>
> Hi all -
>
> Happy Juneteenth! I hope everyone is doing well. This is another friendly
> reminder about our meeting tomorrow *Tuesday,* *June 20th at 10am* (see
> details below). The purpose of this meeting is to come together to come up
> with a set of racial equity recommendations for SBCTC.
>
> Thank you to the SBCTC team for providing food and thank you to the
> Alliance for a Just Society for letting us use their space. The building is
> located close to the Columbia City downtown area in Seattle; for those of
> you driving there's free parking space in our building and free 2 hr
> parking on the street. We are also located about 2 blocks away from the
> light rail and there are several bus stops too.
>
> I'm sharing a couple articles ahead of our meeting that describe the
> recent attacks to DEI funding and how DEI work is an act of resistance; but
> also the very importance of building solidarity:
>
> - *Why Politicized Attacks On DEI In Schools Are Occurring, And How
> They’re Bad For America
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2023/06/09/why-politicized-attacks-on-dei-in-schools-are-occurring-and-how-theyre-bad-for-america/?sh=10acb09114c7>*
> : Many states have placed restrictions on the expenditure of public
> funds on DEI-focused professional development experiences for employees of
> K-12 schools and higher education institutions. Presidential candidate and
> Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has banned public spending on DEI
> initiatives
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/05/15/desantis-signs-bill-banning-public-colleges-from-funding-diversity-programs/?sh=780933811d80> at
> colleges and universities in his state. Last month, both chambers of the Texas
> legislature passed a bill
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/us/texas-dei-program-ban.html> that
> bans DEI offices and programs at public colleges and universities. All
> these DEI suppression activities are going to have devastating effects on
> our democracy and American businesses.
> - *DEI as an ‘Act of Resistance’
> <https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/race-ethnicity/2023/06/13/dei-officers-gear-battle-red-states?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a6f5a2918f-DiversityMatters_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a6f5a2918f-237850597&mc_cid=a6f5a2918f&mc_eid=f53b538f3d#>*:
> What that resistance looks like—and how difficult it will be to maintain if
> the march of anti-DEI legislation
> <https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/diversity-equity/2023/05/25/texas-tenure-anti-dei-bills-near-passage-or-death> continues—remains
> murky. What’s more certain, Sansone said, is the feeling of urgency and
> even dissidence that has come to define DEI work in the face of the growing
> movement to quash it. “The [anti-DEI] state policies all happen so fast.
> And that’s kind of intentional, I think; it builds momentum,” she said.
> “There is momentum in regard to solidarity, too, across states and across
> racialized groups. And my hope is that momentum just keeps building.”
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to email me at
> fernando at juststrategy.org or text me at 206-556-1934 or contact Sophia
> Agtarap directly at sagtarap at sbctc.edu. Thank you and we look forward to
> seeing you on Tuesday!
>
> -- -- --
>
>
> Date: Tuesday, June 20th
>
> Time: 10am to 3pm
>
> Location: Southside Commons | 3518 S. Edmunds St., Seattle, 98118
>
> Purpose: Equity Officers will be meeting with Communities for Our
> Colleges to come up with a set of racial equity recommendations for SBCTC.
>
> Outcomes:
>
> -
>
> Build a solid working relationships and team
> -
>
> Identify our shared vision and values that support building College
> Equity plans
> -
>
> Share barriers to achieving our vision
> -
>
> Identify best practices report
> -
>
> Equity officers
> -
>
> C4C
> -
>
> Others
> -
>
> Identify helpful elements of a toolkit for SBCTC and the 34 CTCs in
> WA.
> -
>
> Discuss process for building the toolkit
> -
>
> Identify future discussions: how we build best practices across all
> CTC’s
>
>
> Process:
>
> WHAT
>
> DETAILS
>
> TIME
>
> Welcome
>
> What brought us here
>
> 10AM -
>
> 10 min
>
>
>
>
> Building shared vision
>
> In pairs draw a picture of your ideal process for building strong equity
> plans
>
> Identify 3-5 values/words - that guide the process
>
> Report out - share pictures and values
>
> 20 min
>
> Barriers to achieving our vision
>
> Fishbowl: Equity officers share their experiences of barriers, students
> share theirs
>
> Scribe - lists barriers on butcher paper
>
> 20 min
>
> Solutions
>
> In pairs discuss and suggest solutions - put on large sticky notepads
>
> In large group - regroup them into solution categories
>
> Discussion - what are other best practices we would like to see included
> not mentioned
>
> 11
>
> 1 hr
>
> Lunch
>
> 30 min
>
> Creating Toolkit
>
> What elements should the toolkit have
>
> What is a good process for feedback on the toolkit
>
> 12:30
>
> 30 min
>
> Defining Goals & Outcomes (see below)
>
> Operationalizing this work
>
> Need to come up with a set of goals, outcomes, and intended timeline.
>
> What systems do we need to have in place to implement this work?
>
> -
>
> Meetings
> -
>
> How to assess our progress
>
> 1:00
>
> 45 min
>
> Evaluation & Next steps
>
> 1:45
>
> 30 min
>
> 2:30 end
>
>
>
> --
> Fernando E. Mejia Ledesma
> *Organizing Director *
> *Just Strategy / Alliance for a Just Society*
>
> m. 206-556-1934 | Twitter: @ForAJustSociety
> juststrategy.org | allianceforajustsociety.org
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