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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Hello, All:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Thank you to all that joined us for our EDI information sessions on SB 5227 and 5194 this last year, which concluded with this month’s EDI Information Sessions on the DEI Strategic
Plans. A special THANK YOU to our amazing campus colleagues who shared their good work with their peers across the system and a deep appreciation for our incredibly collaborative State Board colleagues in this work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Feel free to access the full Google drives which include the presentation slides, supporting documents, contact information, and other items, for all our EDI information sessions
this last year. Our previous sessions included information on <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VNfPbcaLHXRS4ew87kpx8sgxB15lTKyw?usp=sharing">
SB 5194 and 5227</a> in January, <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11lggaRT77E39_B_D1BINQHPmy_GTZ89W?usp=sharing">
Faculty Diversity Programs</a> in March, and the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13JNKFkdhXulkcwzC05tTsl0yZ16Zq4y4?usp=sharing">
DEI Strategic Plans</a> in May. The recordings from all of these sessions will be available on our
<span style="color:#0070C0">EDI </span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/about/edi/edi-calendar.aspx"><span style="color:#0070C0">calendar</span></a><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span>webpage within two weeks and we will soon be launching a Canvas Course to include the information covered in these information sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Please share widely with your colleagues. We will continue to offer support and provide reminder e-mails for the upcoming Campus Climate Assessment and the DEI Strategic Plan submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">As always, please feel free to reach out should you have any questions or comments. THANK YOU for all your incredible work, we are indebted to you!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Best,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Ha, Melissa, and Christina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#993366"><img border="0" width="35" height="67" style="width:.3645in;height:.6979in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D87040.84A9D490" alt="Compass"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:edi@sbctc.edu"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">edi@sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">__________________________________________________________________________</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">SBCTC Vision</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives</span></i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice</span></i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">in service to our diverse communities.”</span></i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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