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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Brother Parfait. Amanda, welcome to the Commission of Diversity & Equity Officers. We look forward to working with you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Humbly,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#009ECC">Practical. Purposeful. Promising.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Robert Britten, Executive Director of EDI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">W205C
<b>| </b>11605 132nd <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Avenue</span> NE <b> |</b> Kirkland,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">WA</span> 98034</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.15pt">T: (425) 739-8100 X8441</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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</span><a href="mailto:robert.britten@lwtech.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:blue">robert.britten@lwtech.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DEOC <deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Parfait Bassalé via DEOC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu>; Amanda Ybarra <amybarra@spscc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Parfait Bassalé <pbassale@spscc.edu>; mwilliams@sbctc.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] Introductions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello esteemed colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this message will find you all in Shalom!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As I have shared previously, my time at South Puget Sound Community College is coming to a close. My last day on Campus is August 4<sup>th</sup>. I am stepping fulltime into consulting starting August 18<sup>th</sup> to support state agencies
and other non-governmental organizations with their pro-equity, anti-racist and belonging work as well as Institutions of Higher Ed with the trainings and requirements of SB 5227.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For those who desire to stay in touch, I can be reached at <a href="mailto:parfait@parfaitbassale.com">
parfait@parfaitbassale.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As I transition I want to introduce you to Amanda Ybarra, the new Executive Diversity Officer at South Puget Sound Community College. Amanda has been proximate and an active player in the transformational work that has been taking place
at the college and I know will find community and support with you all. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all the expertise and heart you bring to this healing work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With warmth and regards until our paths cross again on this road to belonging for all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Parfait<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#44546A">Parfait Bassal</span></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#44546A">é (He. His. Him)</span></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#44546A"><br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#1F497D">Executive Diversity Officer</span></i><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#1F497D"><br>
2011 Mottman Road SW | Olympia, WA 98512<br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#44546A">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#1F497D">360-596-5356 |
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#44546A">Email:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#C00000">
</span><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:pbassale@spscc.edu">pbassale@spscc.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#222222;background:white">"The better you understand the complexities and imperfections within your own story, the more you begin to expect nuances and imperfections
in others'"</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC""> Le Verbe<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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