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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Sophia. This is a wonderful tool. I’m seeing how components of it can enhance our current processes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap@sbctc.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 21, 2023 4:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Britten, Robert <Robert.Britten@lwtech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Bias Response<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, brother Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Sharing this as well (I may have shared it before?). I used it in the K-12 space, but I find aspects of it helpful still in higher
ed. It was developed by Learning for Justice, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Sophia Kristina R. Agtarap (she/siya)</span></b><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion</span><span style="color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>> on behalf of Britten, Robert via DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 21, 2023 4:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <<a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Britten, Robert <<a href="mailto:robert.britten@lwtech.edu">robert.britten@lwtech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] Bias Response</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Here is what we are using to function as a Bias Response Team.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Members of this Team include: VP HR, VP SS, VP Instruction, Exec Dir Marketing, Conduct Officer, Campus Safety Officer, Student Life Coordinator, Faculty member, DEI Coordinator and myself as Chair….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">We create an annual work plan, establish a charter that governs our work and the scope thereof and use the matrix as a tool to determine how we will respond to an incident.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11605 132<sup>nd</sup> Ave NE | Kirkland, WA 98034</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">T: (425) 739-8100 X:8441 | </span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D4"><a href="mailto:robert.britten@lwtech.edu"><span style="color:blue">robert.britten@lwtech.edu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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