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<p class="MsoNormal">There is an ask for folks of DEOC to check the names and contact info on the current MSSDC membership sheet. If you have any edits, please send to Rick Flores
<a href="mailto:rick.flores@skagit.edu">rick.flores@skagit.edu</a> and Tanya Zaragoza
<a href="mailto:tzaragoza@whatcom.edu">tzaragoza@whatcom.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yyhBOUGjBnJG7_CcCy3lAcspjfmdIvOfTYIiRxu9T1k/edit#gid=0">WA CTC -MSSDC Rep Spreadsheet* - Google Sheets</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DEOC <deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Thalia Vaillancourt via DEOC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2023 2:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Thalia Vaillancourt <thalia.vaillancourt@centralia.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DEOC] [EXTERNAL]Re: Colleges represented at MSSDC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thalia Vaillancourt<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Bilingue en français<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Director of Equity and Inclusion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Centralia College</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">― <b>Lilla Watson</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Garza, Luz via DEOC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2023 2:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Garza, Luz <<a href="mailto:lmgarza@columbiabasin.edu">lmgarza@columbiabasin.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL]Re: [DEOC] Colleges represented at MSSDC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I was able to attend a couple of hours yesterday and was online for a bit now, but the invitation to this 3-day meeting was sent to me on Tuesday, the day before this all happened. Unfortunately,
I'm only able to sneak in and out on Zoom between my other scheduled campus meetings. Too bad, because the information is essential, particularly about Student of Color Conference. I've offered to be a facilitator for one of the identity sessions and will
offer a proposal for a presentation, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Did you all get much more notice than I did? I notice the MSSDC representatives are not all DEOs so I'm wondering how many of you are actually the MSSDC rep versus someone from Student Services?<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 Jimenez, Maribel via DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jimenez, Maribel <<a href="mailto:mjimenez@highline.edu">mjimenez@highline.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] FW: Colleges represented at MSSDC</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Hi DEOC,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Quick Multicultural Student Services Director’s Council (MSSDC) update.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">The MSSDC meeting is happening now at Yakima Valley College. There are only 11 colleges of 34 represented:
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<p class="xmsonormal">Whatcom Community College (in-person)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Yakima Valley College (in-person)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Clover Park Technical College (in-person)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Bellevue College (in-person)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Tacoma Community College (in-person)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Skagit Valley College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Bates Technical College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Green River College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Edmonds Community College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Grays Harbor Community College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Highline College (by zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">More soon,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Maribel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Biome",sans-serif">Maribel Torres Jiménez, Ed.D
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Biome",sans-serif">She|Her|Ella</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Biome",sans-serif">Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Transformation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Biome",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mjimenez@highline.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">mjimenez@highline.edu</span></a>
<i>Hablo Español</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> Rick Flores <<a href="mailto:Rick.Flores@skagit.edu">Rick.Flores@skagit.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2023 12:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jimenez, Maribel <<a href="mailto:mjimenez@highline.edu">mjimenez@highline.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Colleges represented at MSSDC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Colleges in attendance: Skagit, Bates, Green River, Whatcom, Edmonds, Grays Harbor, Highline, Clover Park, Bellevue, Yakima</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Rick Flores M.Ed. (He, Him, His, El)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Director of Student Equity & Inclusion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Skagit Valley College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">2405 East College Way</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Mt. Vernon, WA 98273</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">C-190E</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">360-416-7611</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">"The time is always right to do what is right"- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">This college sits on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, including the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe,
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, and Samish Indian Nation. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">We are so glad you are here! SVC Student Services are generally available
<u>on campus</u> Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm. For additional information, including specific departmental hours, please visit our
</span></i></b><a href="http://www.skagit.edu/hours" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1;background:white">website</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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