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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:15:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu>; Michelle Strange <m.strange@bellevuecollege.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Tenya Moravec <TMoravec@yvcc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DEOC] Concerns about FSOCC 2024</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good afternoon, all-</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I appreciate this question/concern being brought up. I am going to be working with admin at my institution on our communication/response/support plan during election time as well. (Although, to be honest,
I hadn’t seen/heard of any updated info on FSOCC ’24, so I didn’t know what the dates were for this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In solidarity,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Tenya Moravec</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(she, her, ella), </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">M.Ed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yakima Valley College</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(509) 494-7958</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We would like to take a moment and reflect on the lands which we reside, the ancestral homelands and traditional territories of the people of the Yakama Nation. We acknowledge and honor the Yakama People.
We offer gratitude for the land itself, for those who have stewarded it for generations, and for the opportunity to study, learn, work and be in community on this land. We acknowledge that our college's history, like many others, is fundamentally tied to the
first colonial developments in the Yakima Valley.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> DEOC <deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Valencia, Iesha via DEOC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu>; Michelle Strange <m.strange@bellevuecollege.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Valencia, Iesha <Iesha.Valencia@cptc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DEOC] Concerns about FSOCC 2024</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you Consuelo for your proactive engagement with this. I too have similar concerns and will need more information prior to supporting attendance. For my team specifically (who report directly to me) I
have a placed a ‘no travel’ hold for 3 weeks (the week prior to elections, election week, and the week after) so that we can be on campus during this contentious time. That being said, I have already made the decision to not send anyone from my team, however
I need to explore more information to see how that will impact my decision to fund and support other faculty and staff of color who request to go.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In Community,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#7030A0">Iesha Valencia</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> (she,her,hers), M.Ed.<br>
Associate Vice President for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion<br>
Clover Park Technical College</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Consuelo Grier via DEOC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:DEOC@lists.ctc.edu">DEOC@lists.ctc.edu</a>; Michelle Strange <<a href="mailto:m.strange@bellevuecollege.edu">m.strange@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Consuelo Grier <<a href="mailto:consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu">consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] Fw: Concerns about FSOCC 2024</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">I am beginning to transition some things off of my plate as I prepare to be away for a season. I want to highlight some concerns I, along with my team, have about this Fall's
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">Holding FSOCC the day after a highly contentious, and potentially unsafe, election is concerning. Many of us, as DEOs, need to be on our campuses during this time to be responsive
and supportive of our communities no matter the results of the election. I know that for me, I'm unwilling to be a plane ride away at that point in time and I have serious concerns about sending anyone from our college into a potentially harmful area in that
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">You can see from the email below that I sent a message to Gum-Lai who was chair previously, but I have not heard back from her. Beabe from my team is out on leave until at least
mid-August, and Judy from BC has not been included in any planning meetings thus far. I'm working without any other information from the planners and I have less than two working weeks before I'm away for 4 months. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">I share this with you all for consideration and coordination. As a college we will make a decision with or without input from the planners before I go on leave beginning 4/24.
Michelle Strange from my team will serve as Acting VP DEI in my absence and is copied on this message should you all want to continue conversations about this. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">Would love to hear what others are thinking and how we might be able to provide some guidance and support to the planners. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black"> Consuelo Grier <<a href="mailto:consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu">consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 25, 2024 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ross, Gum-Lai <<a href="mailto:glross@highline.edu">glross@highline.edu</a>>; Judith Hernandez Chapar <<a href="mailto:j.hernandezchapar@bellevuecollege.edu">j.hernandezchapar@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Abner Pagunuran <<a href="mailto:abner.pagunuran@bellevuecollege.edu">abner.pagunuran@bellevuecollege.edu</a>>; Jewell Evans <<a href="mailto:jewell.evans@bellevuecollege.edu">jewell.evans@bellevuecollege.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Concerns about FSOCC 2024</span></p>
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<p>Gum-Lai and Judith,</p>
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<p>Good afternoon friends! Reaching out to both of you since I know Gum-Lai has been co-chair and Judith has been part of planning for FSOCC. We have some concerns about safety and need for presence on our campuses given the political volatility of this upcoming
election. Specifically, safety concerns for faculty and staff of color the day following this election as well as the days leading up to this election.</p>
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<p>We are wondering a few things:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Who is currently planning FSOCC 2024? As in who are the current planning committee?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Was there a consideration of the upcoming election when this was planned?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is there an opportunity for adjustments for this year’s FSOCC?</span></li></ul>
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<p>We would like to find time in the next couple weeks to have a quick conversation with the two of you and any other members of the planning committee as we plan ahead for the next academic year, the budget for next AY, and determine the level of safety and
support available for this conference as that will determine how and what we communicate with our community.</p>
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<p>-Consuelo</p>
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<p>Consuelo A. Grier, Ed.D. (she/her)</p>
<p>Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</p>
<p>Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</p>
<p>Bellevue College</p>
<p><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:Consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Consuelo.grier@bellevuecollege.edu</span></a></span></p>
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