<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";
panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 1 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";
panose-1:2 11 5 3 2 1 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.elementtoproof, li.elementtoproof, div.elementtoproof
{mso-style-name:elementtoproof;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">College Spark Washington and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) have partnered to launch the
<a href="https://collegespark.org/grants/evolve-initiative/">Evolve Initiative</a> to support thriving equitable systems. We need your help to wrap up the first phase of this initiative!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our goal is to understand and improve the systems and conditions in our community and technical college system where leaders of color may
thrive.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are inviting you to complete a system-wide survey of community and technical college leaders so we might learn more about the experiences of CTC leaders. We also want
to hear your insight regarding improving equity, diversity, and inclusion experiences. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Completing the survey will take<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>about 10-15 minutes.</b> Your name will not be put on any reports written about the project,
nor will anyone at College Spark or SBCTC know your individual response to the survey. The survey is open<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>until November 15, 2024</u>. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#008487"><a href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8050792/CTC-Leader-Survey"><span style="color:#008487">Evolve
Leader Survey</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> to begin. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about this survey, please contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:vicki.nishioka@ednw.org" title="mailto:vicki.nishioka@ednw.org"><span style="color:purple">vicki.nishioka@ednw.org</span></a><a href="mailto:vicki.nishioka@ednw.org" title="mailto:vicki.nishioka@ednw.org"><span style="color:purple"> </span></a>who
is copied here,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or call<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:purple">503-275-9498</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you in advance for your time and participation!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Monica
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Compass" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:3.65pt;width:45pt;height:84.3pt;z-index:251659264;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>
<v:imagedata src="cid:image001.jpg@01DB2EBA.6BF7D380" o:title="Compass" />
<w:wrap type="square"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="60" height="112" style="width:.625in;height:1.1666in" src="cid:image003.jpg@01DB2EBC.D3277770" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Compass" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Monica
Wilson </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764"><a href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743"><span style="color:blue">(she|her|hers)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Director, Student Success Center & Strategic Initiatives<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cell: 503-307-1555 | e:
<a href="mailto:mwilson@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">mwilson@sbctc.edu</span></a> | website:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">www.sbctc.edu</span></a><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://calendly.com/mwilson-wassc"><span style="color:#0563C1">Schedule a Meeting</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">______________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864">
</span></i><span style="color:#1F3864">SBCTC Vision<i> </i></span><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864"> “Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864"> within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F3864"> in service to our diverse communities.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>