<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Our college president sent an email to all employees and students acknowledging that Tuesday"s elections may have generated anxiety, excitement, fear or other emotions. And, that the results of the election do not change or influence the College's mission and values and re-affirmed our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. She also mentioned sources available (counseling for students and EAP for employees) and expectations of a healthy exchange of ideas and feelings. This email was also endorsed by our BOT. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Student Services is collaborating with Instruction in offering facilitated dialog sessions starting this week. We also plan to ask our campus community what other types of support and/or resources would be helpful in moving forward.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">We have a highly functioning Behavior Intervention Team and are also exploring the possibility of expanding to add a Bias Incident Team. If any of you have a successful model for a Bias Incident Team, I would be interested in receiving more information. This is timely given the letter from the MSSDC and the increased bias incidents we may all experience in the very near future.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Christina</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>Christina Castorena, M.Ed.</b></font><br></font></div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><b>Vice President for Student Services</b></font><span></span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><br>20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA 98036</font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> |</span> </font><a href="http://edcc.edu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">edcc.edu</span></a></div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:christina.castorena@edcc.edu" target="_blank">christina.castorena@edcc.edu</a> </font><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">|</span> 425.640.1668</font><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span></span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-YUpqtRhqeHb3VYTWhEb3c4MkU&revid=0B-YUpqtRhqeHN2xDOC8vWi9DTTQxdnVOVXNyaFZTNFFJWVZNPQ"></font><br></div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><span><span><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Preferred Pronouns: She, Her</font></span></span><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Orchard, Sue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sorchard@lcc.ctc.edu" target="_blank">sorchard@lcc.ctc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all-<br>
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Thanks for setting up the WSSSC listserv!<br>
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First question for the group:<br>
Are any of you responding to specific incidents of bias occurring since Tuesday and/or planning any campus messaging/responses about the values of diversity and not tolerating hate speech? Would love to learn how others might be responding on your campus and within your community.<br>
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Best,<br>
Sue<br>
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Sue Orchard, PsyD<br>
Vice President of Student Services<br>
Title IX Deputy Coordinator<br>
Lower Columbia College<br>
<a href="tel:360.442.2301" value="+13604422301">360.442.2301</a><br>
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