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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Rick Flores <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 18, 2023 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Claire Peinado <Claire.Peinado@skagit.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: MSSDC letter to WSSSC, DEOC, and state board<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><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Director of Student Equity & Inclusion</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">C-190E</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">360-416-7611</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Looking for a meeting time? Click the link below to schedule a zoom meeting</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:yellow"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/RickFlores@skagit.edu/bookings/" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/RickFlores@skagit.edu/bookings/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white">We are so glad you are here! For Fall Quarter, SVC Student Services are generally available <u>on campus</u> Monday through Thursday 8am – 5pm, with Friday services available
online only. For additional information, including specific departmental hours, please visit our </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow"><a href="http://www.skagit.edu/hours" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;background:white">website</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white">. </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><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"> Rick Flores<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 15, 2023 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jpenn@highline.edu">jpenn@highline.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:jpenn@highline.edu">jpenn@highline.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:mdixon@shoreline.edu">mdixon@shoreline.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:mdixon@shoreline.edu">mdixon@shoreline.edu</a>>; Yokiko Hayashi-Saguil <<a href="mailto:yhayashi-saguil@sbctc.edu">yhayashi-saguil@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> MSSDC letter to WSSSC, DEOC, and state board</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I hope you are having a fabulous start to the week to go along with this amazing weather! Since I was elected last week as the new MSSDC President, I wanted to get started on collaborations with
WSSSC and DEOC to create better engagement from our MSSDC representatives. In the last year and a half, the most institutions we have seen at a meeting were 13 represented. We have heard a variety of reasons why many don't or can't engage and I feel that we
need more buy in to make efforts such as the Students of Color Conference successful! Please see the attached letter and I ask that you please share with your colleagues on your commissions and anyone you feel appropriate to at the state board office.<o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Director of Student Equity & Inclusion</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">C-190E</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">360-416-7611</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white">Looking for a meeting time? Click the link below to schedule a zoom meeting</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white">We are so glad you are here! For Fall Quarter, SVC Student Services are generally available <u>on campus</u> Monday through Thursday 8am – 5pm, with Friday services available
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