[DEOC] Knowledge Please

[Yvonne Terrell-Powell]

Thanks for sharing this experience/act with us. Thank you Marcus for your
response. I believe displaying the flag is covered under the 1st Amendment
- Freedom of Speech.  Yvonne

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 11:06 AM Marcus Harvey via DEOC <deoc at lists.ctc.edu>
wrote:

> Greetings Consuelo
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> Thank you so much my dear sister Consuelo. I deeply appreciate your
> support. I sent this off to our AG last night. I Checked with some folks
> who have quite some time in the institution for historical context on this
> matter, and they expressed similar thoughts on what has happened in the
> past referencing freedom of speech. I didn’t find any information
> pertaining to expressive policy, so I will engage me leadership on what the
> potential of this looks like in the near future. Thank you again and have a
> great week on purpose!
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> Marcus
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> *From:* Consuelo Grier <consuelo.grier at bellevuecollege.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2022 7:13 PM
> *To:* Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc at lists.ctc.edu>
> *Cc:* Marcus Harvey <mharvey at batestech.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DEOC] Knowledge Please
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> Hi Marcus,
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> Others may have other opinions or approaches. I'll offer this:
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> If you aren't connected with your AAG and your conduct officer, you should
> connect with both on this. Legally, this is probably not something that
> violates conduct for the student with the flag and we typically do not
> police what students have on their cars or person (even when we don't like
> it) and your AAG probably will advise similarly. Offer support for the
> student who is upset and maybe even an understanding of what policies are
> that relate to this. If the student with the flag is known, a coaching
> conversation from the perspective of community care can take place. That
> isn't always effective, and can cause the student to double down - so
> you'll need to think about your approach and whether that is the route you
> want to take or if conduct or others can support this.
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> Also check/reference if your insitution has any expressive actions
> policies that might inform how you move on this.
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> Happy to chat more if you need other support.
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> In support,
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> Consuelo
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> *From:* DEOC <deoc-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of Marcus Harvey via
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2022 4:30 PM
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> *Cc:* Marcus Harvey <mharvey at batestech.edu>
> *Subject:* [DEOC] Knowledge Please
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> Greetings Family
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> Today a student on my campus was seen flying the confederate flag off the
> back of his truck as seen in the attached photo. A student of color took
> the picture as attached and immediately reported it to one of or Directors.
> Historically when this has happen legalities prevent the college from
> removing the flag. Historically before my time as the Dean and now also DEI
> officer administrators spoke with the students flying the flags to ensure
> their understanding of how it affects others, and offered support to those
> who were offended by the flying of a confederate flag.
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> My question to you all is what is your experience and what are your
> suggestions. I want to develop and provide informed courses of actions to
> my leadership based on the expertise of this collective.  Thank you in
> advance for any knowledge and experience you can provide me.
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> Warm Regards
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> Marcus
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