[DEOC] WELA/WELS

[Charlie Parker]

Hey Fam,

I'm on the advisory board for the new sbctc director along with Dr. Valencia for the director of Pro Dev, Dr. Rodrick Smith. Here's the plan he shared with the advisory committee. I'm hoping Dr. Smith will be able to be a great leader for racial equity, but its clear to me there will be many pressures and obstacles in his way.

I've expressed my concerns ensuring we don't slap a new name on this and continuing to ignore the overwhelmingly homogeneous representation of all leadership positions in our system. There's a lot of pressure to get back up and running as normal, and in my opinion, this isn't a rebrand, it must be a refocus and redesign.

Historically excluded peoples are overwhelmingly under-represented in our system, so it would be a direct conflict of racial equity if the program doesn't refocus specifically to address this.  I've shared this to the board and to Dr. Smith himself. For those who read the slides. I also sent a note to Melissa( New Director for EDI) about the definition of equity that reads like equality and in direct conflict with the stateboard's racial equity definition/statement.

Keeping us informed.

Best,

Charlie Parker
Vice President for Learning and Student Success, Pierce College District
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