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California Community Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance concluded its first year of professional learning sessions. On average, 93% of attendees reported that they found each session practically useful. Here are links to Dropbox folders with shareable and downloadable materials from each of the 12 monthly sessions:

 

Engaging in Productive Conversations About Race

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Kickoff Session – Summer 2020

http://uscrec.info/cccalliancesummer2020session

 

Fostering and Sustaining Inclusive Classrooms for Students of Color

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Thursday, September 10, 2020

http://uscrec.info/cccallianceseptember2020session

 

Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias

Presenter: Julie Posselt, Ph.D.

Monday, October 12, 2020

http://uscrec.info/cccallianceoctober2020session

 

Understanding and Confronting Anti-Black Racism

Presenter: Frank Harris III, Ed.D.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

http://uscrec.info/cccalliancenovember2020session

 

Meaningfully Integrating Race Across the Curriculum

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Thursday, December 10, 2020

http://uscrec.info/cccalliancedecember2020session

 

Recruiting and Hiring Faculty of Color

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Monday, January 25, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccalliancejanuary2021session

 

Confronting Explicit Acts of Racism and Racial Violence on Campus

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccalliancefebruary2021session

 

Equity-Minded Student Support Services

Presenter: Frank Harris III, Ed.D.

Friday, March 19, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccalliancemarch2021session

 

Implementing AB 705 and Other Legislation in Equitable Ways

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccallianceapril2021session

 

Recruiting and Strategically Diversifying Staff at All Levels

Presenters: Wilmon A. Christian III, Ed.D. and Brandi Junious

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccalliancemay2021session

 

Accountability and Incentives for Advancing Racial Equity

Presenter: Estela Mara Bensimon, Ed.D.

June 2, 2021

https://uscrec.info/ccalliancejune2021session

 

Creating Equitable Pathways to Leadership Roles for Employees of Color

Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.

Friday, July 16, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccalliancejuly2021session

 

Opposing the Erasure of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans

Presenter: Daniel Soodjinda, Ed.D.

Monday, August 2, 2021

https://uscrec.info/cccallianceaugust2021session

 

Feel free to share these links with other faculty, staff, and administrators on your campuses. Please do not share links with people who are not employed by your college.

 

USC will soon announce the next slate of topics for Year 2. Please check back for more information on that soon.

 

Forwarded from:

Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

University of Southern California

Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership

Provost Professor of Education and Business

Founder and Executive Director, USC Race and Equity Center

 

"Insurrection at the Capitol: Justice and Reconciliation on our Campuses and in our Nation"
From the Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORA)

WATCH WEBINAR RECORDING
From Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 5:30 p.m. (Pacific)

 

The events of January 6, 2021 rattled the nation to its core as thousands stormed the Capitol in a planned attempt to unturn the results of a democratic election and to siege elected officials. In the wake of this insurrection, the nation’s college and university leaders are contemplating how to respond. The extreme ideologies that led to the insurrection at the capitol are reflective of radicalized ideological and theological perspectives that are evident in larger society and on college campuses. Within this context, this webinar will examine the viewpoints and perspectives that led to the insurrection at the Capitol. The speakers will also offer recommendations for college and university leaders on how to advocate for justice and reconciliation in on our campuses and in our nation.

Featured Speakers: Lasana Hotep, Frank Harris III, and J. Luke Wood

 

#BlackMindsMatter

Addressing Disproportionate Suspensions of Black Students

Free Webinar
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
1:00 p.m. Pacific

Facilitated by CORA (Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement)
With hosts Dr. Frank Harris II, Dr. J. Luke Wood, and Dr. Joseph Johnson Jr.

Access Recording on YouTube

In recent years, there has been increasing attention and educational policy efforts designed to address the disproportionate suspensions of Black children and youth. Using data from California public schools, the presenters will highlight persistent disparities in the application of exclusionary discipline. A reactor panel will then provide insights on how schools and educational leaders can support ongoing efforts for change.

Speakers:

Dr. J. Luke Wood, Distinguished Professor of Education SDSU
Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dr. Frank Harris III, Professor of Education SDSU
Dr. Medina Abdullah, Professor of Pan-African Studies CSU LA
Dr. Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in Education to Strengthen Families UCLA
Dr. Shirley Weber, Secretary of State CA
Dr. Joseph Johnson Jr., Executive Director of NCUST SDSU
Dr. Daniel Lee, Deputy Superintendent of Equity - CA Dept. of Education

On February 17, CORA released the report: "Suspending our Future: How Inequitable Disciplinary Practices Disenfranchise Black Kids in California's Public Schools." The report details high rates of expulsions, restraints, seclusions and suspensions facing Black children and youth. While the report primarily focuses on egregious suspension rates, it also represents (to their knowledge), the first public release of data on physical restraints, mechanical restraints, and seclusions. 

 

Increasing Inclusivity for Undocumented Asian Pacific Islander (API) Students On Your Campus!

Immigrants Rising is excited to announce the launch of our newest resource Increasing Inclusivity for Undocumented Asian Pacific Islander (API) Students On Your Campus! This resource provides tangible ways for educators to effectively connect and engage with undocuAPI students. 

 

Join us for our Increasing Inclusivity for Undocumented API Students on Your Campus Webinar on Thursday, February 18th at 10 - 11 a.m. to learn about the experiences of current undocuAPI students, as well as gain an overview of our newest resource with promising practices to better uplift and support this student population.

 

Despite increasing support for undocumented students in higher education, undocuAPI students still feel underseen and underserved today. It’s important to remember that with APIs being a growing population within undocumented students in higher education, it is critical that campuses better uplift and serve these students. 

 

Help us close this gap! Encourage your campus colleagues to join by forwarding this email to them. Please also make sure to invite your API-serving programs and organizations on our campus, as well as API faculty and academic departments. 

 

If you’d like to keep in touch with our undocuAPI engagement efforts, please sign up for our UndocuAPI Engagement Project Listserv, and encourage your interested colleagues to do the same.

"Racelighting: A Prevalent Version of Gaslighting Facing People of Color"

Wednesday, March 3, 2021
11:30 - 12:30 Pacific

Watch Recording Here

Recently held was a special, conversational webinar featuring Drs. Frank Harris III and J. Luke Wood on the topic of Racelighting. Racelighting refers to the process whereby People of Color question their own thoughts and actions due to systematically delivered racialized messages that make them second guess their own lived experiences with racism. When experiencing racelighting, People of Color often feel invalidated and become overwhelmed by feelings of inferiority and self-doubt. Here are some examples:

• A Black staff member who has been passed over for a promotion may start to believe it was because they are not “professional” enough.

• A Latinx administrator who receives unnecessarily harsh feedback and destructive criticism of their work from colleagues may begin to question their own intelligence and capabilities.

• A Native American professor whose scholarship is viewed as lacking rigor because it focuses on racial equity and social justice may question if they belong in the academy. 

Drs. J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III recently had an article on Racelighting published in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, who is serving as a co-sponsor for this event. 

Promoting Racial Equity in Student Mental Health:
Considerations and Strategies for Returning to In-Person Instruction

August 19, 2021 | 3:00 - 4:30pm ET

REGISTER HERE

In partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan and the University of Southern California, Race & Equity Center

Moderated by Carlota Ocampo, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Psychology at the Trinity Washington University; Steve Fund National Advisor

Panelists
Stephen Quaye, Associate Professor in Education Studies at The Ohio State University

Cirleen DeBlaere, Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at Georgia State University & Steve Fund Mental Health Expert

William Lopez, Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Behavior & Health Education at University of Michigan

Mental health remains a significant concern for students of color in higher education. Students of color often report experiencing daily micro-aggressions, harassment, alongside racial discrimination, as they navigate classroom and institutional contexts at their college or university. As such, promoting and ensuring supportive and responsive learning environments can alleviate the stress experienced by students of color as well as strengthen and reframe how we define student success. As their campuses prepare to welcome them back for in-person instruction, recognizing, attending to, and ameliorating the effects of the past year’s accumulated racial trauma will be critical to support and promote student thriving and healing. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the unique racial traumas that undergraduate and graduate students of color may face in and outside of their classrooms. In addition, this session offers practical and culturally sensitive recommendations regarding how instructors can foster mental well-being for students of color in their courses.

REGISTER HERE

Introduction to the Pathways to Equity Learning Series

August 31, 2021 Webinar

As we work toward a more equitable, diverse and inclusive college environment across the state of California, we must keep the Vision for Success and the data we gather in mind. The Pathways to Equity Learning Series supports this work through a series of monthly sessions focused on developing, highlighting and celebrating learning around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion happening at our community colleges. These sessions translate knowledge into action by focusing on three stages: Analysis, Data and Action. Through these stages we will explore where we were, where we are and where we need to be in the fight to change structures and fight inequities in our system.

August 2021 Webinar | Introduction to the Pathways to Equity Learning Series 

Please join us on August 31 from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. for the first webinar in the Pathways to Equity Learning Series, with monthly sessions taking place until Spring 2022 and leading to the Pathways to Equity Conference. This webinar will include a general introduction, an executive overview, a timeline for Pathways to Equity and an introduction of the rest of the series. All California community college staff and their affiliates are welcome to attend. 

WEBINAR INFORMATION 
Date: Tuesday, August 31
Time: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Speakers: Rebecca Ruan-O’Shaughnessy, Michael Quiaoit, Michael Tran and Anthony Amboy

REGISTER HERE

Note: You must register for each individual webinar you plan to attend. Registration links for each webinar will be available via email and on the Pathways to Equity site as we get closer to each webinar’s date.

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office strives to host inclusive, accessible events that enable people of all abilities to fully engage. Closed captioning will be available. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact conferences@foundationccc.org. 

For more information about the Learning Series and updates on Pathways to Equity, visit cccpathwaystoequity.com. If you have any questions about the webinar series or anything else regarding Pathways to Equity, please contact conferences@foundationccc.org.

We look forward to seeing you!

 

Sounding the Alarm: Addressing the Declining Representation of Black Students in California's Community Colleges

September 1, 2021
12noon to 2pm (Pacific Time)

We are pleased to announce a new, free webinar from our partners at CORA - Sounding the Alarm: Addressing the Declining Representation of Black Students in California's Community Colleges. This webinar will address the declining enrollment of Black students that has been significantly impacted during the COVID-19 and racial pandemics. Leadings scholars, practitioners, and policy advocates will discuss what needs to be done to address this pressing concern. 

REGISTER NOW BEFORE IT FILLS UP!

 

Mindfully Resolving Cross-Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom

Wednesday, September 1, 2021
3:00 - 4:30 PM Central (US and Canada)

Lee Mun Wah, M.A.
Special Education, M.S. Counseling
Executive Director, Master Diversity Trainer, StirFry Seminars & Consulting

So often, our educators, counselors, and administrators want to learn how to mindfully resolve cross-cultural conflicts, but are stuck in trying to answer some very familiar questions, “How do we create an atmosphere where every member is seen and valued? What if a cross cultural conflict escalates and polarizes everyone in the room? What if I’m part of the problem? If I don’t even know about my own culture, how can I help someone else discover and celebrate theirs?” What if it starts to get really emotional, what should I do? It’s time we move beyond the simplicity of thinking that diversity awareness can only be expressed through our foods, costumes and dances, to understanding that it is our spiritual, emotional and traditional differences that are the untold and uncharted territory begging to be honored, valued and integrated into our classrooms, counseling and administrative practices. 

Webinar Info

Registration: FREE
Live captioning and sign language provided. 

NOTE: This webinar will be held LIVE Wednesday, September 1st, 2021, from 3:00-4:30 CST.
Convert other time zones to Central Time here: 
https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

Register

Registration closes Tuesday, August 31st, at 4:30 PM Central Time. 
Space is limited and may fill before this date.

NCORE Website
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NCORE is a program of the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies at the University of Oklahoma Outreach/College of Continuing Education.

The National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE) | 3200 Marshall Ave, Ste 290, Norman, OK 73072

 

A small group from SMC attended the Summer Learning Institute, a brand new 3-day conference on equity in education. The SLI is an effort coming from equity-in-education professionals at the College of San Mateo and authors of the book "Minding the Obligation Gap!". This year's virtual event, the conference's 2nd year, was hosted by Rooted in Love, LLC and featured keynote speaker Lasana Hotep of UC Berkeley. The conference was designed to create space for critical dialogue on racialized capitalism, anti-Blackness, anti-Asian violence, justice-centered STEM pedagogy, undocumented students, DREAM centers, successful equity pilot programs, and more. Our group reported a positive experience, and we look forward to seeing even more from SMC in attendance next year.

Please feel free to review some of the tools and resources from the SLI.

The 2021 SLI took place from July 6 - 8. Visit the SLI website for more information.