EPI Archives

Friday, January 28, 2022

Keynote Speaker Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar

SMC faculty research roundtable with Luis Andrade, Vicenta Arrizon Maffris, and Kas Metzler, and an SMC alumni panel.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Hear what was learned by SMC’s attendees and how the alliance benefits SMC in this kickoff session for the monthly series.

Want to see what the alliance sessions were like? Feel free to view the resources and watch recordings of these 12 important webinars at the links. below in this table.

Friday, October 1, 2021

Presented by The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)

Participants will learn what human trafficking is, how to identify survivors of human trafficking, how to provide services to survivors, and what community resources are available to survivors of human trafficking.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Important conversation with Loretta J. Ross. To learn more about Loretta's message, click here to see Loretta J. Ross's TED talk (opens in new window) .

Crossroads School is proud to now be partnering with over 40 private and public schools and over 50 preschools, both locally and across the country to host this event. They were also excited to share the new website for this series: criticalconversations.com

California Community Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance

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 (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Kickoff Session – Summer 2020
 
Fostering and Sustaining Inclusive Classrooms for Students of Color (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias (opens in new window)
Presenter: Julie Posselt, Ph.D.
Monday, October 12, 2020

Understanding and Confronting Anti-Black Racism (opens in new window)
Presenter: Frank Harris III, Ed.D.
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Meaningfully Integrating Race Across the Curriculum (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Recruiting and Hiring Faculty of Color (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Monday, January 25, 2021

Confronting Explicit Acts of Racism and Racial Violence on Campus (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Equity-Minded Student Support Services (opens in new window)
Presenter: Frank Harris III, Ed.D.
Friday, March 19, 2021

Implementing AB 705 and Other Legislation in Equitable Ways (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Recruiting and Strategically Diversifying Staff at All Levels (opens in new window)
Presenters: Wilmon A. Christian III, Ed.D. and Brandi Junious
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Accountability and Incentives for Advancing Racial Equity (opens in new window)
Presenter: Estela Mara Bensimon, Ed.D.
June 2, 2021

Creating Equitable Pathways to Leadership Roles for Employees of Color (opens in new window)
Presenter: Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Friday, July 16, 2021

Opposing the Erasure of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans (opens in new window)
Presenter: Daniel Soodjinda, Ed.D.
Monday, August 2, 2021

Feel free to share these links with other faculty, staff, and administrators on your campuses. 

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

USC Race and Equity Center Decentering Whiteness in Pathways

Series of three one-hour webinars for re-imagining Guided Pathways in California Community Colleges as an anti-racist reform.

Whiteness refers to processes within Pathways that are blind to racialization. Typically Guided Pathways is presented in structural language that is blind to how whiteness informs the enactment of "pathways." Through these sessions we will elaborate on how Pathways can be conceptualized and implemented to truly mitigate equity gaps that are detrimental to Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

These webinars explored what a critically race-conscious Pathways looks like; how to uncover and eliminate pathways processes and characteristics that reflect the collegiate experience of white students; and how to construct a critically race conscious Pathways.

September 29, 2021

Estela M. Bensimon, Debbie Hanson

Watch Session 1 Recording Now!

Notes and Resources from 9/29 session

Article from the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education:
The decentralization of race: tracing the dilution of racial equity in educational policy

October 6, 2021

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher Ph.D.

Session 2 Recording and Resources

October 13, 2021

Eric Felix Ph.D.
Co presenting:
Elizabeth Jimenez Perez, M.A.
Laura Juarez
Alex Reyes

Session 3 Recordings and Resources

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Today’s higher education spaces are fraught with challenges and opportunities. As a myriad of societal and political pressures impose upon the mission of delivering a robust educational experience, it is increasingly crucial for higher education executives to take ownership of their leadership presence and to stay focused on their deliverables. This session will share two Black, biological sisters' journeys to executive leadership at PWIs and how they strategically lead on their campuses. The wisdom shared in this session will benefit anyone working within higher education leadership who desires to embody authentic, impactful leadership. The speakers will share how leading with soul undergirds their leadership success, offer success strategies for creating inclusive spaces with a sense of belonging, and highlight pitfalls to avoid. 

Live captioning and sign language interpretation provided. 

NOTE: This webinar was held LIVE Wednesday, November 3, 2021, from 1 - 2:30 PST (3 - 4:30 CDT).

October 28, 2021

We joined the College of Education at San Diego State University for their first Advancing Racial Equity Webinar. Over the last year, the CCHALES Research Collective has studied, documented, and supported community colleges to sustain their racial equity work during the pandemic. This webinar will share early results and takeaways from theirAdvancing Racial Equity in Community Colleges Project funded by the College Futures Foundation. This webinar also serves to launch their Research Brief on “Countering the Conditions, Constraints, and Challenges to Racial Equity in Community College.” All registered participants received an advanced copy. Attendees had the opportunity to engage with SDSU researchers and ask questions throughout the session.

Stay Connected

As part of the grant, it has been SDSU’s intention to continuously share out, free and accessible to all, research briefs and technical assistance webinars. If you're interested in staying updated with the project and these public deliverables please sign up for their listserv.

We hope that you will join us in this important conversation on advancing racial justice in the community college. 

Join Estela M. Bensimon and Debbie Hanson for the first of three sessions on Decentering Whiteness in Pathways. Take part in this series of three one-hour webinars for re-imagining Guided Pathways in California Community Colleges as an anti-racist reform. Whiteness refers to processes within Pathways that are blind to racialization. Typically Guided Pathways is presented in structural language that is blind to how whiteness informs the enactment of "pathways." Through these sessions we will elaborate on how Pathways can be conceptualized and implemented to truly mitigate equity gaps that are detrimental to Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

These webinars will explore what a critically race-conscious Pathways looks like; how to uncover and eliminate pathways processes and characteristics that reflect the collegiate experience of white students; and how to construct a critically race conscious Pathways.

September 29, 2021

Estela M. Bensimon, Debbie Hanson

Watch Session 1 Recording Now! (opens in new window)

Notes and Resources from 9/29 session (opens in new window)

Article from the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education:
The decentralization of race: tracing the dilution of racial equity in educational policy

October 6, 2021

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher Ph.D.

Session 2 Recording and Resources (opens in new window)

October 13, 2021

Eric Felix Ph.D.
Co presenting:
Elizabeth Jimenez Perez, M.A.
Laura Juarez
Alex Reyes

Session 3 Recordings and Resources

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

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
• NCORE Website
• Email NCORE
• Webinar Accessibility

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

September 1, 2021 

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. 

August 31, 2021

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

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!

August 19, 2021

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.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Watch Recording Here

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. 

New Article!

In October 2021, Dr. Wood had an article published in Psychology Today on racelighting. The blog article is part of Wood's new blog series in Psychology Today titled, "The Psychology of Racial Equity." A link to the article and to the prior webinar are below. Please share!

Read the 'What is Racelighing' article

 

July 6 - 8, 2021

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.

February 18, 2021

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. 

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.

February 17, 2021

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. 

Thursday, January 14, 2021

From the Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORA)

Watch Webinar Recording

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