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Coffee and EquiTea
A brave space for equity conversations at SMC
Please join us for Coffee and EquiTea, a newly created community space for SMC equity champions to gather, reflect, and support one another. This is an opportunity to share ideas across campus roles, and ground your work in the 2025–2028 Student Equity Plan.
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Location: The EpiCenter (M104, Media & IT Building)
Format: In-person only
Session Spotlight: Equity In Action
Join colleagues to explore how Equity in Action Plans come to life in everyday practice. Hear from peers implementing Equity in Action Plans following their participation in NCORE (The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity) or CPEC (The Classified Professional Equity Certification Program), demonstrating how these frameworks are being used to transform departmental practices.
Our Goals for This Session:
- Highlight Equity in Action: Hear from colleagues who have successfully integrated tools from NCORE and CPEC into their departmental practices.
- Support Implementation: Provide space for CPEC and NCORE participants to reflect on their Equity in Action Plans and for others to explore equity-minded practices for their daily work.
- Align with Our "North Star": Ground our dialogue in the 2025–2028 SMC Student Equity Plan to guide our collective priorities and decision-making.
- Foster Growth: Engage in open, thoughtful dialogue where ideas can be supported, stretched, and respectfully challenged.
We will provide the coffee, tea, and pastries - we invite you to bring your curiosity and your lived experience as we reconnect with the purpose that drives this work. We hope you’ll join us in shaping this growing community of equity champions.