The next step in a campus-wide conversation on respect and support for everyone at Shoreline Community College will take place 12:30-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, in the PUB Quiet Dining Room.
The discussion opportunity comes following several incidents of defacing posters for the Queer Film Festival this fall quarter. The festival, sponsored by Project Pride, a student body association-sponsored club, has been showing films every Monday that are open to the campus and public.
“It is our core value that everyone who comes to this campus feels respected and supported,” President Cheryl Roberts said. “This happens when we are open to learning and willing to walk with others on their journey.”
Project Pride members offered the club’s scheduled meeting on Tuesday as a time for a wider discussion. Helping to facilitate the event will be Roberts, Student Body Association President Ashley Cowan and faculty member Michelle Kleisath.
“This conversation is a step in the process that can bring us to a community standard around respect and support, a common language and experience that we share,” Roberts said. “Shoreline is committed to equity, inclusion and respect for the rights of all persons.”
Roberts said that coming to a community standard will involve more than Tuesday’s meeting and that she expects that there will be more opportunities during winter quarter for students, faculty and staff to participate.
“When one of us is diminished at our college, we are all diminished,” Roberts said. “As a college, we respect each individual. This value speaks to the character of our college and gets to the heart of who we are.”
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