Good afternoon, Shoreline Community, 

I hope you’re doing well and taking the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful weather. The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) is EXCITED to announce that all employees requesting funding to attend NCORE by the deadline have been approved. We want to acknowledge many others who were interested, but missed the deadline. We wish we had more funding to support everyone wanting to attend and our goal is to send a much larger team next year when the conference is on the Westcoast. Below is the delegation representing the college:

• Rachel David 
• Gwendollyn Noble-Wold
• Rashawn Smith 
• DuValle Daniel 
• Henry Garcia 
• Janel Middleton 

We understand there are other Shoreline employees attending as speakers, such as, Dr. Joan King. We appreciate this team for representing our college, by gathering resources, promising practices and being in community with all of the other practitioners committed to DEIA across the nation. Our delegation will engage in a debrief at the start of the Fall quarter and the DEIA Office will coordinate a college presentation, so we can all benefit from the experience. 

Thanks to our delegation for representing our community and we are eager to learn all about the conference experience. 

Enjoy your weekend!

Melanie Dixon

Please join us to learn more about the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student experience. 

Presentation: Supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Students With a Culturally Competent Lens 

Presenter: Dr. Joan King

Date/Time: Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 10:00am-11:30am Location: Classroom 2206

Description:Overview of Asian American biases within society, professional environments, education, and even within DEI work. It will draw attention to the deficiencies in which we discuss racial equity regarding Asian American advocacy and disrupt white-centered expectations of Asian Americans. As DEI work is inherently polarized (Black or White), this training will educate the audience with the harm in continuing DEI work that continues to ignore Asian American experiences with discrimination and racism in America. 

The specific topics covered will be as follows (but not limited to): 

• Double Eyelid Bias
• Lack of educational support and differentiation for Asian American students due to the Model Minority Myth
• The lack of socioemotional support for Asian American students when anxiety and intergenerational trauma due to possible immigrant trauma is high
• The onus of communication (as discussed by Malcolm Gladwell) within Asian American communities, the impossibility of Asian American stereotypes given their conflicting natures

OR

Presentation: Supporting AAPI Students With a Culturally Competent Lens 

Presenter: Dr. Joan King

Date/Time: Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 2:00pm-3:30pm Location: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/s/83593195715

Description:Overview of Asian American biases within society, professional environments, education, and even within DEI work. It will draw attention to the deficiencies in which we discuss racial equity regarding Asian American advocacy and disrupt white-centered expectations of Asian Americans. As DEI work is inherently polarized (Black or White), this training will educate the audience with the harm in continuing DEI work that continues to ignore Asian American experiences with discrimination and racism in America. 

The specific topics covered will be as follows (but not limited to): 

• Double Eyelid Bias
• Lack of educational support and differentiation for Asian American students due to the Model Minority Myth
• The lack of socioemotional support for Asian American students when anxiety and intergenerational trauma due to possible immigrant trauma is high
• The onus of communication (as discussed by Malcolm Gladwell) within Asian American communities, the impossibility of Asian American stereotypes given their conflicting natures

We look forward to seeing you as we increase our collective awareness and develop strategies to create a more inclusive environment for our Asian American and Pacific Islander students and employees.