LibGuides: Antiracism: A Resource Guide: College &amp; District Statements &amp; Resolutions

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On this page we have collected important messages and statements from campus, district and state leadership. Please share additional messages for inclusion.

SMCCD Anti-racism Council

San Mateo County Community College District Draft, Antiracism Council Board Resolution

Whereas the purpose of the San Mateo County Community College District’s Antiracism Council is to radically reimagine and act on how we commit to antiracism work with a targeted focus on combating anti-Blackness. We are working to transform our systems and culture by centering the experiences of BIPOC students, employees, and community members. We are practitioners in antiracist work, ensuring our culture and education is anchored in critical antiracism and justice.

Whereas we are a district that supports equity and antiracism work and is in constant pursuit of eradicating Anti-Black and other forms of racism and racist sentiments in support of an inclusive, welcoming and safe environment where everyone is free to present themselves in their own truth without worry of intolerance, persecution, or attack.

Whereas we acknowledge that our institutions were designed to privilege certain groups and not others, built upon a white supremacist framework that disenfranchises poor, ethnoracially minoritized students of color.

Whereas we acknowledge that we must work to eradicate the systems and structures that normalize racial microaggressions, and instances of anti-Blackness, and any other forms of racism.

Whereas we recognize that we must act now as classified, faculty, and administrative professionals by examining our own roles in perpetuating a racist system and working collectively to dismantle systemic racism.

Let it be...

Resolved, the Board of Trustees commits to ensuring that equity and antiracist work is not performative but instead centers on analyzing and improving our systems to root out systemic, institutionalized anti-Black and other forms of racism;

Resolved, the San Mateo County Community College District commissions the SMCCCD Antiracism Council to serve as District representatives who support Equity and Antiracism work in identifying and rooting out systemic, institutionalized, anti-Black and other forms of racism;

Resolved, the Board of Trustees reaffirms the continuing work of the San Mateo County Community College District’s Antiracism Council to radically reimagine how we commit to antiracism and how we can transform the educational experiences for all students, especially hyper-marginalized students;

Resolved, the Board of Trustees reaffirms the District Antiracism Council as an official council with the authority to be a recommending body to the San Mateo County Community College District Chancellor;

Resolved, the Board of Trustees reaffirms that the District Antiracism Council will have reporting lines of information to the Chancellor’s Cabinet;

Resolved, the Board of Trustees is committed to providing the necessary fiscal and human resources necessary to edify and uplift antiracism work District-wide;

Resolved, the Board of Trustees commits to actively supporting and defending those who are engaged in antiracism, equity, and social justice work District-wide.

California Community College Initiatives

Vision 2030 -The July 2025 Edition
Vision 2030: A Roadmap for California Community Colleges is a future-looking, living plan, charting a new frontier for our system. Vision 2030 is constructed on three goals – Equity in Access, Equity in Success, and Equity in Support; specifically reintroducing the importance of access by proactively taking college to Californians wherever they are: we are not waiting for students to come to us. Vision 2030 will achieve the three goals through actions under three strategic directions: equitable baccalaureate attainment, equitable workforce and economic development, and generative artificial intelligence and the future of learning. The twelve actions, detailed in Section IV, are multi-pronged, and include expanding dual enrollment pathways to high school students; delivering credit for prior learning to veterans, apprentices, and working adults through employers and worker represented associations; partnering with community-based organizations to bring workforce-training to low-income adults; providing instruction through flexible modalities; ensuring credit mobility for all students; and harnessing technology and generative artificial intelligence to enhance teaching, learning, and student support services. Vision 2030 also relies on interagency partnerships and intersegmental collaboration—including increasing access and systems supports for foster youth, providing educational opportunities for California’s justice-involved populations, prioritizing a climate action agenda, growing transfer degree pathways, and building community college baccalaureate degree programs. Vision 2030 is grounded in the continued success of every Californian with a focus on expanding Equity in Access. It seeks to expand opportunities for the system’s 2.1 million current students while also prioritizing credential attainment for the 6.8 million Californians between the ages of 25 and 54 who have not yet earned a postsecondary credential.1 Vision 2030: A Roadmap for California Community Colleges is a future-looking, living plan, charting a new frontier for our system. Central to this vision is a worker-centered, learner-centered approach to educational attainment—implementing strategies that reflect the full diversity of California’s population and creating inclusive environments that support all individuals in completing a certificate or degree. The accompanying accountability framework ensures transparency, using disaggregated data to illuminate disparities and ensure that no student—or group of students—feels disaffected or alienated.