Welcome!
How can we put what we learned in our Skyline College Equity Training Course into action?
This summer we invite you to join a book club reading From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education by Tine McNair Brown, et. al.
In this hybrid book club (zoom/in person) we'll come together for book discussions and conversations about equity in practice. Four meetings are anticipated, with dates and times (and location) to be determined.
Interested? Please fill out this participation interest form, and we'll be in touch by the end of the Spring Semester.
Sincerely,
Kalia Chavez, Robyn Ledesma and Jessica Silver-Sharp
From Equity Talk to Equity Walk by
A practical guide for achieving equitable outcomes From Equity Talk to Equity Walk offers practical guidance on the design and application of campus change strategies for achieving equitable outcomes. Drawing from campus-based research projects sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California, this invaluable resource provides real-world steps that reinforce primary elements for examining equity in student achievement, while challenging educators to specifically focus on racial equity as a critical lens for institutional and systemic change. Colleges and universities have placed greater emphasis on education equity in recent years. Acknowledging the changing realities and increasing demands placed on contemporary postsecondary education, this book meets educators where they are and offers an effective design framework for what it means to move beyond equity being a buzzword in higher education. Central concepts and key points are illustrated through campus examples. This indispensable guide presents academic administrators and staff with advice on building an equity-minded campus culture, aligning strategic priorities and institutional missions to advance equity, understanding equity-minded data analysis, developing campus strategies for making excellence inclusive, and moving from a first-generation equity educator to an equity-minded practitioner. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: A Guide for Campus-Based Leadership and Practice is a vital wealth of information for college and university presidents and provosts, academic and student affairs professionals, faculty, and practitioners who seek to dismantle institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving equity, specifically racial equity to achieve equitable outcomes in higher education.
Free print copies of this book are available for all!
Email Allen Ocampo for your copy today <Ocampoa@smccd.edu>