The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. Launched on Jan. 17, 2017, it is an opportunity to bring ALL people together in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world.

Racial Healing

Racial healing restores individuals and communities to wholeness. Racial healing repairs the damage caused by racism. It facilitates trust, builds authentic relationships and bridges divides.

Racial healing is at the heart of racial equity – the people work that leads to community, organizational and systems transformation.

What is Racial Healing?

To heal is to restore to wholeness; to repair damage; and to set right. Healing a societal racial divide requires recognition of the need to acknowledge the wrongs of the past, while addressing the consequences of those wrongs.

City College of San Francisco
National Day of Racial Healing: Envisioning #HOWWEHEAL Together
January 17, 2023 - February 28, 2023

We invite our CCSF Students and Employees to participate in the National Day of Racial Healing by sharing your thoughts, ideas, practices, and innovative ways CCSF can connect, build and support racial healing across the college.  Post your thoughts and suggestions to this #HOWWEHEAL padlet our virtual CCSF Racial Healing Vision Board. We will highlight some of the recommendations in our Equity Times monthly newsletter to share college wide and use as tools to engage in race conscious conversations, create opportunities to reconstruct, humanize experiences and change the narrative of racial inequities experienced by students and staff at CCSF.

Virtual National Day of Racial Healing Events 

National Day of Racial Healing: The Healing Power of Storytelling 
11:00am - 12:30pm

National Day of Racial Healing: Heal Our Way Forward
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Just ADD Sound: 2023 NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING
7:00pm - 8:00pm

For more resources about National Day of Racial Healing, check out:

• https://healourcommunities.org/day-of-racial-healing/
• https://www.aacu.org/initiatives/trht/the-trht-effort/2023-national-day-of-racial-healing
• Watch and discuss past National Day of Racial Healing events and videos featuring racial healing in communities across the country. 

• Watch Changing The Narrative - Introduction Video

  • A 14-part digital series, Change the Narrative, explores the subject of advancing racial equity through the experience of racial healing, produced by NBCUniversal News Group, and sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
• Additional materials and curriculum resources for educators:
  • Zinn Education Project
  • Teaching for Change
  • Learning for Justice
  • ADL
  • Center for Racial Justice in Education
  • Facing History and Ourselves
• Reading Lists:
  • The American Library Association’s Great Stories Club connects ALA’s long-standing literary programming model to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation framework.
  • A collection of diverse reading lists for all ages from We Need Diverse Books
  • The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, a list from the nation’s only juried prize for literature that addresses racism and diversity, chaired by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Black Resistance

CCSF African American History Events
 

Film: Quilombo
February 1 – 6, 2023
The film chronicles groups of enslaved Black Brazilians who escaped to form self
governing communities in the mountainous jungle under the leadership of Ganga Zumba.
Film Link: https://library.ccsf.edu/aahm 

The Great Year
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 from 11:30am – 1:30pm
This program focuses on The Great Year, the 26,000 years that it takes Earth to revolve
around its imaginary pole. This period of time is an important metric, which illustrates that
African civilization is hundreds of thousands of years older than what is discussed in
typical history texts.
Presenter: Dr. Phil True
Type of Event: Virtual
Zoom Link: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/84292507407

Drums of Fire: African Rhythms and Black Resistance

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 from 4:00-5:30pm
This program focuses on the power of African rhythms and the use of the African cultural
arts to resist Black oppression.
Presenter: Baba Mosheh Milon
Type of Event: Virtual
Zoom link: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/84292507407
 

Film: W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
February 9 – 14, 2023
Four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the
sociologist and author W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work.  They
chronicle Du Bois’ role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first Pan-African
Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the black cultural renaissance, and author of a
series of landmark sociological studies.
Film Link: https://library.ccsf.edu/aahm 
 

W.E.B and CRT: The Problem of the 21^st Century is STILL the Color Line
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 from 11:30am – 1:30pm
In addition to its beginnings within legal scholarship, Critical Race Theory (CRT) is
intimately aligned with the long tradition of African American social critique, which
sought to interrogate the intractable nature of racism and critical significance.  Du Bois's
intellectual tradition, the works of W.E.B. Du Bois are of critical significance.  Du Bois's
critique of racism, in addition to his theories of education, anticipate many key aspects of
CRT.
Presenter: Kamau Rashid, Ph.D.
Professor and founding director of the Urban Education doctoral program at
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
Type of Event: Virtual
Zoom Link: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/84292507407
 

Film: BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
February 15 – 22, 2023
The film offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of
renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as "a woman with razor
blades between my teeth." A leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and inspiration to
today's hip hop spoken word artists, Sanchez for over 60 years has helped to redefine
American culture and politics as an activist in the Black, women's and peach movements.
Film Link: https://library.ccsf.edu/aahm 

Black Love: Creating with Black Muses
Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7pm
Geared toward centering and celebrating queer Black artists and honoring queer Black
ancestors as muses, this event begins with a generative creative writing workshop and is
followed by an open mic to share some of the new work created during the workshop.
Type of Event: Off-Campus/Community
Location: Strut (470 Castro St., San Francisco, CA 94114)
*Masks required

Women, Resistance, and Hip-Hop
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 11:30 – 1pm
Women have been significant participants in hip-hop culture since its infancy. This
program highlights their specific cultural contributions, as well as their relationship to the
broader conceptualization of Black resistance.
Presenter: Dawn-Elissa Fischer, Ph.D
Assoc. Professor, Anthropology, San Francisco State University
Type of Event: Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Location: Multi-Use Building (MUB), Room 357
Zoom link: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/84292507407

Film: American Masters: How It Feels to be Free
February 23 – 28, 2023
How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of African
American women artists, politics and entertainment and tells the story of how six
trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely
Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and
politics.
Film Link: https://library.ccsf.edu/aahm 

Daughters of the Dust: Film Discussion
Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 5:30 – 7pm
This event begins with a viewing of Daughters of the Dust, the independent and timeless
film that shares an insight to the richness of Gullah history in the United States, followed
by a student-led discussion.
Facilitator: Tanea Lunsford
Type of Event: Hybrid (in-person and virtual)
Location: Multi-Use Building (MUB), Room 361
Zoom Link: https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/84292507407
 

For persons requiring disability-related accommodations for these events should contact Disabled Student Programs and Services at (415) 452-5481. Please allow 72 hours advanced notice.

All events are free and sponsored by the following departments, programs, and resource centers:

African American Studies/African American Resource Center/Asian American Studies/Black Student Union/Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies/Critical Middle East Studies/Ethnic Studies/Latino American and Latino Studies/LGBTQ Studies/Office of Student Equity/Philippine Studies/Rosenberg Library & Learning Resources, Media Center/Women’s and Gender Studies/Women’s Resource Center

Pop-Up Museum
890 Jefferson Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063

February 3 - 28
12:00pm - 5:00pm Daily (Closed on Mondays)

Tickets:
$10 Adults
$5 Children under 12 yrs or Seniors 65+

For more information, contact Carolyn Hoskins, Executive Director 650-921-4191
info@hoskinsblackhistorymuseum.org
https://hoskinsblackhistorymuseum.org

The 2023 Black Student Success Week is scheduled for April 24 through April 28. This year’s theme is “Vision to Action: Building Systems and Structures for Black Student Success.”  

Reserve your spot for the CCSF Watch Party's. Register by April 14, 2023.  These events are hosted by the Office of Student Equity in collaboration with the UMOJA/AASP Program.

The focus of the week-long event will be on successful approaches to ensuring Black and African American students succeed at California community colleges.  The schedule of virtual activities for the week include:  

 • The Black Hour: A series of daily webinars hosted from noon to 1 p.m.  
 • The After Party: A series of daily small group discussion forums held from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  
 • The BlackOut: A virtual advocacy day event held on April 27, 2023.

Webinar registration will open the first week of April 2023. Please save the date (April 24-28, 2023) and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @cablackstudents for updates and more information.   

Listen & Learn Sessions

A workshop session, from our very own internal experts, who will share equity-minded practices, strategies, tools and perspectives across disciplines centered on student success and equity-minded practices.  Facilitators will share how they implement these practices and address equity gaps in their work.

Centering Students' & Meeting Their Essential Needs

Centering Students' & Meeting Their Essential Needs, Listen and Learn Speaker Series highlights  programs, services, and tools built with the student in mind while centering their experiences and needs.  Join us to learn, engage, and equip yourself with knowledge and awareness of the wide variety of supports available at CCSF for you to share with your students and colleagues.  These workshops will improve your ability to help students’ access and connect with resources and services to meet their academic and basic essential needs as you hone your skills to provide a warm hand of students to programs and services which center student success.  In unity, we are stronger together and we are stronger when we listen and learn.

                                                                                   Listen and Learn Series                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00pm 

         These sessions will be held virtually on a weekly basis, except on March 7, 2023 Mid-Semester Flex Day.                         

                                                                                      Register Here   

Tuesday, February, 28, 2023 - Student Health Services: Family Pact

  Watch Recording 

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - No Session - CCSF Flex Day

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - Patelco Credit Union: Financial Health

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - SparkPoint CCSF, Basic Needs Center

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - Disabled Students Programs & Services

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - SF Human Services Agency: JobsNow

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - SF Human Services Agency: CalFresh & Medical

Tuesday, May, 2, 2023 - Student Health Services: Mental Health

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - Children's Council of San Francisco: Child Care

Centering Students' & Meeting Their Essential Needs

As educators, we are all aware of the complexities students experience when navigating college enrollment, campus support programs and services, and meeting their basic needs. Unfortunately, these challenges have been exacerbated during the pandemic and continue today.  It is our institutional responsibility and opportunity to visiblize and leverage the leadership and expertise of Student Affairs, programs and services in collaboration with Academic Affairs and our community partners to work collectively to ensure access to resources and services available campus-wide and beyond early in the students' educational journey.

Centering Students' & Meeting Their Essential Needs, Listen and Learn Speaker Series highlights  programs, services, and tools built with the student in mind while centering their experiences and needs.  Join us to learn, engage, and equip yourself with knowledge and awareness of the wide variety of supports available at CCSF for you to share with your students and colleagues.  These workshops will improve your ability to help students’ access and connect with resources and services to meet their academic and basic essential needs as you hone your skills to provide a warm hand of students to programs and services which center student success.  In unity, we are stronger together and we are stronger when we listen and learn.

                                                                                  Listen and Learn Series                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm 

                                                      These sessions will be held virtually on a weekly basis.                         

                                                                                      Register Here     

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - SparkPoint Center at CCSF

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - Completion Center
Watch Recording

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - Puente Project
Watch Recording

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - STAR Center & Writing Success Project (WSP)

Watch Recording

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - Wu Yee Children's Services

Watch Recording

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - CCSF Registration Process

Watch Recording

Academic & Career Community Success Network

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 1:00pm

Join the ACCSN as they present their Successful Counseling Workshop

Click the link to access the zoom session - https://ccsf-edu.zoom.us/j/96305881463

Zoom Meeting ID - 96305881463

Language Line Solution Training Sessions

Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 9:00am

Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:00pm

These virtual sessions will provide training to equip employees and students with knowledge and tools to effectively use and become familiar with functionality of the LLS. To strengthen institutional support for multi-lingual access and provide real-time interpretation services for students to receive essential information. Hannah Black from LLS will cover how to connect with an interpreter for over 240 languages with audio and video sessions, share best practices when working with an interpreter, how to select the correct language, and the functions within the Language Line app. 

Watch Recording 

Additional Resource: Language Line Training Video 

Centering Student Support Programs and Services

As educators, we are all aware of the complexities students experience when navigating college enrollment, campus support programs and services. Unfortunately, these challenges have been exacerbated during the pandemic. Now, we have an institutional responsibility and opportunity to visiblize and leverage the leadership and expertise of Student Affairs, Student Support Programs and Services in collaboration with Academic Affairs and our college community to work collectively to ensure access to resources and services available campus-wide early in the students' educational journey.

Join us to learn, engage, and equip yourself with knowledge and awareness of the wide variety of support services and resources available at CCSF for you to share with your students and colleagues. These workshops will improve your ability to provide students’ access to campus support programs, resources and services as you hone your skills to provide a warm hand off from students to programs and services which center student success. In unity, we are stronger together and we are stronger when we listen and learn.

Listen and Learn Series

Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm

Register Here

Listen & Learn Sessions

All sessions in this Listen & Learn Series will be held virtually on Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm.

Postponed - Veterans Resource Center

VETS @CCSF, who are they & how do we Serve them.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - CalWorks Program

Watch Recording 

From County to Classroom: Holistic Support for CalWORKs student-parents at City College of San Francisco.  Join us to learn more about what CalWORKs is, our services and how you can help us support additional student-parents. 

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - Guardian Scholars (Foster Youth) Program

Watch Recording 

Guardian Scholars: Supporting Transitional Aged Foster Youth students at CCSF. 

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - Woman's Resource Center

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - Student Health Center Services and CalFresh

Watch Recording 

Learn more about free to low-cost services that Student Health has to offer. We are providing medical and mental health appointments both remotely and in-person. Information on Covered California, CalFresh, and other community resources will be discussed. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - Homeless At-Risk Transitional Students (HARTS) Program

Watch Recording 

Exploring resources for housing insecure students: Homeless At-Risk Transitional Students Program.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - Students Supporting Students

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - City Dream Center

Watch Recording 

Join us for our Listen and Learn Session to learn about the resources available for undocumented students at CCSF. This event will be presented by City DREAM Students. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - Family Resource Center

Watch Recording 

The CCSF Family Resource Center is excited to present a 1-hour webinar focused on the services the FRC provides to support parenting students, including an overview of the brand-new Parent Pathway program.  The presentation will incorporate the perspective of student-parent peer mentors, highlighting the common challenges parenting students face.  

Centering Student Support Programs and Services

As educators, we are all aware of the complexities students experience when navigating college enrollment, campus support programs and services. Unfortunately, these challenges have been exacerbated during the pandemic. Now, we have an institutional responsibility and opportunity to visiblize and leverage the leadership and expertise of Student Affairs, Student Support Programs and Services in collaboration with Academic Affairs and our college community to work collectively to ensure access to resources and services available campus-wide early in the students' educational journey.

Centering Student Support Programs and Services to Meet Student's Needs Listen and Learn Speaker Series centers programs and services built with the student in mind and addresses students’ needs and experiences. Join us to learn, engage, and equip yourself with knowledge and awareness of the wide variety of support services and resources available at CCSF for you to share with your students and colleagues. These workshops will improve your ability to provide students’ access to campus support programs, resources and services as you hone your skills to provide a warm hand off from students to programs and services which center student success. In unity, we are stronger together and we are stronger when we listen and learn.

                                                        Listen and Learn Sessions                                     Lunch & Learn Sessions

                                                      Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm                           Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00pm

                                                              Registration Closed                                         Registration Closed

Listen & Learn Sessions

All sessions in this Listen & Learn Series will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm.

Tuesday, September, 14, 2021 - Financial Aid & Scholarship Office

Please join us for an exciting and informative, 1 hour webinar discussing a high-level intro to Financial Aid, with a focus from the students’ perspective.  The presentation will include an overview of financial aid types, application process, and general requirements.  One of our designated and experienced Federal Work Study students will share a brief explanation of their experience, and we will conclude with time for Q&A at the end of the presentation.

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, September, 28, 2021 - Queer Resource Center

The Queer Resource Center (QRC) fosters a safe space on campus for LGBTQI+ students to work on their goals in a safe and discreet environment. Our focus is to empower students by providing resources that center the needs of our diverse Queer CCSF student community. Join the QRC coordinator, Juan Fernandez and student staff to learn about the resources and programs available at the QRC.

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, October, 12, 2021 - Family Resource Center

The CCSF Family Resource Center is excited to present a 1-hour webinar focused on the services the FRC provides to support parenting students, including an overview of the brand-new Parent Pathway program.  The presentation will incorporate the perspective of student-parent peer mentors, highlighting the common challenges parenting students face.  

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, October, 26, 2021 - Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS)

EOPS “Over and Above”: "EOPS changed my life since I started my first year at the community college. It's not only a program to me, it's more than that it’s my family.” -EOPS Student

Learn about how Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) supports CCSF students in meeting their goals. This is an opportunity to get insight on the mission of the program and the students EOPS serves. Learn about services students receive, the requirements student must meet, and get an inside look on how EOPS counseling works.

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, November, 9, 2021 - Student Activities - Student Government, Clubs & Organizations

The Student Activities Office facilitates student empowerment, leadership, and advocacy by strengthening student participation in the life, governance and success of the college. We provide resources, support, and training to CCSF’s Associated Student Councils, clubs, student organizations and resource centers. Our Listen & Learn will help you understand how you can support students to get involved in campus life at CCSF, including serving in student government and joining/starting clubs and organizations.

Watch Recording 

Tuesday, November, 23, 2021 - Office of Outreach Services

Please join us for an informative, 1 hour webinar exploring CCSF enrollment process and how to access the college's Outreach services. This presentation will include an overview of enrollment steps, requirements, enrollment resources and department contacts. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation. 

Watch Recording 

Lunch & Learn Sessions

All sessions in this Lunch & Learn Series will be held on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00pm.

Wednesday, September, 22, 2021 - Learning Assistance Department/Tutoring Services

Learn more about free online tutoring services and program resources available to help students succeed in their classes through the Student Tutoring and Resource (STAR) Center formerly known as LAC.

Watch Recording 

Wednesday, October, 6, 2021 - Student Health Services & CalFresh

Learn more about free to low-cost services that Student Health has to offer. We are providing medical and mental health appointments both remotely and in-person. Information on Covered California, CalFresh, and other community resources will be discussed. 

Watch Recording 

Wednesday, October, 20, 2021 - Student Activities - Intro to Basic Needs

This Listen & Learn will cover some of the basic needs resources offered at the college, as well as some available community resources. We will be sharing information about food, transportation, and textbook resources for students.

Watch Recording 

Wednesday, November, 3, 2021 - New Directions - Justice-Impacted Students

Learn about academic supports and program services available for our formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students.

Watch Recording 

Maggie Frankel, Laura Branagan and Anna Mills

Friday, March 12th, 1:00pm-2:30pm

View Recorded Session

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Imagine being part of an innovative worldwide pedagogical shift-- and saving your students a lot of money. You can do it with OER! This session will provide an introduction to the learning materials that are known as Open Educational Resources (OER). It will explain how OER can reduce costs, increase access and equity for students, and open an exciting new pedagogical door for faculty. You will not only learn search strategies to find OER that fits your needs-- you will also learn about remixing OER from multiple resources, making it work with Canvas, and how to get one on one help at CCSF.

Presenters: Maggie Frankel is a CCSF reference librarian and instructor in the Library Information Technology Department.  She chairs CCSF's OER Taskforce and is the college's OER liaison to the ASCCC.  

In 2016, Laura volunteered with the CK-12 Foundation to help create their first college-level OER textbook, Human Biology.  In 2018, in collaboration with CCSF physiology instructors, she produced an OER physiology lab manual for CCSF students.

Anna Mills is the author of the OER textbook, How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College, supported by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges OER Initiative.  She has taught English at CCSF since 2005.

Chandra Edelstein, Tracy Massingale, Jasmine McMillan-Hill & Francine Luong

Thursday, April 8th, 2:30pm-4:30pm 

Friday, April 9th, 10:00am-12:00pm

Register to Watch Training On-Demand

Tentative scheduling: Credit Registration covered during the first 90mins.  Non-Credit Registration covered during the last 30mins.            Both sessions will have the same content and format. Interested participants may sign up for one session! 

myRAM REGISTRATION PORTAL TRAINING: STUDENT REGISTRATION FOR CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT

An overview from start to finish of the myRAM Portal registration process from a student's viewpoint.  Topics covered will include, setting up a schedule, where to find holds and registration time ticket information, registration of courses, pass/no pass, time conflicts, other registration errors, Non Credit Admissions and Registration.

Volunteer Opportunities to help students: 

FRISCO Week - May 10-14 - RSVP

Summer registration help for the two weeks of the semester at Registration Virtual Counter any time between 9am-4pm Mon-Thur and 9am-3pm on Friday from 6/7/21 – 6/18/21

Fall registration help for the two weeks of the semester at Registration Virtual Counter any time between 9am-5pm Mon-Thur and 9am-3pm on Friday from 8/16/21-8/27/21

Dr. Ramona Coates

Friday, April 16th, 1:00pm-2:30pm

INFUSING A SOCIAL JUSTICE PEDAGOGY FROM AN EQUITY-MINDED, ANTI-BLACK & ANTI-RACIST LENS ~ SYLLABUS STYLE!

Register to Watch Training On-Demand 

The objective of this Listen & Learn Workshop is to use a social justice evaluation tool to create a syllabus that helps to provide students with a more welcoming and inclusive invitation to explore and learn in any course. The course content we create will reflect social justice issues relevant to students’ lives and the socio-economic and political climate in which they live. Infusing social justice pedagogy in your course, students will be more apt to successfully graduate and use the tools learned in your course to identify and disrupt the markers of systemic racism by the knowledge they gain.   

• We will collaborate in breakout room teams of 4-5 to a group to answer specific questions to construct and/or revise your syllabus.  
• The questions are designed to identify sections of your course content that communicates to students: 1) content relevancy, 2) have several social justice connections, 3) a particular mindset, 4) diversity in content, 4) belongingness, 5) reduces stereotype threat, 6) addresses power and privilege, and 7) is student centered to promote student awareness success or a ‘woke’ generation.  
• Your syllabus will define the connection and your commitment to social justice issues and dismantling of white supremacy from an equity-mined, anti-racist and anti-Black perspective.  
• Example Question: Do any of the assignments, readings, or topics on the schedule indicate how power and privilege are addressed in the class via readings, activities, topics? Is this part of the class descriptions? (Power) 

Presenter: Dr. Ramona Coates is an adjunct professor at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) for 14 years and holds a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. She teaches statistics, introduction to sociology, social problems in Behavioral Sciences and statistics for Latin American Latino/a/x Studies. She also teaches the course: Algebra, Statistics and Social Justice for San Francisco State University as a Lecturer for the Metro College Success Program under the College of Ethnic Studies. She has been using her equity-minded, anti-racist social justice crafted syllabus for four years. Students have found the syllabus and course very helpful and engaging. Dr. Coates attended a training workshop from the originators of the Social Justice Pedagogy Evaluation Tool at SFSU, and has conducted this training for flex days here at CCSF, for the 2020 American Sociological Association Conference and for non-profit organizations (e.g., Just Equations).

Racelighting
People of Color in Schools, Colleges, and Universities

This free online webinar series is hosted by Dr. Frank Harris III and Dr. Luke Wood.

Racelighting is an act of psychological manipulation where people of color receive racial messages that distort their realities and lead them to second-guess themselves.

New web live session series on Racelighting.  This racelighting series includes five pre-recorded modules.  Live sessions on November 3, 10, 17 will frame content and provide extensive opportunities for questions from learners.

Racelighting Video Modules - View Recordings

November 3, 2022 - Live Session 1 Recording
November 10, 2022 - Live Session 2 Recording
November 17, 2022 - Live Session 3 Recording 

Transforming Institutional Culture through Effective

Anti-Racist Practices

February 1, 2022: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | February 2, 2022: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Please register for an all-virtual professional development event, “Transforming Institutional Culture through Effective Anti-Racist Practices,” a joint venture between the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.

View the Event Agenda

View the Recordings - Transforming Institutional Culture through Anti-Racist Practices 

Event attendees came away with an understanding of how to incorporate actionable Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) strategies into faculty, staff, and administrator professional development opportunities, culturally responsive teaching and learning practices, and student support services, all with an eye toward dismantling structural racism, establishing and sustaining anti-racist institutions, and promoting the success of a diverse student population systemwide.

Topics include: 

• Establishing DEI as a core professional competency for all community college employees 
• Highlighting equity-minded teaching and learning frameworks
• Leveraging DEI as a lens and practice in the recruitment, hiring and retention processes
• Incorporating DEI into performance review processes
• Fostering the use of data and evidence as tools of empowerment

Event program attached. Recordings linked below.

Day 1 Event Recording

Day 2 Event Recording (excluding breakout sessions)

Day 2 Breakout Session - Faculty

Day 2 Breakout Session - Classified Professionals

Day 2 Breakout Session - Executive Leadership

Day 2 Breakout Session - Middle Leaders

Day 2 Breakout Session - Human Resources Professionals

Day 2 Breakout Session - Trustees

View this event in the Vision Resource Center

To view this event in VRC, log in to the Vision Resource Center or create an account. Once you’re logged in:

• In the main navigation, hover over “Systemwide Information”, then select “Systemwide Events” from the drop-down menu. Click the blue “Upcoming Events” button.
• In the calendar view, scroll to February and click on “Transforming Institutional Culture through Effective Anti-Racist Practices” to view event details.

The University of Southern California Race and Equity Center hosted the Decentering Whiteness Webinar Series produced as part of a grant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over 1400 attendees registered and we are delighted to share the last recording and materials. 

Below you will find the links to previous video recordings and shared materials from our past webinar series. 

Part 1 -  Decentering Whiteness in Pathways Webinar 

Part 2 - Decentering Whiteness in Pathways: Reckoning with the Realities of Race 

Part 3 - Ensuring Racially Minoritized Students Benefit From Guided Pathways

Part 4 - College Leaders' Role in Centering Race in Faculty Hiring 

Additional Resources

• Faculty Hiring Webinar Resources
• Community College Leaders Discuss Centering Race in Faculty Hiring by Rebecca Kelliher 
• Delivering on the Promise of Progressive Policy

Sounding the Alarm: Addressing the Declining Representation of Black Students in California's Community Colleges

This webinar took place on September 1, 2021 from 12noon to 2pm. 

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This webinar will address the declining enrollment of Black students that has been significantly impacted during the COVID-19 and racial pandemics. Leading scholars, practitioners, and policy advocates will discuss what needs to be done to address this pressing concern.

COLEGAS presents Courageous Latinx Leadership

COLEGAS Previously Recorded Webinars

Fall into Humanized Online Teaching: A Pathway to Equity

The series Fall into Humanized Online Teaching: A Pathway to Equity, offered by @ONE, was held September 10, 2021.  

It is a free 6-week series and it is not required to do all the workshops in the series.

Through a series of live events, the CVC’s Michelle Pacansky-Brock will guide you through the creation of eight research-based humanized online teaching elements that will mitigate threats that contribute to equity gaps in online courses. You will be more prepared to design and teach inclusive online classes that welcome all students, value diversity as an asset, and leverage human presence to cultivate identity safety in the online environment. 

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Schedule

Week 1: Friday, September 10

 The Science of a Diverse Community, Dr. Claude Steele

Drawing on stereotype threat and social identity threat research, this talk will address the why, what and how of diverse learning communities: why they are important, a working hypothesis about what is critical to their success and what research reveals about how to achieve that success. The talk’s practical aim is to identify features of diverse learning communities—schools, universities and academic disciplines—that while good for all students, are especially helpful for minority students generally, and for women in STEM fields. The talk will also explore the psychological significance of community and its role in learning.

Humanizing Pre-course Contact with a Liquid Syllabus

Improving the tone of your syllabus is a well known equity practice. Developing a Liquid Syllabus, a visually-oriented, public, accessible web page topped with a brief, imperfect welcome video that prepares students for a successful first week in an online course is next level! By the end of our session, you’ll get started with creating your own Liquid Syllabus using Google Sites, which will break down the instructor-student hierarchy and begin to build trust with your students.

Week 2: Friday, September 24

Laying out the Welcome Mat with a Humanized Course Card and Homepage

An online course, like any other course, is a social environment that can be experienced as a threat landscape by students. Racism, poverty, and social marginalization shape the way students respond to the cues in your course. This workshop will guide you through creating a course card and homepage mitigate threat by minimizing their cognitive load and sending cues of safety.

Week 3: Friday, October 8

 Bearing Witness as an Act of Love, Dr. Mays Imad

In this session we will briefly consider the neuroscience of toxic stress and its impact on our ability to engage, connect, and learn. How will we welcome our students and colleagues to our institutions and classrooms this fall? What can we, educators, possibly do to help attend to their mental health and ameliorate their exhaustion and distress, while at the same time, intentionally engaging in self-care? We will examine the principles and practical examples of trauma- informed approaches and reflect on the connections between trauma-informed education, healing, and restorative justice.

Identifying Your High Opportunity Students with a Getting to Know You Survey

Humanized online teaching requires you to understand your students as more than just names on a screen. Developing awareness of their needs will enable you to teach with empathy. By the end of this workshop, you will import and adapt an existing survey into your Canvas course, which will help you get to know your students as real people. You will learn how to leverage this data to adapt your teaching and support your high opportunity students.

Week 4: Friday, October 22

Being a Warm Demander: Challenging Students with Relationship-Rich Teaching and Wise Feedback

You will acquire an understanding of warm demander pedagogy (Kleinfeld), which will empower you to leverage your relationships with your students to challenge them through push and care. You will learn how to construct wise feedback and deliver it through video to support your students in achieving their full intellectual potential.

Week 5: Friday, November 5

Changing Students’ Learning Narratives with a Self- affirming Ice Breaker and a Wisdom Wall

Psychology research has shown that small teaching interventions can have a big impact on how students think about their learning. Changing that narrative can be a gamechanger. This session will provide an overview of this research and guide you through the creation of either a Wisdom Wall or self-affirming ice breaker using either Flipgrid or VoiceThread, asynchronous voice and video discussion tools.

Week 6: Friday, November 19

Developing your Teaching Presence with Bumper Videos & Microlectures

Using asynchronous video to teach your students new concepts is a fundamental online teaching skill. Videos construct your presence in your students’ learning and support their variability by empowering them to view and review content to support their unique rhythm without judgement from others. But long videos don’t work. We have solutions that we think you’re going to love! Bumper videos are visually oriented, 2-3 minute videos set to music that are not only engaging to watch, but also easy and fun to make! Microlectures are laser-focused instructional videos that are between 5-10 minutes long. You’ll be guided through an accessible video workflow using Adobe Spark or Screencast-o-Matic or Canvas Studio (you choose!) to create accessible videos and embed them in your Canvas course.

AAC&U webinars highlight the work being done at colleges and universities around the country to address challenges and identify best practices for enhancing the teaching and learning experience, demonstrating the value of liberal education, and preparing students to contribute to a diverse democracy and global citizenship.

On-Demand Webinars

Racial Equity in Online Environments

Click here to access Webinar Series

Spring 2022 Equity Talk Speaker Series

In organizing Equity Talks, the Office of Student Equity (OSE) endeavors to invite innovative scholars, authors, and activists who are thinking about educational equity and social justice, so they might share their gifts with our college community.  Our hope is that these thought-leaders might help us acquire more knowledge, self-awareness, and skills to disrupt institutional practices that fail student populations who are currently being pushed out, so we might start to close opportunity gaps at our college.

For spring 2022, OSE has coordinated a lineup of speakers who will share proven strategies for promoting health, healing, and wellbeing for students and ourselves both inside and outside of the classroom. 

Theme of Equity Talks "A Healthy, Healing, and Thriving College Community" 

Spring 2021 Speakers

Register for Talks

Professor Ebony Tyree, San Diego City College

Tuesday, February 16th, 10:30am-12pm

CURRICULUM TRAUMA
In this talk, Prof. Tyree will define the concept of curriculum trauma and lead a conversation about how our curriculum choices might unintentionally create unsafe environments for students, particularly underserved student populations.

Register to Watch Webinar On-Demand

Dr. Lesther Papa, UC San Francisco

Tuesday, March 16th, 10:30am-12pm

ALLYSHIP
Dr. Papa will share his own story of learning and challenges to his path to allyship. His learning can also help inform the current efforts and work on developing our own capacity to be better informed and internally motivated allies.

Register to Watch Webinar On-Demand

Dr. Yea-Wen Chen, San Diego State University

Dr. Brandi Lawless, University of San Francisco

Tuesday, April 20th 10:30am-12pm

MICROAGGRESSIONS & HIGHER EDUCATION
In this presentation, Dr. Chen and Dr. Lawless will dive into different ways in which microaggressions can play out in academic lives and consider strategies of combating microaggressions to promote more equitable and inclusive practices.

Register to Watch Webinar On-Demand

Fall 2020 Speakers

Terisa Siagatonu

September 22, 10:30am-12pm

FAMILY OVER EVERYTHING...EVEN COLLEGE
Amidst the varying struggles Pacific Islander students face, family remains the constant motivating factor for student persistence, belonging, and purpose. In this dynamic talk, Terisa invites us to re-imagine what it means to meet the needs of Pacific Islander students in the community college.

Register to Watch Webinar On-Demand

Willy Wilkinson 

October 20, 10:30am-12pm

CREATING AN LGBTQ - AFFIRMING CAMPUS
Willy will discuss the various issues that impact LGBTQ people in campus settings and help the college identify best practices for supporting LGBTQ students both as an individual and as an institution, so there is a more respectful and empowering campus environment for all students. 

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Dr. Frank Harris III

November 17, 10:30am-12pm

SUPPORTING MEN OF COLOR
In this talk, Dr. Harris will discuss trends, issues, and salient influences on experiences and outcomes for community college men of color; moreover, Dr. Harris will identify factors that warrant an intentional and culturally affirming approach to serving community college men of color and propose strategies that can be employed by student services staff to build rapport and facilitate student success for community college men of color.

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Accomplice and Allyship Training Program

These workshops provide detailed trainings offered by the CCSF C.A.R.E Collective starting Fall 2021. The C.AR.E. Collective is comprised of CCSF Retention and Resource Centers: UMOJA, City DREAM, The Queer Resource Center, The Veterans Center and The Office of Student Equity. Join us to explore and engage with concepts of cultural humility and engagement through these accompliceship trainings being offered for faculty, staff, administrators, and students launched in Fall 2021. The CARE Collective is led by center coordinators & trained peer educators, jointly focused on broadening the social justice perspectives of attendees through a set of equity centered trainings, focused on equitable cultural impact, anti-racism and personal empowerment both inside and outside the classroom.

Note: C.A.R.E. in the C.A.R.E. Collective means: Community, Advocacy, Resources, and Empowerment

Requirements for completion: Trainees must attend the entire training session(s) to receive full credit for program completion. Please review the scheduled dates/times below for the applicable training(s) your interested in attending. You will receive registration notification from the facilitator to confirm your spot in the training session(s).

Participation in all four (4) Training Programs = 13 total hours of Accomplice/Allyship Training.  CCSF Employees will receive Flex credit for these trainings in the Vision Resource Center (VRC) once you have completed the training(s) and the instructor has marked your attendance. 

Limited Capacity: 30 participants max per training session.

   Register Here 

Select one or more of the Accomplice and Allyship Training Programs:

UmojaAlly with UMOJA/African American Scholastic Programs (AASP) 

(both sessions required)
Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 1:00pm - 2:30pm and
Friday, February 25, 2022 from 1:00pm - 2:30pm

LGBTQ+ Safezone Ally with Queer Resource Center
Monday, March 21, 2022 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm

UndocuAlly with City Dream Center

(both sessions required)
Thursday, April 7, 2022 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm and
Thursday, April 14, 2022 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

VeteranAlly with Veteran Resource Center
Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 9:00am - 1:00pm

This Community of Practice (CoP) PD opportunity is free.  There is no cost to participate.  OSE will cover your CORA enrollment fees.  Additional details will provided in the CoP Orientation.  If you have any questions contact Kyle Hill, Student Equity Professional Development Coordinator at khill@ccsf.edu.

The CoP is a five week equity-centered, race-conscious virtual professional development on Zoom.

Spring 2022 Community of Practice Starts March 10^th!

Please join the Office of Student Equity's Community of Practice (or Professional Learning Community) for spring 2022. This semester, our community will meet weekly to work through and discuss how we might implement best practices from "Course Design for Racial Equity."

"Course Design for Racial Equity" is a continuing education course provided by CORA (Center for Organizational Research and Advancement) that aims to provide educators with the tools to engage in anti-racist course design, for online and in-person modalities. Participants will learn how racism impacts students’ learning, growth, and development as well as tangible strategies to intentionally counter-act challenges in their curricula.

When will the meetings take place?

This professional learning community will meet on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3 pm March 10th and ending on April 14th (no meeting will take place on March 31st in recognition of Spring Recess).

Will I receive FLEX Credit?

Participation in this community will be recognized in the Vision Resource Center, and participants will have an opportunity to earn continuing education credits once the course is completed in CORA's learning management system.

Who do I contact if I have questions or need help?

Message Kyle Hill, khill@ccsf.edu, with questions about this professional development opportunity.

Helping Students Succeed 

Thursdays, October 21 through December 2 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

The Office of Student Equity invites you to join us for a community of practice that focuses on helping students succeed at the highest level. This community will be grounded in "Best Practices for Teaching in the Community College," an online course created by the Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA). This program will offer our community practical and progressive techniques on what to do inside and outside the classroom to best support student success; the practices and strategies we will review are applicable to both in-person and online learning formats.

Time Commitment & Incentives

• The community of practice will convene once a week for five (5) 90-minute Zoom sessions for a total of 7.5 hours; participation will be recognized with a certificate of completion from the Vision Resource Center.
• “Best Practices for Teaching in the Community College” consists of 4 modules; each module requires about 3 hours to complete for a total of 15 hours; upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an IACET accredited certificate of completion from CORA.

Meeting Dates & Zoom Link

Registration Closed

Meeting Dates

• October 21
• October 28
• November 4
• November 18
• December 2

Supporting Men of Color

Thursdays, February 11 through March 11 at 1:30pm

The Office of Student Equity invites you to join us for a community of practice on supporting men of color. This community of practice will be grounded in "Supporting Men of Color in the Community College," an online course created by the Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA). We will discuss trends, issues, and salient influences on experiences and outcomes for community college men of color.  We will also identify factors that warrant an intentional and culturally affirming approach to serving community college men of color and propose strategies that can be employed by student services staff to build rapport and facilitate student success for CCSF men of color. Register today!

Racial Microaggressions

The Office of Student Equity invites you to join us for a "Racial Microaggressions" community of practice. This community of practice will be grounded in "Racial Microaggressions," an online course created by the Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA). This community intends to provide CCSF employees with an introduction to racial microaggressions and their numerous manifestations in educational settings. We will also draft recommendations on how to reduce the prevalence and influence of microaggressions at CCSF. Register today!

This community of practice asks for a commitment of approximately 22.5 hours over 30 days:

• The community of practice will convene once a week for 60-90 minutes April 8 through May 6 at 1:30 pm on Zoom for a total of 7.5 hours.
• The course itself must be completed within 30 days and consists of 4 modules; each module requires a 3-4 hour commitment (including video lectures, assigned readings, and discussion boards) for a total of 15 hours.

Who is this film festival for?

The Student Equity Film Fest is for all CCSF EMPLOYEES and STUDENTS who have an appreciation for the capacity of documentaries to be both entertaining and incredibly insightful.  More specifically, this film fest is for anyone who has an interest in working collaboratively to improve the education system so it works better for all students, particularly students populations who are experiencing the starkest opportunity gaps.

How do I access this film fest?

All three films can be easily viewed on-demand on the Office of Student Equity's Canvas page.  To access the film fest for the first time:

1. Log in using your RAM ID [https://ccsf.instructure.com/enroll/ER87TJ] (Need a RAM ID? Follow instructions on the RAM ID Login Portal). 

2. Enroll in Course

What will be available to me on Canvas?

The Office of Student Equity is excited to host our firs-ever film festival on Canvas because if gives us an opportunity to create space for students and employees to engage in a conversation about educational equity and work together to create change.  To facilitate this conversation, the Office of Student Equity will be hosting a discussion forum for each film the week before the live Zoom session.

Why should I join the live Zoom sessions? 

If you miss the live Zoom sessions, you're only getting half the benefits of participating in the Student Equity Film Fest - don't cheat yourself!  At the live Zoom Sessions, the Office of Student Equity will be inviting guest speakers to help us debrief the films and answer our most burning and critical questions as a community.

We All Rise Up: Leveraging Collective Knowledge and Social Capital to Improve Racial Equity and Achievement at CCSF

Film is an art form that can touch our lives through a variety of senses and can be a vehicle to deliver powerful messages; the Office of Student Equity's film festival is an opportunity where advocacy for educational equity meets the arts. Our selection of documentaries for the fall 2021 semester intends to support the CCSF community (i.e. students, staff, faculty, and administrators) with framing and advancing conversations about promising practices for supporting student access to, retention in, and transfer from our institution. 

Registration Closed                                         Access Films Here

PERSONAL STATEMENT 

Live Discussion on September 29, 2021 I 4:30 - 6:00 pm

This film sheds light on both the systemic barriers that keep so many young people from attaining a college degree  and the power that already exists within historically marginalized communities to address problems of inequality.

Film & Discussion Forum available on Canvas from 9/22 to 9/29

THE PUSHOUTS

Live Discussion on October 27, 2021 I 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Woven with archival material stretching back 25 years to Victor Rios’ own troubled adolescence and including the contemporary story of this fateful summer in Watts, The Pushouts examines crucial questions of race, class, power, and the American dream at a particularly urgent time.

Film & Discussion Forum available on Canvas from 10/20 to 10/27

UNLIKELY

Live Discussion on November 17, 2021 I 4:30 - 6:00 pm

This penetrating and personal film investigates America's college dropout crisis through the lives of five diverse students as they fight for a second chance at opportunity and highlights the innovators reimagining higher education for the 21st century.

Film & Discussion Forum available on Canvas from 11/10 to 11/17

Dr. Lori A. Watson

Friday, March 19th 9am-5pm

Dr. Lori A. Watson describes this work as "humanity work, to disrupt and dismantle the inherently racist educational system that holds students back, educators must be inherently anti-racist.  This requires consistently considering how we unwittingly assist in the reproduction of a racial order through our everyday interactions with students, in addition to our everyday experiences outside of schools.  Digging deep into racial equity work helps educators begin to deconstruct often unconscious personal biases and beliefs, develop the knowledge and skills to challenge and disrupt them, thereby moving themselves closer to an elevated level of personal and professional racial consciousness."

Race-Work training will be held via Zoom and is open to all classified staff, faculty, and administrators.  We ask that you register to participate with a teammate.  We are looking for a maximum of 30 teams of two people to participate.  Participants will commit to the 7.5 hour training and future share back and implementation that connects to the training.  Only one person from each team needs to register.

Deadline to register your team is February 19th, 2021

Sign up for Race-Work Training.

Earn a Digital Badge

The Office of Student Equity invite you to lean in with love and engage in one of our professional development opportunities to expand your equity toolbox.  Earn a digital completion badge after each professional development event.  

How do I access the Equity PD Passport?

1. Click the passport link - Equity PD Passport
2. Go to File and select 'Make a copy' and 'Entire Presentation'.  You may now edit your copy of the Equity PD Passport.
3. Register for one or more PD opportunities
4. Learn. Grow. Evolve.
5. Receive your badge 1-3 days after completion