Equity Initiatives WCC has made its core value advancing equity a priority; a campus-wide movement supported by the Board of Trustees, College leadership, faculty, staff and students. From Employee Resource Groups to the Equity Project, the Intercultural Center to the Campus Diversity Committee, as well as other campus initiatives, WCC provides opportunities for faculty, staff and students to create spaces meant to challenge, educate, and put words into action. In October 2020, WCC developed and implemented the position of the College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer to coordinate and provide support in this work. Creating a campus culture of diversity, equity and inclusion requires everyone to participate. The entire campus community has committed to review
procedures and practices with an equity lens. Faculty are working closely with the Teaching and Learning Center to provide professional development focused on anti-racism practices in the classroom. “This work is difficult. It is uncomfortable. And it is so important,” says Terri Thayer, Interim College Equity Officer. “It requires us to reach deep and challenge our thoughts and actions. It requires us to not only seek change but also healing. It has required me to do my own work, heal my heart and have hope in the possibilities.” Below: Practitioner, poet, activist, and educator, Aaron Reader, speaks at WCC professional development day, 2020, on the theme: “Using All of Our Senses to Connect in Community.”
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