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Equity Speaks: Culturally Sustaining Stories

Aug 26, 2024

Advancing Racialized Equity at Community Colleges: Lessons from California - July 30

In 1996, Proposition 209 in California banned the use of race in admissions across the state higher education system. This July 30, 2024, virtual OCCRL Equity Academy focused on understanding lessons from the West Coast to address the...


Jan 5, 2022

Soko StarobinIn this episode, Soko Starobin talks about her life as an educator and activist, and reveals a harrowing health incident she faced.

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Dec 3, 2021

In this episode, Pamela Luster talks about her life and journey toward equity and excellence and how it shaped her.

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Nov 2, 2021

Frank Harris IIIIn this episode, scholar Frank Harris III talks about his early childhood experiences in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. He also relates the positive influence of his maternal grandmother, his schooling in California after moving to that state, and how he broke into the academy.

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Oct 28, 2021

Leslie GonzalezIn this episode, scholar Leslie Gonzalez talks about her biographical history and development as a scholar, which includes lessons and insights she has learned along the way. During her talk, Gonzalez delves into her Chicana feminist epistemology to reveal how notions such as objectivity and neutrality are really just...