HARTNELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
DIVERSITY/EEO ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Thursday, February 18, 2016
D-129, 2:00 p.m.
UNAPPROVED
MEMBERS
Name
Representing
Present
Absent
Terri Pyer
Melissa Chin Parker
Nora Torres
Brenda Jones
Administration
Administration
At large
Classified
X
X
X
John Taylor Finnell
Hermelinda Rocha
Gabriel Bravo
TBA
At large
Faculty
Faculty
Student
X
X
X
X
Others
Name
Alma Arriaga
Title or Representing
HR Staff
Present
Absent
X
CALL TO ORDER & INTRODUCTIONS
Meeting called to order at 2:15pm by Terri Pyer.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Approved February 18, 2016 agenda.
2. Minutes of January 21, 2016 were approved.
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION/PRESENTATIONS
1. Spring theatre event: Undocumented Youth Theatre group
M. Parker
Melissa distributed a hand-out about the San Francisco Youth Theatre and their performance titled In and Out of
Shadows by Gary Soto. She would like to invite this group to present at Hartnell and has reached out to elementary
and middle schools to invite them to this presentation. She has enough staff for a matinée but will need help with the
7:00 pm showing i.e. collecting tickets, directing to seats, etc. Melissa indicated that she is not sure of what the cost
will be to bring them to Hartnell but commented that in the past she has applied and received additional funding from
Star Foundation, Supporting Theatre Arts Regionally. She said it’s an easy funding request and they award up to
$5,000 to help support bringing theatre in.
Melissa also distributed another hand-out titled New York Photographer Turns Strangers into Friends. It’s about a
photographer (Richard Renaldi) in New York who gathers strangers and poses them in intimate poses, and then finds
that people feel more connected and more empathetic after the experience. Renaldi has made over 150 of these
portraits of strangers coming together over the course of six years.
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Hartnell College Mission Statement
Hartnell College provides the leadership and resources to ensure that all students shall have equal access to a quality education and the opportunity to
pursue and achieve their goals. We are responsive to the learning needs of our community and dedicated to a diverse educational and cultural campus
environment that prepares our students for productive participation in a changing world.
2. Website update
G. Bravo
Gabriel reported that he, Brenda, and Taylor will be receiving Drupal training to fill in when events have to be posted.
He asked if the committee had any ideas of what people would like to see on this website in terms of diversity. Terri
suggested that this website can live under HR and be called Diversity Programs at Hartnell. Taylor suggested that
maybe we can place a link to diversity under “About the College” section of the website.
3. EEO Plan Update
T.Pyer
4.
Terri reported that she will bring the EEO plan and share with the committee as soon as she takes it to other
committees. She indicated that it needs to be updated by June 2016. Once committees review, it will need to be
sent to Chancellor’s Office.
5. Events at Hartnell
T. Pyer
Terri reported that many employees attended the webinar on inter sectionalism and cultural competency. She
indicated that it’s approved for flex time. Men of Color kickoff and workshops was attended by Brenda and Terri.
Terri commented that Tim Brown has done lots of research on diversity specific to community colleges. He talked
about the many stresses out there for men of color. Terri indicated that the “Diversity in hiring” training has been
changed to March 25 due to speaker emergency.
6. Next year: Speakers
T. Pyer
Terri to ask Lori if we can invite Kimberly Papillon to Hartnell in the fall for flex acitivies.
7. Reports/Updates from members
G. Bravo
8. Gabriel reported that he is still waiting to hear back from a speaker he contacted and will update us next meeting.
OTHER ITEMS/BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.
NEXT MEETING(S)
March 17, 2016
April 21, 2016
May 19, 2016
June 6, 2016
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 3:14pm
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Hartnell College Mission Statement
Hartnell College provides the leadership and resources to ensure that all students shall have equal access to a quality education and the opportunity to
pursue and achieve their goals. We are responsive to the learning needs of our community and dedicated to a diverse educational and cultural campus
environment that prepares our students for productive participation in a changing world.