Equity Matters ELAC

Thursday April 11!

Discovering our Sexuality:
Workshop on Sexual Education
Friday, December 1, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm

Join OBOC and Equity Matters for a Film Screening and talk!

“Saging the World”

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
12:15pm-1:30pm

Location: F5- 201 (MPR)

Screening of:
"Saging the World"
Produced by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small and
the California Native Plant Society

After the Screening, talk and Q&A with:
Jen Aguilar
Education Specialist, Youth & Community Programming at the
California Native Plant Society

Equity Matters and OBOC would like to invite you to the Fall Book Club!

Join us to discuss

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Friday, October 27, 2023
10 am – 11:30 am

Location: E3-255 & Zoom

The Office of Professional Development would like to invite you to the first Equity Dialogue of the year!


Understanding the Roots of Student Mental Health through the Framework of Social Justice and Well Being

Friday, October 13, 2023

10am-12pm

Location: Zoom

panel discussion featuring professors from ELAC, LA City College, CSULA, CSU-Fullerton, and Sara Safari from TEDx Talks. The conversation will be moderated by ELAC Professor of Political Science, Kelly Velasquez.

A young woman, Mahsa Amini, was brutally murdered in police custody on Sept 16, 2022. Since that day, a social movement led by women and girls has gained momentum throughout Iran and the diaspora, including Los Angeles. Join us for this special conversation to learn more about the history and background of this growing revolution and how you can support this global movement.
Woman, Life, Freedom
Monday, December 5, 2022
2:00-3:00 p.m.

The Office of Professional Development would like to invite you to the next Equity Dialogue!

Equity in Action: Why our Whymatters

Friday, November 18, 2022

10am-12pm

Special Guests:
Alouette Cervantes-Salazar - Dream Resource Center
Kenneth Chaiprasert - Social Sciences
Nancy Ramirez - Professional Development
Cory Youngblood - English

Spring 2022 Equity Matters Speaker Series


Crossings, Transits, and Returns: Mothering through Migration and Deportation

Speaker: Dr. Gretel Vera-Rosas

Thursday, March 24 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Hybrid Event: Live in E3-153

Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/WGS032422

For Flex: https://bit.ly/SpeakerSeries22

ELAC Racial Equity & Social Justice Town Hall Series

PATRISSE CULLORS
When they Call You a Terrorist:
A Black Lives Matter Dialogue

Friday, March 19th, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Presented by One Book One College in conjunction with the Women/Gender Studies program.
Co-sponsored by the ELAC Foundation and the Title V program.
For all ELAC students, faculty and staff.

Register in advance to receive an email containing information about joining the webinar:
http://bit.ly/townhall031921

Equity Audit Dialogue happening next Friday, January 22nd from 1 pm to 3 pm with a focus on Meaningful Integrating Race Across Curriculum. This Dialogue is part of a series of campus-wide workshops, events, and resource building aimed at fostering critical space for students, faculty, and staff to deepen our understanding of and commitment to anti-racist and equity-minded educational frameworks.

Equity Audit Dialogues:

January 22, 2021
1:00 PM -3:00 PM
Register at: https://bit.ly/EquityAuditFlex

Winter 2021 Anti-Racist Reading Group

Jan 8, Jan 22, & Feb 5
10am to 12pm

discussing Bettina Love’s
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

ZOOM: https://bit.ly/ELACbookclub

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/3xnCtMMSH7bgDwSC9

For Flex credit, Faculty/Staff register in the Vision Resource Center: https://bit.ly/ElacBookClubFlex