Evans People of Color - EPOC

Hey everyone! Exciting news - EPOC is back on Facebook and relaunching for the school year!

We’re thrilled to invite you to two upcoming meet & greet events to kick off the year:

𝐈𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: November 1st
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 12-1pm
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Wyckoff Conference Room (second floor, Parrington)
A chance to meet and connect with EPOC Leadership and others interested in joining, explore ways to get involved, and co-create EPOC’s goals and plans for the year. Pizza and refreshments will be served!

𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: November 7th
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 12pm-1pm
𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91206470055
If you can’t make it in person, join us virtually!

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5cR1V5TuCqkoxKTKRv5Eui2-MwrQ5asgKmmngJ-zQ0aIZKQ/viewform

We look forward to connecting with you all and moving through this year together!

The Evans Student Coalition is excited to announce that the 2022 Summit on Race & Equity in Public Policy is coming up on Saturday, April 9 from 10 am - 2:30 pm, to be held over Zoom. The Evans Student Coalition is made up of the identity-based student interest groups at Evans and its annual Evans Summit on Race and Equity in Public Policy provides a space for community members, practitioners, and students to deeply engage with ideas of race, equity, and social justice in the public sphere.

The Summit also seeks to address gaps in Evans curriculum, and this year’s summit will therefore provide a space for internal reflection and collective healing, where participants will develop tools to build resilience and tend to their mental health when engaged in antiracist and equity-centered work. They will also hear from our keynote speaker Bookda Gheisar, Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Port of Seattle as well as have the opportunity to attend workshops on “Building spirit and strengthening our health in activism” and “RACISM| UNHOUSED HUMANS|PUBLIC POLICY”.

Register here! https://events.uw.edu/d/98qw5q/

The Evans Career Development team will be joined by Alvarez & Marsal on Friday, November 19th at 12:30pm (PST) to lead an Information Session and highlight an amazing internship opportunity! A&M is seeking students who are interested in public sector consulting, with a preference for those who intend to graduate in 2023, for its Summer Associate Internship Program.

Register for the info session: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0mEJ3OXwx6FJs9Dv3jYaOltURThQUVNFMFNISzlTQ1hWMUYyOURWUFhSUCQlQCN0PWcu

Apply on EvansJobs:
https://evansjobs-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/3bfd8ccb4f89c8e0a477b05d0cf945cc?signin_tab=0

A bit more about A&M:
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a leading independent global professional services firm, specializing in turnaround management, performance improvement and advisory services with more than 5,000 professionals based in locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing on a strong operational heritage and a bias for action, our professionals work closely with organizations and stakeholders to help tackle complex business issues and maximize value.

Since 2003, A&M Public Sector Services (PSS) has helped government, education, and non-profit clients identify new ways to overcome challenges and implement sustainable change. Pioneering a progressive, pragmatic, and forward-looking approach, we leverage our experience applying operational and financial improvement principles in the private sector while addressing the unique challenges facing public sector organizations. Working directly with C-suite executives, PSS helps stabilize financial and operational performance by developing and implementing comprehensive efficiency, operational, and organizational improvements.

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Evans Virtual SIG Fair is starting in 1️⃣ hour! Join EPOC, Evans' student interest group for BIPOC students :)

We'll see you there 🤗

Hey y'all -- wanted to share this job opportunity shared by an EPOC alum:

The Bridge Project is a brand new equitable hiring pathway focused on people of color and underrepresented communities in the environmental sector. Applications are open for access to over 20 environmental jobs and Rachel’s Network is one of the participants in this new program.

Candidates should apply by April 19. It’s as simple as uploading your resume, answering a few questions, and indicating which jobs you’re interested in (you can throw your hat in for multiple jobs).

Rachel’s Network is committed to hiring and learning through this program, so if you are interested in the job we posted, please submit through The Bridge Project.

Link to jobs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zl6IDnLlq05pUI4RPqhAUvmdx6pcqFsA/view

Link to apply: https://www.wildernessstewards.org/thebridgeproject

The Bridge Project | Mysite The Challenge: The conservation field can be hard to break into. Employers across the sector, from federal land management agencies to nonprofit conservation groups, environmental organizations, natural resource management companies, and the outdoor recreation industry struggle to connect with a tal...

Hey everyone, FYI the Evans People of Color Board is holding applications open for board members for 2021-2022. Applications are due on Sunday, February 28. You can find the application at https://tinyurl.com/EPOC2021-22

Only a few days left to register. This is a great opportunity to hear from people on the ground doing the work.

The Evans Summit on Race & Equity in Public Policy is excited to announce another workshop for attendees on Saturday, February 13! Join Glenda Duldulao and Carolyn Solitaire for Being True to Self While Riding the Waves of Bureaucracy: Creating a Healing Space for BIPOC Working in the Public Sector.

Working in government can be rewarding and very challenging. Presenters Carolyn Solitaire and Glenda Duldulao are two extraordinary Womxn of Color public servants, born in two different generations and with different thoughts about remaining in government versus seeking other opportunities. In this Workshop, Carolyn and Glenda will share real talk about their experiences and challenges of working in government, and what they've done to be true to themselves and their communities while working in the sea of government bureaucracy.

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GLENDA DULDULAO is a 1.5 generation Filipino/Ilokano from the northern province of the Philippines. She grew up in a working class family and working class community in Kalihi, Oahu of urban Honolulu, the largest and most densely populated area in the Hawaiian Islands. Her current home is Tacoma, WA, land of the Puyallup Tribe.

Glenda is the first in her family to graduate high school, go on to college to obtain a Bachelors in Family Resources and Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning. For more than 10 years, Glenda has engaged in co-creating spaces where people can come together, usually over soul-filled food, to remember and share stories of ancestors, traumas, struggles, experiences of displacement, belonging, and resilience. It is in these spaces that windows of relationalities are created allowing us to respect each other’s humanity and move towards building a community that allows us to live our full selves.

Working in the public sector, both in state and city government for more than 5 years, Glenda seeks to find, and if not create spaces, that allows her and invites others to be their true selves, while being in a sea of bureaucracy. She is currently working to co-establish City of Tacoma government's Asian Pacific Islander Affinity Group.

CAROLYN SOLITAIRE is a lifetime resident of Tacoma and a graduate of the Tacoma School District #10. I have a family of 6 and a strong love for life. Her belief is: “DO THE BEST YOU CAN UNTIL YOU KNOW BETTER, THEN WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER DO BETTER.”

Evans Community, do not forget to register for this year's Summit on Race and Equity. We have some amazing panelists for the event.

The Evans Summit on Race & Equity in Public Policy is proud to announce our first two Workshop presenters! On Saturday, February 13th, Larisa Benson and Alana Bell will offer two sessions on creative self-healing practices, rituals, and self-care routines. They will also discuss how to empower our body and mind to promote racial justice and equity.
Stay tuned for continued announcements over the coming weeks with more details about their workshops!
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LARISA BENSON: After a full career working inside government and teaching at the Evans School of Governance and Public Policy, Larisa launched the start-up Government Joy Network. GovJoy is a group of community practitioners reimagining and rejuvenating what it means to govern in ways that contribute to the wholeness of our collective humanity, accessing the joy and grit that lies at the heart of a public servant by softening the hard edges of institutional culture.
Larisa specializes in creative facilitation and coaching. She believes that creative expression of our stories and rhythmic sound and movement are essential healing practices necessary to sustain the work of realizing justice in our hearts and bodies.
ALANA BELLE: A Priestess of People, Alana has been granted the purpose of living a life dedicated to service. Whether in a classroom or a one-on-one mentoring session, she listens with empathy and compassion. Lovingly bearing witness to others' stories, Alana’s intuition guides her to the essence of who a person is, what their gifts are, and what challenges they have. Meditation, mindfulness, and breathing techniques support the Interior Design (Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical aspects) of the beings she works with.
Through Spiritual mentors, self-teaching, and more traditional forms of education, Alana has gained a diverse body of knowledge that informs her work in the world. While grateful for all that she’s learned and yet to discover, she knows that true wisdom resides within. Alana’s mission is to help human beings delve into the most sacred of texts: themselves.
Currently, Alana works as a trainer/mentor at GovJoy.