BMCC strives to provide an equitable environment for students, faculty, and staff. We regularly examine college practices, look for achievement gaps and barriers to success, and aim to provide everyone with the resources needed for success.
Take a look! In this series, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee shares out resources to learn and reflect on cultural topics.
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“Most of the 110,000 persons removed for reasons of ‘national security’ were school-age children, infants and young adults not yet of voting age.” – “Years of Infamy”, Michi Wegly
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which permitted the military to circumvent the constitutional safeguards of American citizens in the name of national defense.
The order set into motion the exclusion from certain areas, and the evacuation and mass incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast, most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens.
These Japanese Americans, half of whom were children, were incarcerated for up to 4 years, without due process of law or any factual basis, in bleak, remote camps surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards.
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In 1923, a Missouri lumber company built a town in northeastern Oregon named Maxville. Hundreds of loggers left Arkansas and Mississippi to live and work there. Many brought their families, and many were African-Americans. This program follows an African-American woman who was born and raised in Eastern Oregon, as she sets out to explore her family’s past.
Reclaiming Native Truth – a study revealing the challenges and opportunities that Native Americans face in educating Americans and changing public perceptions.
Explore more! Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer
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BMCC is proud to be a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution. A Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) is defined in federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or more total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.
We invite engagement and feedback from students, and anyone who would like to move BMCC towards a more equitable learning environment. Contact the DEI Committee at Diversity@bluecc.edu!
Want to learn more? Visit our DEI Governance page.
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee develops, reviews, and evaluates plans which create a more inclusive environment in order to celebrate and promote understanding and respect of diverse people; facilitates campus-wide dialogue regarding issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and provides direction for compliance with Oregon HB 2864 and HECC Equity Lens.
HB 2864—Oregon defines Cultural Competency as “an understanding of how institutions and individuals can respond respectfully and effectively to people from all cultures, economic statuses, language backgrounds, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, religions, genders, gender identifications, sexual orientations, veteran statuses, and other characteristics in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth, and preserves the dignity, of individuals, families and communities.”
Co-Chair | Roman Olivera |
Co-Chair | Ashlei Emmons |
Recorder | Katrina Dielman |
Faculty | Carol Johnson |
Faculty | vacant |
Native American Liaison | Annie Smith |
Classified | Angela Rios |
Classified | Gaby Gonzalez |
Student | Seanee Still |
Student | vacant |
Human Resources Rep. | vacant |
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