Welcome to the Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education!
The Equity Office is part of De Anza's Equity and Engagement Division. We are committed to the college's Student Equity Plan for 2019-2022.
Upcoming Events
- April 22, 2021, International Indigenous People's Earth Day
- April 26, 2021: May Day at De Anza: International Workers Day
- April 27, 2021: Sandra Diaz Nursing Profesions Career Panel
Recorded Events:
Watch the following recordings for some inspiration.
- Get Paid for Being Woke: Social Justice Career Panel (Jan 21, 2021)
- Disability Justice (Jan 28, 2021)
Land Acknowledgement
We humbly do this work in Ohlone nation, the original caretakers and stewards of love and respect for the land. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area continues this beautiful legacy. For more information about their work, please visit their website. And also consider learning from this great online tool "Visualizing Indigenous Persistence during Spanish Colonization of the San Francisco Bay Area"
We understand we do this work with the contradiction that we are in occupied territory and after the massacre of Ohlone peoples, with western definitions of political borders. With more conviction, we are determined to educate students to decolonize and deconstruct, making social justice work through relationship building and staying true to a way of life that involves "To All My Relations."
Which Native Region Do You Live In?
Find out by texting your city or zip code to 907.312.5085. (Texting charges may apply.)Districtwide Professional Development
Dr joy DeGruy: The Conversation Continues
Friday, April 16, 2021- This is the third in a series of conversations with Dr. Joy
DeGruy to deepen our understanding of the effects of institutional racism, discrimination,
and marginalization, and steps we can take within our district to become a more equitable
learning and work environment. here is this recommended self directed study for this
event.
For More Informaiton: Pat Hylan HylandPat@deanza.edu.
LibGuide
To continue exploring and studying Dr. DeGruy's work, please visit this Foothill-De Anza LibGuide: An Introduction to Dr. Joy DeGruy and Anti-Racism
For more information, please send an email to Keri Kirkpatrick kirkpatrickkeri@fhda.edu
Stop Asian Hate
- Stop AAPI Hate: You can report incidents of aggression, racial profiling, and violence here in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. The Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council created this reporting center.
- In this historic year of cultural shifts, we invite you to align to the core values of equity and social justice. We have opportunities to be upstanders and we can learn from these Educational Resources on Anti-Asian Scapegoating created by the Asian American Studies department.
Then and Now: A Conversation on the History of Racism in the United States
This panel discussion on April 6, 2021 was moderated by Chesa Caparas, faculty coordinator for the Jean Miller Resource Room, and Jodi Wong, student and former editor of La Voz News.
Panelists included
- Robert Handa, De Anza alum, NBC Bay Area reporter and host of Asian Pacific America
- Mae Lee, chair, Asian American and Asian Studies
- Jim Nguyen, instructor, Political Science
Cosponsors include the Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education; the Asian American and Asian Studies Department; and the Asian Pacific American Staff Association.
- Here is a teaching guide from San Francisco State's Department of Asian American Studies and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Teaching Days after Anti Asian Violence.
- And a reading list compiled by Vox.
- Be inspired by The Atlantic on "Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different."
- Find ways to be involved with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Atlanta chapter).
- One example, is this solidarity statement written by De Anza's African American Studies.
- See these other college resources to support this ongoing journey to Stand Against Racism, currently very present against the Black community and the Asian community but not limited to the Latinx and faith based communinties, particular to the Muslim community.
- Here is this self directed study to further our justice analysis.
We Stand by Our International Students at De Anza
- Please refer to the International Student Program website for support, direct questions and inquiries.
- Here is the latest solidarity statement for Myanmar by ISP and the Office of Equity
Equity and Justice Resources
What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!
Please see our Conceptual Framework visual, explore our website regarding Guiding Assumption and Core Values and equity resources as well as student resources during this online learning experience. Check out these webpages, too:
- Standing Against Racism – college resources to support your equity and social justice journey
- More Ways to Study Equity – additional links, tools and guides for the current civil rights landscape.
- How to be Anti-Racist in a Virtual Environment - great resource from Leading Equity LLC
Stay Connected!
Ways to be Engaged
Mission Statement
The Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education promotes — through programs and services — an academic, cultural and social environment that provides equity, social justice and academic success for all members of the De Anza College campus community. It supports the district and college missions, which consider diversity an essential component of student education in the 21st century.
The Equity Office takes this charge seriously. We have expanded our mission of fostering a climate of healthy diversity that values individual and group differences and respects the perspectives of others by working to eliminate institutional oppression or barriers that perpetuate inequity, injustice, and mono-cultural education.
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions-and society-so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom.
- bell hooks, scholar
Virtual Hours
Adriana Garcia
Administrative Assistant
Wednesdays
12:30-1:30pm
Office of Equity
Tools
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Institutional Research Office
- Calendar of Observance - Website (Anti Defamation League) and Printable 2019 Calendar
When We're Back on Campus, You Can Visit Us Here:
Building MLC: MLC 250 (View Map)
(West Side of Campus, 2nd Floor at the west end, right hand door)
