Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awareness Month celebrates the breadth of people that make up our IVC campus community. This is an opportunity to learn about human experiences other than our own, connect in community with one another, and to reexamine the ways we need to grow and change to better support one another.
IVC Events Weekly Guide
WEEK 1: APRIL 3 - 9
Student Equity Resource Fair
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 11 am - 12:30 pm | SSC Quad | Register »
Monarch Nights by Dream Scholars
Wednesday April 6, 2022 | 3 - 4:30 pm | via Zoom | Register »
Supporting Undocumented Students
If it Feels Normal, It’s Not Equity: Assessment for Racial Equity
Friday, April 8, 2022 | 10 - 11:30 am | via Zoom | Register »
WEEK 2: APRIL 10 - 16
Fostering Success by Guardian Scholars
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 4 - 5 pm | via Zoom | Register »
Supporting current and former foster youth
ReEntry Round Up by ReEntry Scholars
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 5 - 6:30 pm | via Zoom | Register »
Supporting students age 25 and older
WEEK 3: APRIL 17 - 23
Womxn of Color Collective (WoCC)
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | 3:30 – 5 pm | via Zoom | Register »
IVC Elevates Men of Color by Engaging and Embracing Solidarity (EMCEES)
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | 3:30 – 5 pm | SSC 260K | Register »
Refreshments provided
CSUF & UCI Pride Center Virtual Tour
Friday, April 22, 2022 | 11 am - 1 pm | via Zoom | Register »
IVC Guided Pathways Summit
Friday, April 22, 2022 | 9 am - 1 pm* | via Zoom | Register »
*lunch to follow in the SSC Quad at 1:30 pm
2022 Theme: Sharing the Resources — Communicating Available Resources to our Campus. Presented by ASIVC Guided Pathways Ad Hoc Committee
WEEK 4: APRIL 24 - 30
"You People" Film Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | 2 - 3:45 pm | BSTIC 101 | Register »
Hosted by Professor Edwin Tiongson, Communication Studies Department
Supporting Gender Inclusivity for Queer and Trans Students
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | Noon - 1 pm | via Zoom | Register »
A Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW) Event
Asian Pacific Islander (API) Mixer
Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 2 - 3:30 pm | BSTIC 101 | Register »
Join the fun in an API mixer intended to breakdown silos and empower our growing campus community. Refreshments will be provided.
Strong Opportunities, Real Success: Addressing Equity for Community College Students
Friday, April 29, 2022 | 10 - 11:30 am | Hybrid: BSTIC 101 or via Zoom | Register »
A hybrid discussion with Dr. Laura Rendón, a nationally-recognized student advocate, activist scholar and contemplative educator who established the groundbreaking validation theory.
Black Student Success Week
Black Student Success Week is returning April 25 - 29, 2022. This year’s theme is A Vision for Black Student Success: Creating a New Landscape to Succeed. The 2022 Black Student Success Week will focus on new approaches to ensure Black and African American students succeed at California Community Colleges as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily webinars will be held from noon to 1:30 pm via Zoom and live-streamed on YouTube. To register, click on a webinar title below or visit www.linktr.ee/cablackstudents.
- Monday, April 25 – Beyond Mattering: Centering the Student Narrative
- Tuesday, April 26 – No Leaks: Securing the Pipeline for Black Student Success
- Wednesday, April 27 – The Path to Transfer Success: A Clear Highway or a Traffic Jam
- Thursday, April 28 – Transforming Black Student Success through Courageous State Leadership
- Friday, April 29 – Using Radical Action: Showing Up as Your Authentic Self
Equity-Focused Conferences
CCC LGBTQ+ Virtual Summit 2022 — Unapologetic: Fighting for the Liberation of Queer, Trangender, & Non - Binary Students
May 4 - 5, 2022 | 9 am - 2 pm | Register »
IVC Students Attend FREE! Space is limited. IVC is a Silver Sponsor of this event.
2022 APAHE National Conference — Movement API
April 7 - 8 | Register »
Students have the opportunity to attend for free. Space is limited.
IVC Identity - Focused Clubs
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Club
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Club
- Black Student Union
- Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club (GSA)
- Indonesian Cultural Club
- International Student Club
- Japanese Club
- Korean Student Association
- Latinx Club
- She’s the First
- Student United Way
- UNICEF
Featured Resources
Irvine Valley College
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awareness Month Virtual Background (download)
- Designing Diversity Equity and Inclusion Framework for IVC (recording)
- Spring 2021 IVC Professional Development Week — Opening Session (recording)
- IVC Library — Stand Up for Social Justice
Saddleback College
- CHIRLA Initial DACA Clinics (Immigration Support)
Weekly clinics for those who wish to apply for DACA for the first time.
Registration required: the registration link will go live every Monday at 9 am. The link will be closed as soon as they have 25 participants. Participants will be emailed a Zoom link to a mandatory orientation that will take place every Wednesday at 3 pm. - CLASE Transfer Mentor Program
Chicano, Latino, Access, Success and Empowerment
IVC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Related Courses
Want to learn more? IVC has so many diverse courses to choose from!
- ANTH 2 - Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 2H - Cultural Anthropology Honors
- ANTH 3 - Culture and Language
- ASL 15 - American Deaf Culture
- COMM 9 - Intercultural Communications
- ETHN 10 - Intro to Ethnic Studies
- ETHN 20 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
- ETHN 30 - Introduction to Chicanx Studies
- ETHN 40 - Introduction to African American Studies
- GS 10 - Intro to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- GS 20 - Gender and Contemporary Society
- HD 130 - Teaching in a Diverse Society
- HLTH 6 - Health and Social Justice
- HIST 23 - History of California
- HIST 41 - The History of East Asia Since 1800
- HIST 51 - Women in American History
- HIST 51H - Women in American History Honors
- JA 21 - Introduction to Japanese Culture
- LIT 46 - Ethnicity in Literature of of the US
- MUS 27 - History of Jazz
- SOC 20 - Race and Ethnic Group Relations
- SOC 20H - Race and Ethinic Group Relations Honors
Grow Your Equity Skills
- California Community College Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
- Definitions of Key Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Terms (pdf)
- Vision for Success Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force Summary (pdf)
- USC Race and Equity EConvening Year - Long Series
Hosted by Dr. Shaun Harper and available to all IVC employees.
This link contains recordings and resources for webinars specifically with the California Community Colleges system.
The following definitions are taken from the CCCCO Glossary of Terms (pdf):
- Diversity: The myriad of ways in which people differ, including the psychological, physical, cognitive, and social differences that occur among all individuals, such as race, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, religion, economic class, education, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, mental and physical ability, and learning styles. Diversity is all inclusive and supportive of the proposition that everyone and every group should be valued. It is about understanding these differences and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of our differences.
- Equity: The condition under which individuals are provided the resources they need to have access to the same opportunities, as the general population. Equity accounts for systematic inequalities, meaning the distribution of resources provides more for those who need it most. Conversely equality indicates uniformity where everything is evenly distributed among people.
- Inclusion: Authentically bringing traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities, and decision/policy making in a way that shares power.
- Institutional Racism: Particular and general instances of racial discrimination, inequality, exploitation, and domination in organizational or institutional contexts. While institutional racism can be overt (e.g., a firm with a formal policy of excluding applicants of a particular race), it is more often used to explain cases of disparate impact, where organizations or societies distribute more resources to one group than another without overtly racist intent (e.g., a firm with an informal policy of excluding applicants from a low income, minority neighborhood due to its reputation for gangs). The rules, processes, and opportunity structures that enable such disparate impacts are what constitute institutional racism.
- White Privilege: Refers to the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are White. Generally White people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it.
Webinar Recordings
- Kinship Is a Frequency (Puente Mentor Summit March 2021)
- Father Boyle, creator of Homeboy Industries, discusses the value of using kinship to help people access their better selves.
- Insurrection at the Capitol: Justice and Reconciliation at the Capital and Our Campuses by Dr. Lasan Hotep and Dr. J. Luke Wood
- Equity Grounded Counseling Series — Recordings and Resources
- Maintaining an Equity Focus in the Face of Oppressive Structures
- Addressing Basic Needs in Educational Counseling Environments
- Deconstructing the Process of Career and Educational Planning
- Empathy as a Tool for Equity
- Chancellor’s Office System Webinars
- Directions to Access: Log in to the Vision Resource Center. After logging - in, under the “Communities” menu, visit “All Communities” and look for “CCC | Webinars, Conferences, and Events.” Join this community, then access the “Chancellor’s Office System Webinars” topic to view the content.
- Scaling Emergency Aid During the Pandemic: Community Colleges Reflect on Lessons Learned from CARES presented by the Hope Center
- USC Center for Urban Education Recordings
- Racial Equity in Online Environments
- Equity - Minded Online Teaching: Using Canvas as a Model
- Being Aware of Learning Opportunity Constraints Posed by Online Teaching and Moving Towards Anti - Racist Practices
- Online Support as an Anti - Racist Practice
- Equity - Minded Mathematics Instruction
- How to Express Care with a Focus on Racial Equity