Equity Speaks: Culturally Sustaining Stories

Our podcasts help listeners learn more about intercultural communication and organizational development, with the goal of expanding people's understanding of core leadership competencies and effective, all-encompassing student-support services as well as guided pathways and other topics for engaged professionals.

Virtual OCCRL Summer Equity Academy 08/26/2024

Virtual OCCRL Summer Equity Academy Advancing Racialized Equity at Community Colleges: Lessons from California - July 30 In 1996, Proposition 209 in California banned the use of race in admissions across the state higher education system. This July 30, 2024, virtual OCCRL Equity Academy focused on understanding lessons from the West Coast to address the potential impact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions in the Midwest. The keynote speaker, Dr. Marissa Vasquez, as well as Lorenzo Baber, Ayinde Rochon, and Maria Wright, discussed their tools and strategies to support equitable access for racially minoritized students across higher education contexts. Marissa Vasquez, Associate Director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab and Associate Professor in the College of Education at San Diego State University Lorenzo Baber, Director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership and Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at Illinois Maria Wright, Professor of Education at Bakersfield College Ayinde Rochon, Doctoral Candidate and Senior Research Assistant at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/32750187

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Soko Starobin 01/05/2022

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Soko Starobin In this episode, Soko Starobin talks about her life as an educator and activist, and reveals a harrowing health incident she faced. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/21682808

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Pamela Luster 12/03/2021

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Pamela Luster In this episode, Pamela Luster talks about her life and journey toward equity and excellence and how it shaped her. . /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/21373604

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Frank Harris III 11/02/2021

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Frank Harris III In this episode, scholar Frank Harris III talks about his early childhood experiences in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. He also relates the positive influence of his maternal grandmother, his schooling in California after moving to that state, and how he broke into the academy. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/21025481

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Leslie Gonzalez 10/28/2021

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Leslie Gonzalez In this episode, scholar Leslie Gonzalez talks about her biographical history and development as a scholar, which includes lessons and insights she has learned along the way. During her talk, Gonzalez delves into her Chicana feminist epistemology to reveal how notions such as objectivity and neutrality are really just convenient covers for how whiteness and masculinity have shaped the academy. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/20971622

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Amalia Z. Dache 09/21/2021

Scholarly Personal Narratives: Amalia Z. Dache In this episode, scholar Amalia Z. Dache talks about her background and heritage and the role those aspects of her life play in the research that she conducts on racial-justice activism. During her talk, Dache reads excerpts from and discusses selected articles and manuscripts. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/20555018

Culturally Sustaining Stories in Black Student Activism 04/22/2021

Culturally Sustaining Stories in Black Student Activism In this OCCRL Equity Speaks: Culturally Sustaining Stories episode, we explore the dimensions of black student activism, a highly relevant topic of discourse considering the chilly campus environments of many colleges and universities today. To provide depth, meaning, and critical insights about black student activism, we talk to panelists Amalia Dache, Frederick Douglass Dixon, Jael Kerandi, and Jonathan McElderry. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/18824231

Culturally Sustaining Practices Across Institutional Types 06/09/2020

Culturally Sustaining Practices Across Institutional Types This podcast covers culturally sustaining practices that support racially minoritized students across institutional designations within the community college sector. Dr. Vicki McGillin, Marcus Peanort, and Jameta Rogers participated as panelists. The discussion focuses on the important roles administrators play in creating campus spaces, services, and policies that reflect the needs of racially minoritized students within the respective roles of the panelists. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/14762777

Culturally Sustaining Practices on Race for a Better Campus Climate 02/17/2020

Culturally Sustaining Practices on Race for a Better Campus Climate The fourth Equity Speaks podcast from OCCRL explores campus racial climates that racially minoritized students experience. The interview with Joseph Alonzo, Charles H.F. Davis, and Dominique Hill also covers the rise of student activism and how higher education professionals can leverage culturally sustaining practices to support activists and the campus community. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/13186622

Culturally Sustaining Wraparound Services for Student Success 11/01/2019

Culturally Sustaining Wraparound Services for Student Success For the third episode of the Equity Speaks podcast series, we explore the culturally responsive wraparound student-support services that administrators use to support racially minoritized student populations on community college campuses. Antonio Jackson, Alvina Thomas, and Gabrielle Thompson are the panelists. The show is hosted by Krystal Andrews and Colvin Georges Jr. of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/11875460

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy 10/01/2019

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy This podcast explores the culturally responsive pedagogy practices that community college faculty utilize while teaching their courses. OCCRL research assistant Krystal Andrews and associate director AJ Welton speak with Drs. Grisel Acosta (Bronx Community College), Tiffany Gause (Santiago Canyon College), and Mara Lazda (Bronx Community College). The candid talk covers the intentionality and importance of utilizing culturally responsive pedagogy to reflect the demographics and needs of student populations. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/11473811

Culturally Sustaining Leadership 07/08/2019

Culturally Sustaining Leadership This episode explores the culturally sustaining leadership practices that practitioners and administrators use while working with students. You'll hear from Brandon Bellamy of Howard County Community College and Dr. Rhonda Coats of Davidson County Community College. Both will discuss their leadership journeys and how their roles influence leveraging equity-embedded practices and policies on their campuses. Dr. Mohammad Khalifa leads things off by defining what culturally sustaining leadership is. /episode/index/show/culturallysustainingstories/id/10446866

Equity Speaks: Culturally Sustaining Stories

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