 Good afternoon, Highline. First and foremost, thank you all so much for being here this lovely afternoon where you are. My name is Doris Martinez. She, her pronouns, and I currently serve here at Highline as the Interim Associate Dean for Student Life, and of course a member of our Equity for Strategic Plan core team. And so today, just to let you know, just a couple of housekeeping matters, we are recording the first part of this session. And of course, it will be available to everyone, hence why I am recording. But when we get to the breakout rooms and discussions of today's session, that will not be recorded because we want folks to feel 100% comfortable in sharing your thoughts and your perspectives. And sometimes being recorded can feel a little intrusive. So just wanting to let you all know that. But anyhow, we're going to go ahead and move ahead. Happy Monday and thank you all again for being here. Today's Town Hall is really about our mission, vision and values that we have been working on here as the core team. And so today in the next hour, we're going to be of course focusing, of course, doing a welcome community guidelines and really talking about the equity first core team have Andrea Gardner, who's one of our core team members here with me today. And now the Yankees Park, who is one of our consultants. And then you'll see other folks coming in later on who are also part of our equity first strategic planning work team that has been really working the past almost 10 months to create a equity strategic plan. And so we'll talk a little bit more about what that process has been like. And then introduced to you all today, our mission, vision and values. Again, this is actually a working draft. And so you as students will have an opportunity to give us some much needed feedback, because this is going to be a working and living document. And we really want it to embody the essence of our Highline students. And then we'll discuss next steps. So in terms of our conversation, so today's town hall is essentially going to serve as an opportunity for everyone to share like their experiences, really looking into, you know, what the vision, mission and values are, in addition to giving us feedback. And so just really thinking, we really wanted as a team to provide a space where, you know, folks can really give a feedback in addition to sharing your own voices and your perspectives, because that's really important, especially as we are revamping our mission that really embodies our identity, you know, defines the identity of the institution. So just keeping that in mind. In terms of community guidelines today, there's really these couple of guidelines. We really want you to keep that in mind as we are conversing with one another today. So choose to be present, however that seems to you, definitely, you know, be feel free to speak. But again, like it's not required to, there'll be different ways for you to communicate your thoughts. We love a good chat feature. So feel free to include that via chat as well. Listen respectfully and actively is so key to the work that we do here. We want to make sure that we are embodying that throughout because there's going to be a lot of different thoughts and perspectives. So we want to make sure that we are providing space and being as respectful as possible. Be open to ideas that are being shared, right. And so I think that's really important in this process. And you know, as well, that this process is also being done with faculty and staff as well. So our core team, we're really right now wanting to hear and listen to all of the ideas of our community. And you are, of course, the center of that. And so just being open to hear. And with that being said, there's going to be ideas that you may not 100% agree with. It's okay to criticize ideas, but not the individuals, right. So, you know, if there's something that you have a question on, it's okay to ask, it's okay to challenge. But, you know, but that not challenging or being disrespectful to an individual. And then commit to learning. I think that's the one of the greatest lessons that we've been learning going through as a core team is that learning aspect, right. We are all in the school of lifelong learning and so commit to learning, not debating. And so that's what some of the community guidelines that we wanted to continue on with today. So you may hear have heard about this equity first core team. So just wanting to go a little bit over about the purpose, the process, and ultimately the product. So we started this process, I want to say June 2021. So it's been a while, but essentially the purpose of this project is to support, highlight to develop and sustain an strategic plan that sets the vision for a more equitable institution for students, colleagues, and the community, right. So this is led over an 18 month process. And it focuses on the following elements, which includes to engage campus stakeholders, establish community wide equity imperative and examine meaningful data to identify institutional inequities, create goals and milestones to mitigate equity gaps and D to revise the mission vision and value statements to align with the new vision and direction of the college. And as y'all may know, I mean, the college has gone, I feel quarterly, daily through numerous changes. And so how do we, you know, as an equity centered institution have mission vision values, a strategic plan, that also is the image and embodies where Highline is and is wanting to go. And so that's where this project really serves in its foundation. And so just to give you just a quick math, join the meeting. Okay, in terms of how this process has gone, as you can see here, this is just like the roadmap of where we've been. So last spring, there was recruitment for the core team, in addition to a starting. And then that led into the second part in terms of, you know, learning how to develop an equity strategic centered plan. And then right now we're kind of in the midst of that third piece, right, which is to craft. We've worked with many folks in, you know, acquiring collecting data. And so we're currently in the third phase of beginning to write and craft the equity first strategic plan. And then we're going to go into phase four and summer 2021 2022, I'm sorry, in terms of committing and implementation. So here's some things that we've done in the course of the last year. Internally, it's been a lot of work, our team. So reviewing various Washington state, you know, state board, community college, community technical, strategic plans, exploring the conditions of Highland College, you know, holding various town halls, really taking a deep look into our mission statement is, in addition to collectively working to reimagine a more equitable Highland College. So very like again, not only holding town halls, but various meeting with various folks across campus. And you can see, like externally, what are some of those things, including hosting an opening day session for faculty and staff and professional development day, we had various community or conversations in at the end of fall quarter with faculty staff and students. And then in the winter quarter, we had a equity coalition, equity coalition meetings with various affinity groups throughout the college. And then this quarter in the spring, we're holding formal town halls like this for faculty staff and students. And then we will also be holding a few informal spaces as well. So in terms of these are just some reflection questions for you. And actually, I would love to hear or see in the chat. When you hear the words mission statement, just think about that for a second, you know, whether you apply to a college, right? Or, you know, you see an organization that you're interested in volunteering in, oftentimes, every place will have a mission statement. When you hear that what pops into your head, I would love to hear what comes to mind. A set of rules and goals. Ooh, what the organization strives for. These are great. What else? Yeah, main goal. Yep, goals of an organization, mission. Yep. So let me ask y'all this. Why, so in terms of highlighting, thinking of where you are all at as students, why are the mission vision and values of Highline, why would they be important? I'm curious, right? Because they represent us and impact your experiences. I really would love to know more about that. Absolutely. Okay. These are great. Thank y'all so much. So here's what we found out in the research portion of this process. If you look at our mission statement, if you go to Highline.edu, you will see the current mission statement, and you see it right in front of you on the shared screen here. Our team, we found that there were too many buzzwords. The statement, as a singular sentence, there's a lot of passive verbiage. It's old and outdated, and it's too focused on diversity and globalism. And when we think about it as well, if you read it, it could really fit in as a statement for any other college. So what made it distinctive, right? And standing on its own as a representation of what Highline is and not something that is just generic. So just thinking about that, those are some things that we as a core team, diving into reading these documents, realize that it was not the essence of what the Highline we know. So then in terms of reimagining our mission, this is where a lot of our time has been spent on. In our core team, we were asked in our training and our work to envision, right? When we think about writing a strategic equity first plan to envision how Highline would be, let's say seven years from now, right? So looking at 2029. And when we did this exercise, these were some things that came to mind, like in terms of what we want Highline to be. For example, Highline College now offers the top five degrees that local employers require. Thunderbirds achieve the highest completion rates for student parents in the state. But then also thinking, if you look at that column on the screen, what needs to change, right? So start to survey and build specific strategies that would support our students. You know, bring back education classes that are taught in various languages, looking at the variety of courses that we teach on the evening and weekends, right? So really having offerings for our students that really mirror our student populations. And so we began to envision and think about if this is going to be a strategic plan of where Highline College wants to go, how are we really going to get there and what needs to change? So then based on the feedback and all the work that we had just, I just previously shared with you all in terms of the steps that we took in gathering and working with our community, this is the mission statement, the draft that we came with. So I'll read it to you all. As an anti-racist institution, Highline College provides equitable access opportunity in student success for student learning and living on and around the unceded traditional villages sites of the Duwamish, Muckleshoot, and Puyallup tribes. Highline College staff, faculty, and administrators are committed to continually developing and maintaining anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive curriculum support services and community partnerships. We partner with our students as they envision, plan, and achieve their academic and professional goals. Through collaboration across campus and with local and global partners, we seek to achieve and sustain a campus environment rooted in social justice that appreciates, serves, supports, and supports all employees as they create conditions for student success in and outside of the classroom. It's a lot. It's a working draft, but let that sink in for a moment. And then when it came to the vision statement, this is the current draft. Again, y'all, this is a working draft and we will need your help with. At Highline College, we accept people as they are and honor the life and experience they bring. We are cultivating a collaborative community that is equitable and anti-racist, centers the well-being of the whole person, and envelops a sense of belonging. Our community advances success and empowers dreams to be achieved. We highly regard the families and support systems that enable our success and acknowledge that by working together, we are boundless. That's the vision statement. Again, working draft. And then in terms of the values, these are the current draft values. As you can see on our website at Highline.edu, you'll see that the current set of values have a definition to them as well. Please note like right now, we do not have the definitions for these. However, this is where we would love your feedback to define what authenticity or belonging, equity, inclusivity, et cetera mean to you. So the values are currently here. Highline College seeks to live out these values in everyday practice, which include authenticity, belonging, collaboration, environmental sustainability, equity, inclusivity, representation, respect, transparency, and also thank you, Jen, for adding this in the chat. Critical literacy is another value as well that has been discussed. So we definitely wanted to add that back in there. Okay. All right. So I'm going to stop talking because I want y'all to talk. So over the next half hour, there's going to be a few breakout rooms. And then this will be an opportunity for you all to share your feedback. There's going to be a facilitator in the space and a note taker as well. But this will be an opportunity for you to really get into kind of like the meat and the potatoes of each mission, vision, and also the values. And you'll have an opportunity to make edits yourself as well. And so after 30 minutes, we will come back as a collective and close it out for next steps. Any questions on that? All right. So what I am going to do, and I know I have some folks here from our core team, welcome, welcome. I have the breakout room set, and I'm going to open them. Oh, by the way, the breakout rooms are self-selected. So you can actually select the room that you want to go into. For students that are in the room, please go into a room. If you are a staff or faculty member, stay in the main room here with me. And other than that, all the rooms are open right now. So feel free to go into them. And we'll see you back here in about 25, 30 minutes. I'll do a call out.