Microaggressions and cultural
misunderstandings are among the topics tackled this fall when Cuyamaca College
launches its latest series of Diversity Dialogues with a Sept. 13 workshop
focusing on latent biases.
The fall
season of Diversity Dialogues begins less than two months after Cuyamaca became
the first community college in San Diego County to earn the prestigious John W.
Rice Diversity & Equity Award from the California Community Colleges
system. Cuyamaca was honored for an accelerated pathways program that is
eradicating achievement gaps and significantly boosting the numbers of students
completing required math and English courses.
“Cuyamaca
College prides itself on being a welcoming campus where different cultures are
celebrated, not condemned, where different languages are treasured, not buried,
and programs such as Diversity Dialogues continue to enlighten and educate our
students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community,” said Cuyamaca College
President Julianna Barnes.
All
workshops, which are free and open to the public, take place in Room I-207 of
the Student Center.