Committees & Taskforces
Committees and taskforces dedicate their efforts to specific topics that affect students, create inclusive and understanding campuses, and shape policy to improve access and services.
Committees and taskforces dedicate their efforts to specific topics that affect students, create inclusive and understanding campuses, and shape policy to improve access and services.
These volunteers participate on committees and in workgroups to address ways to improve students’ experiences, educate stakeholders on DEIA and other foundational issues, and advocate for legislation that moves forward the mission of California’s community colleges.
Taskforces
Targeted taskforces and workgroups actively discuss and mobilize to shape process and policy affecting immediate and long-term student, college, and district needs.
Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce
Provides system-wide recommendations to address student housing and food insecurities.
Background
In Spring of 2018, the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC) established the CEO Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce to provide system-wide recommendations to address housing and food insecurities faced daily by our students. This Taskforce will review and discuss research literature, participate in discussions with leading scholars, and hear from students regarding their challenges with housing and hunger. The Taskforce is co-chaired by Tammeil Gilkerson, President of Evergreen Valley College and Matthew Wetstein, Superintendent/President of Cabrillo CCD.
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Contact
Sadie Brown, Program Manager, Community College League of California | Real College California, 916-906-3739 sadie@ccleague.org.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Taskforce
Partners to integrate DEIA practices throughout California’s community colleges.
Trustee DEIA Implementation Workgroup
Chancellor Oakley’s June 2020 Call to Action after the murder of George Floyd accelerated the timeline for implementing 68 recommendations developed in the Vision for Success Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce 2020 Report. California Community College Trustees (CCCT) responded to meet this accelerated timeline by forming the Trustee DEIA implementation Workgroup, a team of forty volunteers made up of trustees, CC employees, students and community members, tackling ten integration plan items under trustee purview. We work in partnership with other major statewide community college associations, most particularly with the CEOCCC/REIE, offering professional development and mentoring to promote and support the trustee role in integrating DEIA practices throughout their local districts.
Racial Equity and Inclusive Excellence (REIE) Taskforce
In the Fall of 2020, the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC) established the Racial Equity and Inclusive Excellence Taskforce (REIE) to bring CEOs from across the state to work on a Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) action plan that would serve as a blueprint to achieve a number of Tier 1 DEI activities identified by the Vision for Success Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce. The REIE Taskforce’s work would include administering a survey pertaining to EEO plans system wide in order to determine areas (colleges/districts) of focus, and collaborating with different constituent groups to ensure that cross functional collaboration is achieved and that work is aligned with a single purpose. The work will culminate in a final report that will be shared with the Chancellor’s Office.
CEO Funding Policies Taskforce
The CEO Funding Policies Taskforce examines budget issues affecting California community colleges. The taskforce also reviews legislation that has fiscal implications and makes advocacy recommendations.
Racial Equity and Inclusive Excellence (REIE) Taskforce
In the Fall of 2020, the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC) established the Racial Equity and Inclusive Excellence Taskforce (REIE) to bring CEOs from across the state to work on a Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) action plan that would serve as a blueprint to achieve a number of Tier 1 DEI activities identified by the Vision for Success Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce. The REIE Taskforce’s work would include administering a survey pertaining to EEO plans system wide in order to determine areas (colleges/districts) of focus, and collaborating with different constituent groups to ensure that cross functional collaboration is achieved and that work is aligned with a single purpose. The work will culminate in a final report that will be shared with the Chancellor’s Office.
Committees
Advisory Committee on Legislation
The Advisory Committee on Legislation (ACL) meets regularly to review state legislation, state budget and related issues, and provide guidance on League advocacy strategies and priorities.
Advisory Committee on Education Services
The Advisory Committee on Education (ACES) identifies and reviews the educational and professional development programs offered to the colleges, particularly those targeted to trustees and CEOs.
CEO Strategic Leadership Program
Comprised of CEOs only, the CEO Strategic Leadership Program (CSLP) Advisory Committee is responsible for identifying and reviewing needs for the educational and professional development programs provided specifically for CEOs.
Student Trustee Advisory Committee (STAC)
Convenes student trustees to discuss and engage on key legislative matters.
Background
STAC was formed in 2022 to connect the League with student trustees from across the state. In it’s inaugural year, 22 student trustees joined the committee, which was chaired by the student member of the statewide California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board. Very quickly, STAC became an integral resource for the League to understand the needs and perspectives of student trustees. Students joined the League in Sacramento on various occasions, including participating in a lobby day in support of student access to public transportation, and testifying in front of the State Assembly in support of funding for student housing. Additionally, students gave League staff input on student-related legislation and shared ways to improve League resources for student trustees.
Contact
To learn more about STAC, including how to join, please nune@ccleague.org.
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