Acknowledging and celebrating different communities, identities, and perspectives.
Diversity and Inclusion
Mandate: To acknowledge and celebrate different communities, identities, and perspectives that promote diversity at Coastline College. To bring awareness to racial, socioeconomic, and other forms of social injustices. To ensure that Coastline College is a safe environment to discuss and dialogue about issues that concern our students, staff, and faculty.
Why Diversity Matters
Taking a cue from Southern California itself, Coastline thrives when students of all types are given the opportunity to succeed. That means that Coastline's campuses are welcoming atmospheres no matter one's race, gender, religion, background, orientation, physical abilities, etc. As an institution of higher learning, we know that good ideas can come from anywhere. Diversity doesn't just make us more open, it makes us better.
Diversity and Inclusion Work Group
Coastline's Diversity and Inclusion Work Group encourages the development and implementation of practices that create supportive environments. This allows students, faculty, and staff to embrace their responsibilities as local and global citizens.
The group meets on the first Monday of the month (September - December, February - May) from 3pm - 5pm via Zoom led by Rene Gutierrez.
Workgroup Initiatives
Brown Bag Series
Events that provide space to spark dialogue about sensitive issues at Coastline College.
2019-2020 Topics
- Homelessness and Food Insecurity
- Uncomfortable Holiday Conversations
- Discomfort with hearing or speaking other languages
- White Guide: Another Perspective
- Unearned Privileges
Awareness Month Recognition
Information and events that recognize different communities and groups that tend to be marginalized.
Spring Awareness Months
- MLK Day - January 15th
- Black History - Febuary
- Women's History - March
- Deaf Awareness - March 15th - April 15th
- Asian and Pacific American Heritage - May
Diversity Trainings
- June 29, 2020 - Asian Solidarity With Black Lives: Dismantling Racial Capitalism
- June 30, 2020 - The Elephant We Don’t See: A Diversity Dialogue (1st in 3-part series)
- July 8, 2020 - More Than an Ally
- July 20, 2020 - Ibram Kendi on How to be an Anti-Racist
- July 16, 2020 - Black Minds Matter: Addressing the Parallels Between the Policing of Black Lives and Schooling of Black Minds (1st in 5-part series) - Register Now
Coastline College = Safe Space
It is important to us here at Coastline that the college remains a safe environment to discuss and dialogue about issues that concern our students, staff, and faculty. All should feel welcome to speak up and ask for support where its needed.