Coastline's Intercultural Resource Center (IRC) provides a welcoming space for all students. We are located at the Garden Grove campus. Come visit us!
Intercultural Resource Center
Committed to developing all students into the most empowered version of themselves.
The Intercultural Resource Center (IRC) is a safe space for Coastline College students to learn about themselves and their community through workshops, one on one mentorship sessions, and collaboration with their peers. The IRC collaborates with campus and community partners to develop intentional programming to bring awareness and diversity to students.
The IRC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program. The IRC is located at the Garden Grove Center. Visit us today!
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Services and Opportunities
Mentorship
Mentorship is a space where each student gets to focus on their personal and academic growth. At the IRC, we understand that our students have multiple roles and responsibilities that go beyond the classroom. Whether it is work, family, or friends, students have a lot to balance! Mentorship is a space where students get to focus on themselves. Mentorship is a wonderful resource at the IRC that will help you hit the ground running in every aspect of your life!
Interested? Fill out our interest form for mentorship today!
Leadership Program
Our Leadership Program is an opportunity for students to grow into a certain knowledge, attitudes, and skills to become an empowered student leader in the classroom and out in the community. Our Leadership Program equips students with the skills to develop, plan, facilitate, and coordinate projects and events that address student needs.
If you're interested in learning more about Leadership, contact Andrea Wasawas.
AAPIphany
The AAPIphany Leadership Summit is a one-day event, hosted by Coastline College's Intercultural Resource center. This event is for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) college and high school students in Southern California to talk about their shared experiences. While this conference is geared towards students who identify as AAPI, this is also a space open for any students who are willing to learn about others' experiences and share their own. Together, as a community, the Leadership Summit will allow attendees to reflect on their strengths, discuss their challenges, and identify solutions about what it means to hold their identity.
IRC Values
The Intercultural Resource Center seeks to create and nurture an environment that encourages diversity through dialogue, exploration, and community engagement through the following values:
Resources & How To Stay Connected with the IRC
The Intercultural Resource Center has worked diligently to produce a Canvas Shell where students can utilize a virtual IRC to access services, a space to build community, and connect with us! In the Canvas Shell students can access:
- A virtual IRC to participate in our services such as our Mentorship & Leadership program.
- Tools/video tools from our mentorship program that will help you develop skills in goal-setting, time-management/life balance, personal values, relationship building, and more!
- IRC upcoming events and recordings of past IRC workshops will be added throughout the semester.
- A list of various campus and community resources to support student learning.
Students and the Coastline community are encouraged to self-enroll into the IRC Canvas Shell.