Equal Opportunity & Diversity Advisory Committee (EODAC)

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About the Committee

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The primary purpose of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Advisory Committee (EODAC) is to actively assist/facilitate Bakersfield College’s cultural and institutional policies and practices that demonstrate a commitment to greater diversity and inclusion for all students, employees, and the community at large. The EODAC is responsible for educating and orienting the college about the issues and concerns related to diversity and equity while helping to create an inclusive, engaging, and conscious college culture through:

  • Providing recommendations to Bakersfield College (BC) and the Kern Community College District (KCCD) for creating and/or amending policies and procedures that impacts, supports, and promotes the EODAC’s Committee charge
  • Creating, editing, and reviewing BC’s Diversity Statement and diversity policies, plans, and/or reports from KCCD
  • Reviewing collected data regarding equity in achievement for all student groups, while being conscious of traditionally underrepresented student groups in terms of access and barriers to resources and opportunities
  • Reviewing collected data regarding equity in staff, faculty, and administrator recruitment, retention, and promotion and recommending specific remedies to BC and KCCD
  • Collaborating with other committees, task forces, projects, and other entities and offices on campus and at the district to develop effective strategies to promote student retention, progression, completion and transfer
  • Promoting attitudinal and institutional changes regarding diversity, equity and inclusion by consistently employing multiple perspectives to lead to a better education and knowledge of the world for BC students
  • Providing workshops and trainings in diversity, career advancement, and leadership development to employees (both new and continuing and full and part-time employees) to close equity gaps in employee groups and to promote awareness, action, and change to college values that consistently align with BC and KCCD’s diversity commitments
  • Be an active voice for students and employees at both Bakersfield College and the Kern Community College District regarding diversity

In relationship to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), the EODAC will impact this process by:

  • Assisting the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer to achieve and maintain its hiring goal of having a diverse staff and faculty
  • Ensuring the systematic delivery of skill enhancing professional development trainings on diversity and inclusiveness through workshops designed to inform employee screening committee members about options to reduce biases and other issues dealing with diversity both at BC and KCCD as it relates to the hiring process
  • Assisting the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer (EEO) to provide inclusiveness in trainings to employee screening committees that promotes BC and KCCD’s values of having a diverse workforce
  • Helping edit job announcements for new positions at Bakersfield College to ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) language that is inviting and inclusive
  • Recommending recruitment and retention strategies that contribute to greater diversity workforce

 

 

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Scope of Authority

There is a macro-level and micro-level scope of the EODAC which functions at both the Bakersfield College and at Kern Community College District concerning diversity. Overall, this group will focus on creating, developing, revising, and putting into action effective practices, policies, procedures, requirements, and protocols for dealing with the issues related to diversity.

 

Reports To

Bakersfield College President

 

Communicates With

A representative of the Equal Opportunity Diversity Advisory Committee (EODAC) will communicate with Administration, Faculty, and Classified employees as well as Students through governance bodies on campus and at the District Office which include but aren’t limited to Academic Senate, College Council, Faculty Chairs and Deans Council, Human Resources (Both on the Bakersfield Main Campus/Delano Campus and the District Office), the KCCD District Committees addressing issues of diversity such as Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee, and Bakersfield College’s Student Government Association (SGA).

 

Membership

Administrative Co-Chair
Faculty Co-Chair
Classified Co-Chair
8 Classified Representatives
8 Faculty Representatives
3 Adjunct Faculty Representatives
4 Administrator Representatives (Recommending Deans, Program Directors and/or Managers)
1 Student Government Association (SGA) Representative
1 Student representative at large

 

 

The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 5 provides California Community Colleges with state regulations. Section 51201 provides us with direction on diversity, equity and inclusion. One section (b) states: “embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice acceptance, anti-racism, and respect towards one another and understand that racism, discrimination, and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others.” Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 51201

Members

Chairs

Role Name
Administrative Co-Chair Richard McCrow
Faculty Co-Chair Andrea Thorson
Classified Co-Chair Victoria Coffee

Administrators

Role Name
Administrative Representative Jennifer Achan
Administrative Representative Reggie Bolton
Administrative Representative Angelica Caudillo (alternate)
Administrative Representative Gamaliel 'Leo' Ocampo (alternate)
Administrative Representative Tiffany Sagbohan (alternate)

Classified

Role Name
Classified Representative Bryan Lainez (alternate)
Classified Representative Venessa Reyes (alternate)
Classified Representative Angela Williams
Classified Representative Maria Elizondo
Classified Representative Dominica Dominguez
Classified Representative Lareina Villanueva (alternate)

Faculty

Role Name
Agriculture, Nutrition, Culinary Arts Vacant
Arts, Communication, Humanities David Neville, Paula Parks (alternate)
Business Murad Zikri
Education Teresa McAllister, Lily Pimentel-Stratton (alternate)
Health Sciences Joe Saldivar, Rebecka Zepeda (alternate)
Industrial Technology & Transportation Rony Recinos
Public Safety Training Harlan Hunter
Social and Behavioral Sciences Daymon Johnson
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Gilbert Ayuk, Jonathan Brown (alternate)
Adjunct Debra Thorson, Chris Holland (alternate)

Students

Role Name
Student Government Association Shehrazad "Raz" Barraj, Brenda Abad (alternate)

 

Meeting Times

Every two weeks on Friday 11AM-Noon, Location: CC 232.

Last Meeting

Equal Opportunity & Diversity Advisory Committee (EODAC) Meeting - December 8th, 2023