Professional Engagements

Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus, Chair

2022 - present

Presentations

• Digging Deeper to Understand the Impacts of Race Neutrality and What It Means to Be an Ally, Spring 2022 Plenary

Publications

• An Open Letter to Academic Senates, April 2022 

Webinars

• • Recognizing the Full Humanity of Our Asian and Pacific Islander Student Communities in the California Community Colleges, February 2023

Synopsis: Students who identify as Asian and Pacific Islander make up around 13% of California Community College students. Asian and Pacific Islanders are the fastest-growing ethnic group in California since 2011, growing an additional 25% statewide. After the pandemic, Asian and Pacific Islanders also experienced an explosive increase in racially motivated incidents. These increases should motivate faculty to look at what faculty can do on campus to support our Asian and Pacific Islander student communities. During this webinar, we will discuss some issues currently facing Asian and Pacific Islander students, and pedagogical and student services strategies and supports that faculty can take back to campus. 

• • Follow-Up to ASCCC Webinar ‘Recognizing the Full Humanity of Our Asian and Pacific Islander Student Communities in the California Community Colleges’, May 2023

Synopsis: Both ASCCC and CCCCO held, for the first time in February 2023 and April 2023, statewide webinars on serving CCC students who identify as Asian and Pacific Islander, who make up around 13% of California Community College students. During this webinar held during national APA Heritage Month, we will have follow up responses from panelists as well as discussion with attendees about the pedagogical and student services strategies and supports that CCC campuses and the CCCCO are implementing that were discussed in the earlier 25 ASCCC and CCCCO webinars.

Webinars

• • Representation Matters: Creating Inclusive Campus Environments for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Student Success

Flyer, Speaker Bios

Guest

• Pre-Calculus Readiness committee member, 2022

Member

• Algebra Readiness committee chair, 2023

Chancellor's Council

Member, 2022 - present

District Assembly

Member, 2018 - 2020

HR DEIA Committee

2022 - present

SLO Symposium

• AAPI Summit, 2022

Food Distribution 

Volunteer, 1996 - present

Feeding America food bank pickups, 2015 - present

SBVC Story - Bethany Tasaka