Skyline College: Planting Legaseeds At SMCCCD: Creating Filipinx Learning Communities Collegewide, Districtwide, And Statewide

Press release from Skyline College:

Becky Threewit

October 29, 2021

Riding the momentum of Kababayan’s 18 years as a learning community at Skyline College, the pending approval of the Katipunan Learning Community at CSM, and the emerging work at Cañada College, the group presented on the historical work at each campus, current projects, and most importantly, future aspirations for our Filipinx students. The work is predicated on the pillars of LOVE + HOPE = TRANSFORMATION, drawing from concepts in Valerie Kaur’s work on revolutionary love, Jeff Duncan-Andrade’s critical hope, and Carolyn Shield and Newin Orante’s transformative critical leadership.

The asks from the Board of Trustees were for help with systemwide transformation with the creation of a Statewide Filipinx Learning Community, districtwide transformation in building out Study Abroad and Balik Aral programs and partnerships, and campuswide transformation at each school while maintaining each college’s autonomy.  And not only did the group get the Board’s full support going forward, the doors are now open for discussion with administrators to start building, creating, and supporting a solid foundation for our Filipinx students across all three campuses.

This press release was produced by Skyline College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.