"Leading when things are difficult, is exactly that, it's leading" Jen Kalfsbeek-Goetz CCCCIO Spring Equity conference 2021

If we don't make changes as a result of a pandemic, I don't know when we will ever make changes! -- Dr. Tammy Robinson #CCCCIO2021

We need to be more bold and more courageous to do what needs to be done. We have to be out there talking about equity, we have to be out there talking about racism... We have to be out there at the forefront speaking about our students. - Dr Keith Curry, #CCCCIO2021

"We are more concerned with our own comfort, and our own racial fragility, than we are for our students."-- Dr. Regina Stanback-Stroud #CCCCIO2021

"The hard work is heart work" -- Dr. Abdimalik Buul #CCCCIO2021

"There is a widespread virus of institutional racism that our students have to overcome" Dr. Abdimalik Buul #CCCCIO2021

We are so inspired - now what can CIOs do immediately at their campuses to breakdown structures and bake in equity, justice and love? -- Dr. Jennifer Vega La Serna #CCCCIO2021

If the results of your student success can be predicated by race, then that is an example of institutional racism. – Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud #CCCCIO2021

“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. That action is the testimony of love as the practice of freedom.” Bell Hooks

We’re talking about Black, Latinx, Native American, and other student of color groups that we are leaving behind. -- Mayra Cruz, CCC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce #CCCCIO2021

We need to ensure that we are deploying the necessary resources and strategies, and assessing how we are addressing the 68 strategies in the DEI Integration Plan -- Mayra Cruz #CCCCIO2021

Our goals – 1) 3-5 year plan to reframe the CIO organization through an equity lens, 2) implement constitutional changes to add a DEI advocate as an elected member of the executive board---- Dr. Jennifer Taylor Mendoza #CCCCIO2021

Our goals - 3) Utilize DEI best practices rubric at local institutions (a CIO instrument to transform instructional processes, and procedures, 4) Determine areas of improvement in succession planning to promote diversity among CIO leadership–Dr Jennifer Taylor Mendoza #CCCCIO2021

This is not the time to just explore; it’s the time to explode; it’s the time to not just sit back but be present [for DEI work]. -- AVP Lorrie Ranck #CCCCIO2021

Continue to listen because it's dynamic work. It's changing, we're changing -- Lorrie Ranck #CCCCIO2021

It’s about centering student experiences as the drivers of everything we do. – Executive Vice Chancellor Marty Alvarado #CCCCIO2021

Can we build equity with intentionality? - Deputy Chancellor Dr. Daisy Gonzales #CCCCIO2021

"This work is not about initiatives, it is about cultural transformation." Dr. Daisy Gonzales #CCCCIO2021

Leaders that never fear the future, understand cultural transformation, are humble at the core, interested in equitable outcomes, understand integration between student learning environments/outcomes, understand the connection with policy then empower others. --Dr. Daisy Gonzales