Mar 07, 2023 Regular Meeting

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[1. Roll Call - Announcement of Quorum]

DO CONFIRM THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5.51 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE FOR MARCH 7TH, 2023, AT 4:01 P.M..

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEBSITE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WILL BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET.

AN AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MEETING ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE AFTER THE MEETING IS A LATER DATE.

[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I GUESS IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONORED TO AT LEAST ONE SEEING ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

IT'S A GOOD OF.

DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TODAY? MS.. MOLINA. ANYONE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND WE WILL NOW START THE MEETING WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

[5.1. Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) 2023 National Legislative Summit featuring Student Delegates]

WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS.

WE TOOK STUDENTS TO THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY AND TO SEE OUR STUDENTS BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES IS ALWAYS REWARDING.

SO I APPRECIATE TRUSTEES THAT WERE ABLE TO GO WITH US THIS YEAR AND PARTICIPATE.

SO WE TOOK FOUR STUDENTS WITH US THIS YEAR.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK DEBBIE RICHARDS TO COME ON IN ALONG WITH OUR STUDENTS.

AND AND DEBBIE WILL INTRODUCE OUR STUDENTS.

THEY'LL TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN D.C.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COLLEGE.

THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS THAT THAT WE DO TO SEE THESE STUDENT ADVOCATES IN ACTION.

AND AGAIN, THE FOUR OF THEM TO REPRESENT ALL 125,000 OF OUR STUDENTS AS THEY TELL THEIR STORIES AND THEIR JOURNEYS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

SO, DEBBIE. THANK YOU.

CHAIR BRAVO BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CHANCELLOR LENNON, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND HIGHLIGHT OUR TRIP TO THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC TO BEGIN OUR JOURNEY.

WE BOARDED SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AT 7 A.M.

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH.

THESE STUDENTS DIDN'T BAT AN EYE WHEN I TOLD THEM THEY NEEDED TO BE THERE TWO HOURS AHEAD OF TIME.

SOME OF THEM MADE IT.

SOME OF THEM DIDN'T, INCLUDING MYSELF.

DURING THE CONFERENCE, THE STUDENTS ATTENDED SESSIONS WITH THOMAS VILSACK, SORRY, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND PETE BUTTIGIEG, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.

THEY ATTENDED THE STUDENT TRUSTEE MEETINGS WITH OVER 100 STUDENT ADVOCATES AT THE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY ATTENDED THE TEXAS DELEGATION BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH ALL OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM TEXAS REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE CHANCELLORS, THE PRESIDENTS AND OTHER BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS.

AND THERE WERE SIX STUDENTS THERE, FOUR FROM DALLAS AND TWO FROM SAN ANTONIO ALAMO COLLEGES.

AND THE FOUR STUDENTS STOOD UP AND PRESENTED AT THE MORNING SESSION AND EACH ONE OF THEM WERE PRESENTED WITH A GAVEL BY SEACAT.

WE LEFT THERE, WENT TO THE HILL.

THEY MET WITH CONGRESSMAN VEASEY, CONGRESSMAN ALLRED, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT, CONGRESSWOMAN VAN DINE, SENATOR CORNYN AND CONGRESSMAN JAKE ELLZEY.

CONGRESSMAN ALLRED'S OFFICE ALSO ARRANGED FOR US TO HAVE A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE CAPITOL.

AND SO SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDED THAT.

A COUPLE OF THEM WENT OVER TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DURING THAT TIME.

THESE STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FROM 40 APPLICATIONS.

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AND I HAVE KIND OF LABELED THEM AS THE FAB FOUR.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START AND LET THEM TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.

AND I'M GOING TO START WITH JAROD SHELTON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RON SHELTON, SO I'M THE SGA PRESIDENT FOR THE CENTRAL CAMPUS.

IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

SO MY EXPERIENCE AT THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT HAS, IN SO MANY SHORTER WORDS, BEEN LIFE CHANGING.

WE USED TO SEE YOU AT THIS POINT, AND I SEE HIM LIKE ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN ANY OTHER STUDENT AT DALLAS COLLEGE.

I SPENT MORE TIME THAN I HAVE.

SO I THINK THAT'S LIKE A BRAGGING, RIGHT? SO I DID ATTEND THE COLLEGE DAY AS WELL.

AND AUSTIN AND AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND IN LIEU OF US GOING TO DC, I DID ATTEND THE THE BRIGHT LIGHT BROWN COLLEGE BRIGHTON CONFERENCE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA AS WELL.

SO I DID I DO WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT DALLAS COLLEGE REPRESENTED AND WE STOOD OUT IN EVERY ASPECT POSSIBLE.

SO WHOEVER TOOK TOOK THE LEAD IN THAT AND BRING BRING THE INSTITUTION TO TAMPA.

YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GIVE WITH THEM WITHOUT BUT ONE OF THE ONE TO THE CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, I SHOULD SAY.

ACTUALLY, IT GOT ME CONNECTED IN ROOMS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE IN.

SO I NOW HAVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH WITH JASMINE CROCKETT'S OFFICE.

I GOT CORRESPONDENCE WITH SENATOR NATHAN JOHNSON'S OFFICE, AND I THINK MY BEST EXPERIENCE WAS A BETH VAN DUYNE BECAUSE SHE HAD US CLIMB OUT A WINDOW AND I WAS NOT EXPECTING A TEAM LEADER.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY FUN.

AND THE FOOD WAS AMAZING.

THE SPANISH RESTAURANT. OH MY GOSH.

YEAH. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DEFINITELY DO WANT TO BE SERIOUS AND DEFINITELY TAKE THE TIME TO THINK.

AND AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL.

SO THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS GISELLE LOPEZ.

HI, EVERYONE.

AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW, MY NAME IS GISELLE.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AT DALLAS COLLEGE.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY DR.

GLENNON, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US AND FOR WHAT EVERYONE DID FOR US AT THE TRIP.

I HONESTLY HAD SUCH AN AMAZING TIME GOING INTO THIS.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS WALKING INTO, BUT DR.

LENNON AND DEBBIE RICHARDS MADE IT SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FROM THE TOP TO THE BEGINNING TO THE LAST.

AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE.

AND SOME THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM WASHINGTON DC WAS, FIRST OF ALL, HOW TO GET TO THE AIRPORT ON TIME, FULLY PACKED.

UM, HOW DOES HOW TO DEAL WITH SLEEPY PASSENGERS OVERALL, I WOULD SAY THAT I LEARNED A LOT NOT ONLY ABOUT MYSELF, BUT ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT I WANT TO LEAVE.

I LEARNED THAT.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE MOVES.

YOU CAN'T JUST STAY STEADY AND THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR YOU.

GOING ON WITH THE TRIP.

UM, I HAD CONFLICT.

OF COURSE, WE ALL HAVE CONFLICT.

I LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICT AT THE TRIP.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, RIGHT.

I ALSO LEARNED THAT I COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T GROW UP WITH THE MOST SELF ESTEEM.

AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE DR.

LONDON AND DAVEY RICHARDS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH MY STORY.

IT'S NOT AN EASY STORY TO TELL.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY START SAYING HOW I FELT, BUT THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE TRANSPARENT AND REAL WITH MY STORY BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THAT MAKES ME A STRONGER INDIVIDUAL AND NOT TO HIDE IT AWAY, BUT TO EMBRACE IT.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM IT.

ALSO THAT I LOVE SPANIARD FOOD.

THANK YOU, DR. LENNON. SO, YEAH, SHE HAD A GOOD POINT RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS SOME GOOD FOOD.

AND YEAH, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYONE WHO JOINED IN.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO GET TO MEET YOU.

MONICA, LIRA-BRAVO AND FLOYD.

SUCH AN HONOR.

TRULY, REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

I APPRECIATE THE LESSONS AND I APPRECIATE THE CONFLICT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

MADELINE CORNEJO.

GOOD AFTERNOON SHOW BRAVO BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CHANCELLOR LENNON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.

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UH, SO I'M THE SEBATA PRESIDENT AT NORTHLAKE COLLEGE AND I AM GOING TO GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OF ARTS WITH A FIELD OF STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

UM, I.

I REALLY CAN'T DESCRIBE ENOUGH WITH WORDS HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE GONE TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND BE PART OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT.

UM, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE A LEADER.

I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE A FOLLOWER BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID OF REPRESENTING STUDENTS AND MAYBE REPRESENT BEING AFRAID OF DOING IT THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH GUIDANCE AND GOING ON THE TRIP AND TELLING MY STORY AS AN IMMIGRANT, AS A STUDENT WHO WANTED AN EDUCATION AND REPRESENTING EVERY STUDENT AT NORTHLAKE COLLEGE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AND WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF DOING AND FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS.

UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN STUDYING LAW, BUT I NEVER HAD THE MOTIVATION UNTIL I WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO NICE AND BEING THE BEST MENTORS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF HOW TO BE LEADERS AND NOT BE AFRAID OF FACING OUR FEARS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DIANA ESSER.

OKAY. HELLO, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FIRST FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND MY NAME IS DIANA ALGER, AND I'M STUDYING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

I'M ABOUT TO GRADUATE IN MAY AND HOPEFULLY STILL THE IDEA OF MY RESTAURANT IS ON.

SO FOR THIS TRIP, UM, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.

I NEVER THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO BE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HONEST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

UM, BEING IN WASHINGTON DC MADE ME.

MEET A NEW PEOPLE, NEW ENVIRONMENT.

GET OUT OF MY CULTURE, MY LIFE.

AND WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING.

I THINK THE FIRST TIME I STARTED TO SPEAK OVER THERE, I WAS SHAKING LIKE I DO NOW.

BUT AFTER THAT, I HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK OUT LOUD BECAUSE I NEVER SPOKE LOUD AND.

I MET SOME NEW PEOPLE THERE.

I WAS MY PLEASURE MEETING CHANCELLOR LENNON AND DEBBIE.

YOU WERE AMAZING THERE.

AND IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO MEET MR. CLEF AND HIS WIFE ALSO.

AND I CAN'T SAY THAT WAS AN GREAT EXPERIENCE OVER THERE, BUT I FIGURED OUT MR. LENNON, HE'S A GOOD PHOTOGRAPHER THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PICTURES.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO LIKE TAKE ME MOVE FORWARD IN MY LIFE AND MY DEGREE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME AND MAKING ME BE HERE AND MAKE ME BE A NOTICEABLE PERSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT OUR TRIP.

AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THESE FOUR STUDENTS THAT WHAT A LASTING IMPRESSION THEY LEFT THERE AND FROM EVERYONE THAT WE MET, FROM THE SENATOR'S OFFICES TO THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES TO THE STAFF WITH ACT AND TO THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE, OTHER CHANCELLORS AND PRESIDENTS, THEY LEFT.

THEY LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION WITH EVERYONE, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO AND WE'LL SAY ON THAT LAST POINT AGAIN, WE'RE ONE OF A FEW THAT TAKE STUDENTS.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WILL BRING SOME STUDENTS WHERE WE WERE AMONGST THE FIRST TO DO THAT 17 YEARS AGO AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO. BUT WHEN THESE FOUR AMAZING STUDENTS SPOKE IN EVERY ROOM THAT THEY SPOKE IN, THEIR PERSONAL

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AND AND SO THEY DID THAT IN EVERY ROOM THEY WERE IN.

TO THE EXTENT WHERE THERE ARE OTHER COLLEGES IN TEXAS THAT ASK FOR US TO.

SEND THEIR NAMES, SEND THEIR STORIES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED BY THE FOUR OF YOU THAT THEY WANTED TO TELL YOUR STORIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.

HOUSTON BUT THAT JUST REALLY SPEAKS TO EVEN WHERE THERE ARE OTHER COLLEGES.

YOU ALL WERE RESONATING WITH THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES ALONG WITH WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH OUR POLICYMAKERS.

SO I HOPE YOU ALL GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT AND GET TO KNOW THESE FOUR AMAZING STUDENTS.

TRUSTEE COMPTON. OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THE INITIATIVE THAT THE BOARD.

HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF AND PUT FORTH IS TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT VENUES AND, AS YOU SAY, PUT YOU IN A DIFFERENT ARENA FROM WHAT YOU'RE NORMALLY USED TO.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AS A BOARD.

AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE HEARD SOME AMAZING STORIES.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE STUDENTS.

IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON OR OUT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, OR WAS THE FIRST TIME I KNEW IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.

YOUR FIRST TIME? YEAH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN D.C..

IN D.C.? YEAH, THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME AS WELL.

YEAH, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SECOND, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY MORE ENJOYABLE THAN THE FIRST.

ALSO, WHEN I WAS DOWN IN AUSTIN WITH THE STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT DAY, I TOLD THEM, AND I'M TELLING YOU NOW WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE POLITICIANS, IF THEY DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE, THEY REMEMBER WHEN YOU LET THEM KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU VOTE AND THEY RESPECT YOUR VOTE.

SO WHEN YOU START DEALING WITH THESE POLITICIANS SOMEWHERE BEFORE YOU LEAVE, YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE A VOTER, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.

AND THESE POLITICIANS, THEY RESPECT THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT VOTE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IT WAS GREAT GETTING TO KNOW EACH OF YOU, YOU KNOW, I THINK A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.

AND SO I'M HERE IF Y'ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING AND I'M SURE Y'ALL CAN HELP US WITH CRAFTING SOME POLICY AROUND MAYBE A STUDENT TRUSTEE THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AND MAYBE IT MAY NOT BE FOR YOU, BUT FOR OTHER GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS OF DALLAS COLLEGE WHO CAN BE ABLE TO INTERACT NOT JUST AT A SUMMIT IN DC BUT ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH US.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR STORY.

LET ME ALSO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU, CONGRESSMAN VAN DIEN, PUT US THROUGH.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH OUR CHAIRMAN CRAWL THROUGH A WINDOW IN A DRESS, IN A DRESS TO GO OUT.

AND SHE SAYS, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PICTURE IF WE GET OUT ON THE ROOF.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID, RIGHT.

WE ALL CRAWLED THROUGH THE WINDOW AND AND HAD OUR PICTURE.

IT WAS A GREAT PICTURE.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF.

IT WAS IT LETS US KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.

THANK YOU. WE CAN DO A PICTURE.

LET'S DO A PICTURE. YEAH. COME ON UP AND ASK.

ARE WE GOING TO GO IN FRONT WITH THEM? IN FRONT? WE'LL STAND JUST A FEW.

STAND BACK. STAND WHEREVER.

YOU. YOU.

THANK YOU.

REPRESENTING. YEAH.

THANK YOU.

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[5.2. Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) 2023 Conference featuring Students and Staff]

BUT WE HAD 11 STUDENTS AND A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF THAT WENT DOWN THERE AND PARTICIPATED.

SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE STUDENTS, I'D LIKE TO ASK DR.

JOSEPH TO COME UP AND SHARE A FEW WORDS AND THEN INTRODUCE THEM.

SURE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE. BRAVO. SORRY.

TRUSTEE ESSER LONDON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE STUDENTS AND THE AND THE STAFF WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.

UM, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THE TRIP FOR THE STUDENTS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT IS A THAT IS A HUGE TASK AND THEY DID GREAT WORK.

I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE ONE HUSKIES AND ALTHOUGH ONE HAS MOVED ON TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE TEXAS, HE HAS GRACIOUSLY, GRACIOUSLY RETURNED TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK HE HAS DONE WITH OUR DALLAS COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NATIONAL CRISIS AMONG HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED MEN ATTENDING COLLEGE AND COMPLETING A CREDENTIAL.

STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR FACULTY AND STAFF HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF RETENTION AND PERSISTENCE.

JUAN WAS A PROGRAM LEAD AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CAMPUS FOR OUR MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, AND IT WAS HIS JOB TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR MALE STUDENTS.

HE, ALONG WITH TWO OF OUR STUDENTS, PRESENTED IN OUR MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM AT A CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.

BUT LET ME ASK ONE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND INTRODUCE THREE OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE.

ONE. HELLO.

EVERYONE WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTIONED IS HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE.

WE WERE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW, AND SO WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE, BUT ALSO A TEXAS TRIO, WHICH MAKES ME IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE STUDENTS THAT THAT WERE THERE, WHICH IS THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN OVER THERE, UH, XAVIER CHANCELLOR AND CARLOS CORTEZ.

WHEN WE WERE OVER THERE, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE BUILD A MILITARY MAN PROGRAM.

AND SO WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MENTORSHIP WITHIN THAT? AND THAT WAS THE TITLE, THE ROLE OF MENTORSHIP BUILDING A MILITARY MAN PROGRAM.

AND WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE AND SPEAK ON OUR EXPERIENCES NOT ONLY AS A PROGRAM, LEAD AS A STAFF MEMBER, BUT ALSO AS A STUDENT.

SO WHAT HAS THE PROGRAM DONE FOR YOU? AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, THE PROGRAM IS NEW IN THE SENSE OF LIKE IT'S ONLY IN THE SECOND YEAR.

BUT ONE OF THE GOALS WAS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING STUDENT CENTERED AT THE SAME TIME TALKING ABOUT BEING INTENTIONAL.

HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO? SO ONE OF THE GOALS WAS LET'S HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO AND PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE APPLIED FOR.

TWO, WE'RE SUBMITTED TWO PROPOSALS, AND BOTH OF THEM WERE ACCEPTED.

AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE I SAID, TO PRESENT AT TEXAS TRIO, WHICH WAS THEIR 50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AT THE SAME TIME PRESENT NATASHA'S 40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

AND WE WERE THERE FOR THAT, TOO.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO HAVE TWO TWO LADIES HERE WHO REPRESENTED THE STUDENT BODY FOR DALLAS COLLEGE FOR THE CONFERENCE.

SO I'LL ALSO BE INTRODUCING THEM A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT BEING INTENTIONAL, BEING STUDENT CENTERED, THAT'S ENOUGH ABOUT ME AND SPECIFICALLY THE PROGRAM, THE MILITARY PROGRAM, WHAT IT IS THAT WORK THAT IS THAT WE'RE DOING AND BEING INTENTIONAL AND BEING STUDENT CENTERED IN WHAT WE DO.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES.

SO I'M PROUD TO PRESENT JESSE LOPEZ.

AS WELL AS TO CELIA CRUZ, CARLOS CORTEZ AND CHANCELLOR.

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I'M FROM THE EASTFIELD CAMPUS.

I FIRST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL.

THIS WAS MY FIRST TEACHER CONFERENCE OR CONFERENCE IN GENERAL, SO THIS WAS ALL A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

BEFORE I BEGIN SHARING MY THOUGHTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT I DO VIEW MYSELF AS A MORE RESERVED PERSON.

SO THIS CONFERENCE WAS WAY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.

IT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE.

I REALLY HAD TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE.

I KNOW WE HAD A BATCH OF TOWN WHERE WE DID THE BYLAWS AND IT WAS ALL NEW TO ME.

BUT ONE THING THAT I COULD PROUDLY AND CONFIDENTLY SAY IS THAT I ENJOYED EVERY PART OF IT.

SO EVEN IF I DID FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE END, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, THIS THIS EXPOSED ME SO MUCH MORE TO EVERYTHING.

I MET NEW PEOPLE, I MET NEW FRIENDS.

IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

AND AS I WAS THINKING OF LIKE WHAT TO SHARE BACK TO MY CAMPUS AT EASTFIELD, I WAS LIKE, THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE GET STUDENTS WHO ARE LIKE ME IN THE FUTURE TO GO TO THESE EVENTS BECAUSE YOU EXPOSE THEM TO NEW TO THIS NEW COMMUNITY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'D EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY HERE IN DALLAS, SO IT WAS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THOSE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THAT I GOT OUT OF IT, I WAS REFLECTING BACK AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT WAS THE MOST HEARTWARMING PART? AND IT'S NOT WHAT THEY SAID, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T SAY.

SO AT THE FOR THE FOUR DAYS THAT WE ATTENDED, WE HAD AMAZING SPEAKERS, AMAZING SESSIONS, AMAZING STUDENTS SHARING THEIR STORIES.

BUT THE ONE PART OR ONE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T SAY, WHICH I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, IS THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL US TO TRY HARDER.

AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HEAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW LIKE THEY KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING OUR BEST BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE OBSTACLES HERE IN FRONT OF US THAT EVEN IF WE TRY OUR BEST, EVEN IF WE USE ALL OF OUR GRIT, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO THAT PART THAT WE WANT TO. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE, BECAUSE THEY THEY KNOW THE OBSTACLES AND THEY COULD SHARE IT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS SUCH AN EYE OPENING ONE, AND I HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN INVITE MORE STUDENTS LIKE ME AND ME AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

SO. I'M CURIOUS WHAT IMPACT IT HAD ON YOU TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE WHERE IT WAS FULL OF LATINO EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS.

SO I AM PART OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED LULAC.

SO THAT STANDS FOR LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS.

WE ARE TRYING TO CHARTER UP OUR NEW RIGHT NOW TO CLUB, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE CHARTERING PROCESS OF BECOMING OFFICIAL.

SO THE SUCCESS COACH, WHO IS OUR ADVISOR, INVITED US TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE AND I THOUGHT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO GO TO.

LIKE, THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR.

AND OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T.

THEY WERE LIMITED ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GOING.

SO I WENT UP THERE REPRESENTING COLLEGE OR EASTFIELD.

I WENT AND I, I REALLY WENT WITH THE FOCUS OF, OKAY, WHAT COULD I GET OUT FROM HERE THAT I COULD SHARE WITH MY STUDENTS BACK OVER, BACK OVER AT EASTFIELD.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I THAT I SHARE THAT.

WHEN I WENT THERE, I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR SUPPORTERS OR ADVISORS, MENTORS ACTUALLY, WHO COULD SUPPORT MY PEOPLE BACK OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO FIND NOT ONLY A LATINO, BUT A LATINA WHO IS A WOMAN WHO KNOWS OUR STRUGGLES AND THAT COULD GO AND MENTOR OUR COMMUNITY BACK OVER THERE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES. YES.

YES. DON'T.

WELL, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.

ALL RIGHT. SO GOING BACK TO THE TORCH, SINCE THAT WAS MY SECOND ROW IN THE BOAT, I HAD EXTREME AMOUNTS OF FUN. I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU.

HONESTLY. THAT'S WHEN I LOOK BACK ON THAT DAY.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REMEMBER WHAT PEOPLE SAID WORD BY WORD, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER HOW THEY MADE YOU FEEL.

AND I FELT INCLUDED.

I FELT LIKE I WAS RIGHT WHERE I WAS MEANT TO BE.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I FELT GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.

THEY TALK LIKE ME. THEY HAVE SIMILAR STORIES TO ME.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL THEIR FAFSA, STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? Y'ALL KNOW THE STRUGGLES, RIGHT? YEAH. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO SURROUND MYSELF AND CREATE NEW CONNECTIONS, I WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE, REALLY EXPRESS WHO I AM.

I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT MY FAMILY HISTORY AND NOT BE ASHAMED OF IT BECAUSE MY FRIENDS, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH NEW PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET TO MEET, LIKE BOOK AUTHORS.

I ACTUALLY WON A BOOK IN A RAFFLE, SO THAT WAS FUN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAME IN KIND OF LATE TO THAT MEETING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO IT WAS ONLY TWO MINUTES.

[00:30:03]

UM, NEVERTHELESS, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH MISS COMPTON SAID ABOUT MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE GETTING INTO THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY MYSELF.

I CONSIDER MYSELF A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD.

SO A TRIP TO HOUSTON FOR FREE.

THAT WAS NOT GOING TO LIE.

THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE MOTIVATOR.

BUT. YOU KNOW, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE 99.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, NO, BUT ALSO YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT.

AND I ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEING THE PRESIDENT OF MY BROOKHAVEN STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY IMPACT YOU A LOT.

THEY CHANGE THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

THEY MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.

AND IF YOU'RE FEARLESS, ABSOLUTELY FEARLESS.

EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST THINGS I APPRECIATE.

ALSO, THE DANCE.

MY FRIENDS SAW ME DANCING OUT THERE.

I KNOW Y'ALL REMEMBER ME DANCING, BUT.

YEAH, IT WAS THE LAST EVENT, BUT IT WAS THE FUNNEST EVENT.

NOT THE MOST EDUCATIONAL, BUT THE FUNNEST.

NEVERTHELESS, LIKE I SAID, I DID LEARN A LOT.

I LEARNED EXACTLY WHAT MY FRIEND SAID.

THE SYSTEM ISN'T ALWAYS CATERED TO US AS HISPANICS AND LATINOS, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD THAT'S SO SUGAR COATED, SO SUGAR COATED.

THEY TELL YOU TO GANAS, WHICH MEANS PUT IN THE WORK, PUT IN THE EFFORT.

BUT WHAT'S IT WORTH IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT FOR YOU? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY TOOK AWAY FROM IT, NOT TO ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS FIGHTING FOR YOU BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE REALLY NOT.

SO FIGHT FOR YOURSELF, INDIVIDUALIZE YOURSELF AND BE POWERFUL IN WHO YOU ARE.

THANK YOU.

UH, HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.

MY NAME IS CARLOS CORTEZ. I'M FROM THE CAMPUS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING US WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY BEING A HISPANIC MALE IS NOT ALWAYS THE GREATEST.

WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF MACHISMO, EVEN AS MALES IN GENERAL.

THERE'S THAT MASCULINITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE STRONG MEN.

WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR FEELINGS TRUE TO OURSELVES AND AND, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH LIFE LIKE THAT.

SEEING INDIVIDUALS.

SEEING LIKE SEEING PROFESSIONALS.

THEY'RE OPENING UP.

HONEY, YOU KNOW, MAN CRYING TO ME.

IT WAS A IT WAS LIKE A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

MY FAMILY WASN'T ALWAYS.

MY FATHER IS NOT THE TYPE TO SHOW EMOTION.

SO IT WAS IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE SEEING THAT.

AND IT'S REALLY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK JUAN AND THE MILITARY PROGRAM AND ALSO MR. LONDON, BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS AT OUR EVENTS AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

LIKE I SAID, HAVING PROFESSIONALS THERE, HAVING PEOPLE HIRE US, ACTUALLY PUTTING PUTTING THAT EFFORT AND PUTTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT INTEREST IN OUR PROGRAMS MAKES US FEEL INCLUDED. IT MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE'RE IMPORTANT.

THIS EVENT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT.

AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL OPEN THESE DOORS UP FOR MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID IT HELP, YOU KNOW, US AS MALES, BUT IT HELPED, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL THE LATINO STUDENTS THERE.

UM, MISS DIANA AS WELL.

UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T.

I DON'T CRY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND I DON'T SHOW MY EMOTIONS.

AND SOME OF THE WORDS THAT SHE SPOKE TO ME AFTER HER LISTENING TO OUR OUR PRESENTATION MADE ME TEAR UP.

AND I DON'T TEAR UP.

I'M THAT TYPE OF PERSON THAT DOESN'T SHOW EMOTIONS.

AND AND OF COURSE, IT HELPED ME A LOT.

UM, THE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

LIKE I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO PUT EXTREME FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S OPENING EYES TO GENERATIONS THAT, THAT HAVE LIVED THROUGH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE HARDSHIPS OF HAVING OTHERS THAT DON'T SHOW EMOTION OR NO FATHER FIGURES IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

YOU KNOW, THESE MEN ARE NOT JUST OUR MENTORS.

THEY'RE LIKE BROTHERS TO US.

LIKE WE'VE I'VE SAID THIS COUNTLESS TIMES.

JUAN HAS BEEN LIKE A BROTHER TO ME.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN THE MORNINGS, 3:00 IN THE MORNING, I TEXT HIM ONE TIME AND LIKE, THIS IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE AND LIKE, LIKE, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT.

IT'S HIS JOB INSIDE OF DALLAS COLLEGE, BUT OUTSIDE HE DOESN'T.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN ACCOUNTABILITY OR TEXAS, BUT HE DOES IT.

AND THAT'S THE PART PART OF THIS PROGRAM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AMAZING.

AND THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT Y'ALL PUSH, PUSH AND PUSH FOR MORE EDUCATION.

UM, AND JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US, UM, ANOTHER THING IS, OF COURSE, LIKE THE EVENT IT WAS, IT WAS SUPER FUN.

IT WASN'T ONLY JUST LIKE EDUCATIONAL, BUT IT WAS ALSO FOR OUR BENEFIT.

I'M AN ENGINEERING MAJOR, SO I DON'T REALLY GET TIME FOR MYSELF.

I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HITTING THE BOOKS, STUDYING, BUT HAVING THAT TIME TO JUST GO OUT AND DANCE AND LIKE, JUST LET EVERYTHING OUT WAS AMAZING AS WELL.

SO I THINK, UM, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL CAN OPEN THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

[00:35:10]

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

HI, EVERYBODY. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. UM, MY NAME IS EXECUTIVE CHANCELLOR, AND MY EXPERIENCE AT THE TASHA EVENT WAS AMAZING.

UM, BEING OF HISPANIC DESCENT AND NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE CULTURE BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS, OH, YOU'RE TOO BLACK.

OH, YOU'RE THIS, YOU'RE THAT.

UM, BEING ABLE TO LEARN AND ACTUALLY SEE A VIDEO, A SHORT FILM.

UM, IT HELPED ME.

IT ENCOURAGED ME TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CULTURE.

UM, THEN ONE OF THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES THERE OF HISPANIC DESCENT WAS KIND OF CRAZY, YOU KNOW? BUT IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO JUST BE THERE AND JUST BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT WERE ENCOURAGED YOU TO DO BETTER WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AS ONE DID FOR US AT THE MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK AT A CONFERENCE IN FRONT OF LOTS OF PEOPLE IS KIND OF SCARY AT TIMES, BUT YOU GET USED TO IT AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES.

UM, HE PUT TRUST IN US.

A LOT OF TRUST TO JUST SEND US TO.

OUT OF ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WERE AT THE MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, WE LEARNED VARIOUS THINGS.

UM. WE LEARN THAT THE EVENTS AND THE SPEAKERS THERE CAME FROM SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS AS US, AND SO MOSTLY EVERYONE THERE HAD CAME FROM SOME TYPE OF STRUGGLE AND HOW WE COULD LEAD TO PROGRESSION AND BECOMING BETTER IN WHAT WE DO.

AS FAR AS MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROGRAMS THAT I JOINED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW, AND WHEN I SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT I'VE JOINED AND IT MADE ME WANT TO JOIN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THESE RESOURCES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEM.

SO I CAN BE A STUDENT LEADER TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE SAME EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT.

AND I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT DALLAS COLLEGE WAS.

IS A GREAT SCHOOL FOR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND HAVE THESE RESOURCES AND BE ABLE TO COME TO EVENTS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY TRAVEL A LOT UNTIL I CAME HERE.

I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE.

AND ONCE I GOT HERE, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WENT OFF.

AND THAT SPARK JUST ENCOURAGED ME TO, YOU KNOW, GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED AND JUST REALLY HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN BECAUSE SOMEONE'S ALWAYS HELPING ME, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

AND I CAN SAY CHANCELLOR LEINEN HAS BEEN AND HAS A LOT OF EVENTS.

YOU KNOW, I MET MR PAUL MAYOR BEFORE I MET MISS DIANE FLORES, AND I MET A LOT OF YOU GUYS HERE BEFORE, TOO.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

I WILL BE SUPER QUICK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TRUSTEE FLORES FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

THIS WORK WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A VILLAGE, AND SO I DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM DR.

JOSEPH, FROM MARISOL TO OUR CHAPERONS, FRANCISCO OBREGON AND THE AUDIENCE.

WE HAD ANOTHER CHAPERON, ELIZABETH CASAREZ, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.

IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY TO GET STUDENTS TO A CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY.

SO IT YOU KNOW, DR.

JOSEPH'S HAS A VISION.

YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK DECK TO CREATE THE CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A CONSISTENT CRITERIA TO GET STUDENTS.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR CHICANOS AND HIGHER EDUCATION IS THAT IT CREATES A FORUM AND AN ENVIRONMENT NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR TALENT.

SO WE TOOK OVER AROUND 27 EMPLOYEES AND 11 STUDENTS.

NOT ALL OF THEM CAN BE HERE.

THEY'RE DOING HOMEWORK. THEY REACHED OUT.

THEY'RE LIKE, GOT TO DO SOME HOMEWORK.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PART OF THE CONFERENCE THAT BUILDS COMMUNITY AND FOSTERS A PLACE OF BELONGING FOR OUR TALENT AS WELL.

BECAUSE WE SAW THAT IN HEARING THE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD IN CATCH MYSELF, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WENT TO TASHA.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I WAS ENROLLING FOR MY MASTER'S.

THAT THAT'S A LEVEL OF INSPIRATION THAT I HAVE ON YOU.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON LAUNCHING A CHAPTER.

SO SHOUT OUT TO ROBERT REYES, JUAN VASQUEZ, JONATHAN ESTRADA AND ANA RAMIREZ, AS WELL AS CARLY ROSAS, WHO HELPED JUST PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. GREAT START TO TRYING TO ESTABLISH A DALLAS COLLEGE CHAPTER, BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING INTERNALLY.

BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE FOR US TO ALSO INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE, TO RETAIN OUR PEOPLE AND SHOW THEM THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS A PLACE WHERE WE BELONG AND IT'S

[00:40:08]

SO THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND STAFF THAT WENT AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TORTURE AND SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT.

SO I FIRST WANT TO TORTURE.

IN 1992 WHEN I WAS A SECRETARY AT DALLAS COLLEGE.

AND I APPRECIATE MS..

FERNANDEZ SAYING THAT TORTURE INSPIRED HER TO GO TO GET HER BACHELOR'S.

MASTER'S, MASTER'S.

I'M SORRY, MASTERS. I'M THINKING ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.

SOME OF YOU. WHEN I WENT TO MY FIRST TORTURE CONFERENCE, IT INSPIRED ME TO GET MY BACHELOR'S TO FINISH MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON US THAT ARE STUCK AND DON'T THINK WE CAN.

AND THEN WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE AND THAT COME FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, OUR BACKGROUNDS.

THE TWO YOUNG MEN THAT PRESENTED THE MALE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

AND SO JUST CONTINUE DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU'RE CERTAINLY POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS.

SO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH.

THE TWO YOUNG WOMEN, SAME THING.

IT WAS GOOD.

I INTERACTED MORE WITH GISELLE, BUT IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THE STUDENTS THERE.

AND LAST YEAR WHEN I WENT TO THATCHER, WE HAD MORE STAFF THAN USUAL.

TYPICALLY WHEN I WOULD GO TO THATCHER DALLAS COLLEGE, IT WOULD HAVE A VERY POOR SHOWING AND IT WOULD ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL BAD.

LAST YEAR I DIDN'T FEEL AS BAD.

THIS YEAR IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL TO SEE THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION PUT INTO OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TO GET THERE.

AND I REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN MAYBE FIVE, TEN YEARS AGO THAT I MADE THE CASE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LEVELS OF STAFF, NOT JUST THE UPPER LEADERSHIP.

SO TO ME, THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION OF THAT OF THE COMMITMENT WE, I THINK, ARE FINALLY GETTING TO IN TERMS OF ALL LEVELS OF STAFF BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THESE TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.

TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAD A SECRETARY THAT NOW HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DALLAS COLLEGE.

DR. LANNAN, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, FOR SUPPORTING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS AND INVOLVEMENT.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL, NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT OUR STAFF.

THANK AND REMEMBER YOUR NAME.

FRANCISCO. I DIDN'T FORGET IT.

THANK YOU ALL. YOU NOW COME UP.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO CHANCELLOR AND BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[6.1. Announcements from the Chancellor]

SO AS I SIT UP HERE WITH MADAM CHAIR AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR BOARD THAT ARE WOMEN, WHEN I LOOK OUT AND I SEE OUR PROVOST AND OUR VICE CHANCELLORS AND OUR VICE PROVOST AND OUR PRESIDENTS, OUR MANY OF OUR

[00:45:06]

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AS AN INSTITUTION.

ABOUT 60, ABOUT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS AND 56% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT DALLAS COLLEGE ARE WOMEN IN A VARIETY OF ROLES.

AND SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH TO TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

ONE OF THOSE THAT CHAIR BRAVO IS LEADING WALKING IN HER SHOES.

SO I'LL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE TO GET DETAILS ON THAT AND THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON DURING MARCH.

BUT THANK YOU TO TO ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT LAST WEEK WE HAD A CONVENING OUT AT OUR GARLAND CENTER AROUND IT WAS A WORK CONVENING TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT THAT WAS PASSED LATE LAST YEAR.

WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, AND SO WE CONVENED THEM AND OTHERS IN THE THE SEMICONDUCTOR SPACE, ALONG WITH OTHER COLLEGES, ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THE NEED IN THIS REGION.

OBVIOUSLY TI IS MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INVESTMENT UP IN SHERMAN.

SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO IT'S A BIG FOCUS FOR THE REGION ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP SUPPORT THAT, TRAIN PEOPLE, GET PEOPLE INTO THOSE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE.

BUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO TWO OF OUR VICE PROVOST, DR.

TRAN AND DR. KONNIKOVA, FOR HELPING PUT THAT TOGETHER, ALONG WITH OUR PROVOST, DR.

FLOYD, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.

SO THANKS FOR THAT. BUT THAT REALLY DOES BEGIN TO POSITION US AS AN ANCHOR INSTITUTION WITHIN THIS IMPORTANT WORK IN THE REGION.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR PLANNING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR 2019 BOND INITIATIVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SESSION TOMORROW, AN INFORMATION SESSION AROUND OUR BOND INITIATIVE, AROUND THE PHASES TO COME IN THIS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS I KNOW THAT HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO ATTEND.

AND SO WE HOPE THAT FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WILL WILL BE THERE.

BUT AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF SHARE DETAILS AROUND ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE WANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVE INTO THESE NEXT PHASES, LARGELY AROUND OUR DOWNTOWN INITIATIVE.

AND THEN THE YOU SAY IT TOMORROW, WHAT TIME? IT'S AT 530.

530 OVER AT BJP.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL JUST SAY.

NEXT WEEK, THE SPRING BREAK.

AND SO WE WILL BE CLOSED.

I SEE SOME PEOPLE APPLAUDING QUIETLY OVER THERE.

THAT I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO RECHARGE AND REFRESH AND TAKE A TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK READY AND RENEWED BECAUSE THE THE YEAR IS GOING FAST.

THE SEMESTER IS GOING QUICKLY.

WE'LL HAVE GRADUATION CEREMONIES BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

BUT BUT WE WILL BE RELAXING NEXT WEEK.

I'M READY FOR THE WEEK AFTER.

SO AGAIN, I HOPE YOU ALL GET TIME TO ENJOY.

SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

THANK YOU. ANY TRUSTEES HAVE A QUESTION?

[6.2. Announcements from the Board Chair and/or Trustees]

SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP REAL SOON.

AND WE HAD SOME UPCOMING GRADUATES.

BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY IN THE PROCESSION ARE SMALLER IN NUMBERS.

THAT IS THERE A REASON WHY? BECAUSE BEFORE I MEAN, THEY THEY THEY FORMED A LONG PROCESSION AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THEM THERE AND SUPPORT AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRODUCT OF THEIR LABOR. SO WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH. SO SO WE ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THAT.

THE TEAM HAS BEEN MEETING AND ENGAGING, YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD STRUCTURE, THE, THE SEVEN THEN COLLEGES DID A DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND SO IN, YOU KNOW, IN 2021, YOU KNOW, IN 2020 WE HAD VIRTUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY, 2021, WE WERE TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO COME BACK. AND SO THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY THAT FULLY PARTICIPATED.

LAST YEAR THERE WAS MORE.

AND SO WE WANT TO GET MORE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ON THE FLOOR A PART OF IT AND RECOGNIZE THEM IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY.

I MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO TO OUR FACULTY LAST YEAR AS MORE OF MORE OF OUR FACULTY WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

BUT WE WANT TO CERTAINLY HONOR AND RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR FACULTY HAVE DONE, BECAUSE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CROSSING THAT STAGE THAT WOULD HAVE NOT

[00:50:06]

SO SO THIS YEAR MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

NOW. THERE ARE SPACE LIMITATIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

BUT BUT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT.

IS THERE AN OPTION WHERE FACULTY OR ADMINISTRATORS DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND? WELL, SO THERE ARE SPACE LIMITATIONS.

OFTENTIMES WE WANT TO GIVE AS MANY SEATS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHERE THEY WHERE THEY CAN.

WE'RE ASKING FOR WE NEED 800 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK.

SO SO WE START WITH THAT.

OUR OWN FOLKS, 800 OF THEM THAT WILL BE THERE, AND MANY OF THOSE FOLKS WILL BE BEHIND THE SCENES.

YOU WON'T NECESSARILY SEE THEM.

BUT THEN WE ENCOURAGE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BE THERE AND AND FACULTY TO BE THERE AS WELL.

SO IT IS THE EXPECTATION, CERTAINLY AS IT RELATES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE, THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

WELL, AGAIN, AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST COMMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE FROM BEFORE THAT YOU SEE ALL OUR FACULTY MARCHING IN.

IT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE.

AND TO NOT HAVE SEEN THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S NICE TO HAVE US ALL TOGETHER.

FIRST OF ALL, THAT NOW WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT CEREMONIES.

I RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE CEREMONIES, THE THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE, AND THEN AS MANY OF OUR FACULTY AND EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN HAVE THERE AS WELL, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO SO.

ANY TRUSTEES HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OFF, SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHANCELLOR LENNON FOR SURVIVING A YEAR AS CHANCELLOR.

IT'S OFFICIALLY HAD ONE.

HONEYMOON STILL CONTINUES, THOUGH.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR TWO WILL TURN OUT, BUT YOU'RE DELUSIONAL.

YOU'RE DELUSIONAL, CLEARLY.

ALSO, AS CHANCELLOR LENNON MENTIONED, MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

AND SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO I INVITE YOU TO COME OUT TO CAMPUS ON MARCH 23RD FOR WHERE I WILL HAVE A PANEL OF DIFFERENT FEMALE LEADERS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN VICE PROVOST, DR.

TRAN, WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN IT.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH'S RETIREES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF DALLAS COLLEGE.

WE HAVE FOR THIS MONTH.

KAY NIXON.

20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

DOTTIE PHILLIPS 19 YEARS OF SERVICE.

NARD POPE 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND SARAH STAHL 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.

ITEM SEVEN.

OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE CHANCELLOR TO DECLARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE A CONFLICT? NO SEEING NONE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO EIGHT.

[8. Consent Agenda]

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO MOVE. SECOND.

TRUSTEE TO HAVE 8.2 CONSIDER SEPARATE 8.2.

BOTH BOTH A AND B.

THERE'S TWO ITEMS UNDER 8.2.

JUST SAY. OKAY, SO 8.2 A.

ANYBODY ELSE? TRUSTEE.

TRUSTEE. BRICK. AND SECONDLY, THERE.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO WE WILL PULL 8.2 A FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND SO I DO NEED A NEW MOTION TO ENTERTAIN THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR 8.18.2 B AND 8.3.

SO MOVED. SECOND OKAY.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS MOTION? PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NAY.

EXTENSION. OKAY.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[8.2.a. Approval of Phase 2 of Professional Services Agreement with Page Southerland Page]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? I SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

SO YOU JUST WANT TO CONSIDER IT SEPARATE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE 8.2 A SO MOVED.

[00:55:02]

HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

AND NOW WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON 8.2 A ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE. ROLL CALL.

VOTE. AND YOU WANT TO VOTE A ROLL CALL? VOTE? SURE.

MISS MOLINA, ARE YOU READY FOR THE ROLL CALL? VOTE? BRAVO 60 I TRUSTEE BIRTHS.

HI. HI.

HI. HI.

TRUSTEE GARCIA ABSTAINED.

SHOULD BECOME OKAY WITH FIVE EYES AND MOTION DOES CARRY.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE.

[9. Individual Item]

SO MOVE. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

PLEASE SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. AND ITEM TEN.

[10. Policy Items - First Reading]

TRUSTEE GARCIA, DID YOU TELL ME YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO.

SAY ON I THINK IT WAS 10.2 TRUSTEE GARCIA MENTIONED TO ME THAT UNDER THE PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE WORD PAID IN THERE WITH THE PAID LEAVE.

SO I'VE SHARED IT WITH COUNCIL AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

SO IT'S CLEAR. RIGHT.

AND I SPOKE WITH TRUSTEE GARCIA.

IT'S IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTE THAT THE WORD PAID IS MISSING.

THE POLICY ACTUALLY DOES INCLUDE IT, BUT I WILL ADJUST MAKE THE REVISION TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTE SO IT'S CONSISTENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON EITHER OF THE ITEMS FOR FIRST READING?

[11. Informative Reports]

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE INFORMATIVE REPORTS? NO. OKAY.

AND SO WE DO NOT REQUIRE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.

AND SO WITH THAT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4:58 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.