Students Leaders Travel to Sacramento, Washington
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Frankie Moore, faculty advisor and professor, attended the FACCC Advocacy & Policy
Conference in Sacramento and then the American Student Association of Community in
Washington DC.
The student leaders received congratulations for their attendance and participation.
The Mission of FACCC is to inform, educate, empower, and advocate for faculty in service
to students and the communities of California.
This year鈥檚 theme was Creating Equity Through Policy & Action and consisted of a number
of workshops: Valuing Student Voices; Working together towards Advocacy; Academic
Freedom and Embracing the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Classroom: Valuing Culturally Responsive Practices
and Decolonization the Curriculum; System partners Conversation: Increasing Practitioner
Influence in the Legislative Process and the conference ended with a Local and Statewide
Faculty Perspective on the 2022-23 Budget Cycle.
鈥淚t made me realize that not only is RCCD struggling with a lack of teamwork, communication,
and involvement, but so are a majority of California's community colleges,鈥� Cristian
Barrera, Student Body vice president, said.
In Washington, DC, MVC students comprised of approximately 200 community college students
from 25 different community colleges from seven states who networked with colleagues
from across the nation. Over the course of four days, 155 hours of community services
took place I conjuncture with the National Park Service. Students also were also estimated
to have accumulated 600 visits to 鈥渢he hill.鈥�
ASMVC met with Congressman Mark Takano, a former Riverside Community sa国际传媒官网网页入口 District
Board of Trustee member, in his office. Students addressed critical issues germane
to the sa国际传媒官网网页入口; transportation infrastructure; services for Veteran; and Pell Grant.
El Camino sa国际传媒官网网页入口, Napa Valley sa国际传媒官网网页入口 and MVC students also met with a staffer from
Senator Alex Padilla Office via Zoom. Students asked for support for the tuition free
initiative for community college attendees, ways students can support AB 963-Student
Civic and Voter Empowerment Act and shared the proposed affordable on-campus housing
initiative.
Other highlights included hearing from speakers from Green Peace and Forsa国际传媒官网网页入口ForLife.
Chris Cray from Green Peace spoke to the students about ways they can enhance Green
Peace鈥檚 grassroots organizing push. Jasmine Williams spoke to student leaders about
their campus roles and fulfilling their responsibilities of the positions they hold,
respectively. Archie Messersmith-Bunting concluded the conference by addressing mental
health issues, a very timely topic after the pandemic.