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Wednesday,March12,2014
Campus offers safe haven for minority students
MaudelineAgenor
The Clackamas Print
T h e re is an ebb and flow to
everything, including tbe func
tion of running a college, which
entails many details and partici
pation that keeps it going.
For students from an eth
nic background, the process of
adjusting to a different culture
and environment may be a bit of a
challenge in a place of majorities.
Students who may be adjusting
to such an environment can seek
advice and support from a group
created and supported by profes
sors such as Guadalupe Martinez,
Becky Torres, Klaudia Esquivel,
Chippi Bello and Tory Blackwell,
who are members of The People
of Color Group. They are avail
able to help students.
Blackwell, an African-
American biology instructor at
Clackamas Community College,
shared some information about
the group and his experience as
a member within the group with
The Clackamas Print.
What exactly is Collab
orative Learning Center?
Blackwell: Its main focus is
giving faculty the opportunity
to get professional development
either on campus or through the
college. They organize a lot of
training and in-service related
things - being more aware of
what students have going on...
and relate to the students better.
What is The People of Color
Group within CLC?
Blackwell: We’ve made an
effort this year to get it re-estab
lished and invite both the faculty
and other employees of color on
campus to attend those meet
ings basically to get to know
each other and discuss things
that are going on that might be
specific to minority groups. We
have monthly meetings. There
are about 15 people in the group.
ple are still finding me. I’ve had
conversations with a few minor
ity students to let them know
that I’m out there. The most fun
for me was going to gradua
tion last year and I actually had
families in the crowd who were
minorities waving, saying hi. I
could see that there were fami
lies there that could identify with
me—let them to know that yes
there are African-Americans that
have these âdvance degrees and
[their] kid can go on and get these
advance degrees.
How can students reach out
to you and other faculties of
CLC?
Blackwell: We will not eat
you! Everyone on campus, espe
cially the faculty and staff that
are minorities are in there for
you, no matter what their posi
tion is. They are there to talk to
you...about whatever. So if it’s a
class, life, career goals, we will
gladly talk to you. First and fore
most our job is to make sure that
The meetings are kind of open
door...whenever you have the
time to visit and chat.
How can this group help stu
dents?
Blackwell: How we present
ourselves to the students on cam
pus — there’s kind of two ways
we can approach it. I’m going to
make myself visible but not push
myself on students. I’m going to
go out there and talk to students,
and if a students says “Do you
mind talking about some issues,
relating to them being a minor
ity?” I make myself available for
students to come talk to me. But
I’m not going to push myself out
there ... I wander around cam
pus. I go to the gym. I’m making
myself visible. I never shut my
blinds. I have a comer office
facing Roger Rook so if anyone
walks past I’m here.
Are their any concerns in
particular that minority stu
dents have?
Blackwell: I’m new and peo
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should ever feel like they can’t
come talk to one of us. We’ll find
time.,.never be afraid to talk to
one of us.
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contact other CLC faculty, stu
dents can contact Tory Blackwell
via email: toryb@clackamas.edu
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