In addition to sponsoring activities and programs for SCC staff and students, the Affirmative Action/Equity Diversity Office co-sponsors or participates in many events and activities in the Lincoln area including:
1. No Place for Hate Rally (Co-sponsored with the City of Lincoln, NAACP and others)
2. YWCA Tribute to Women (Co-sponsored with the YWCA and others)
3. Celebrate Lincoln– Multicultural Ethnic Festival ( Cosponsored with Updowntowners, Lincoln Benefit Life and others)
The Affirmative Action/Equity Diversity Office has also supported and co-sponsored other events such as:
1.The Katrina Remembrance (with the University Nebraska – Lincoln and others)
2. African American Student Recognition ( with the NAACP and LPS)
3. Hispanic Student Recognition ( with the HCC and LPS)
4. Native American Student Recognition ( with the Indian Center and LPS)
The Affirmative Action//Equity Diversity has a history of collaborating with other departments and organizations at SCC to offer a diverse array of activities and events to SCC staff and students. Some of our current collaborations include:
SCC Armchair Traveler Program:
In collaboration with the Global Education team, the office has introduced staff and students to the online database “CultureGrams” which offers reports for 190 countries and territories; each report includes 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends. Staff receives .5 hour diversity credit for reviewing a trio of select countries each month.
SCC Cinema:
From September to June, the office collaborates with the Lincoln Campus Media Center and the Milford Campus Media Specialist to show films contained in the audiovisual collection owned by the Affirmative Action/Equity Diversity Office. Staff are able to earn between .5 and 1.0 hour of diversity credit for attending the films shown each month. The titles in the collection are also made available to government, educational and non-profit entities in the Lincolncommunity for use in their own diversity education efforts.
SCC Speakers Workshops:
The Affirmative Action/Equity Diversity Office has also collaborated with the Office of Staff Development and supported diversity credit for speakers and programs presented to SCC staff. Recent programs and speakers have includedAlash – Throat Singers from Tuva, and the ACLU Freedom Files film series.