Saturday, February 8th, we saw students and community leaders from Edmonds College, Skagit Valley College, the University of Washington- Bothell, and Washington State University Everett, come together on Zoom to hear from local leaders in their community. See the attached agenda for this event!

Team Formation and Project Planning- Students learned the best ways to build teams and do projects together efficiently.

• Jorge Estefan, Latino Leadership Initiative Instructor & EDASC Business Advisor, Skagit Valley College
• Kali Ortiz, Latino Leadership Initiative Instructor, Skagit Valley College

Implicit Bias & Anti-Discrimination- Anthony Greenwald, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, presented on this topic. Teaching students that we all live with biases but how do we identify and address them in the work that we do and not let them affect us.

Movie Reflection & Discussion: Harvest of Empire Documentary- Juan Peralez, President, Unidos of Snohomish County, led a great discussion with the students on this documentary showing them the roles that government and policy play.

Federal, State and County Budgets: Where Does It All Go?- Students learned about the budgets at different levels and the roles they play in its formation.

• Jessica Corbman, Community Liason, Office of Representative Larsen
• Al O’Brien, Assistant Teaching Professor, Seattle University
• Megan Dunn, Snohomish County Councilmember

To hear what the speakers had to say, watch the recording that is linked below!

Review the Zoom Recording Here!