Lansing Community College

Greetings and Welcome from our Chief Diversity Officer

Dr. Dale Dan
Dr. Dale A. Dan
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Our Dear LCC Community,

You are invited to join us on this journey of empowerment as we continue immersing ourselves into a campus culture that embraces the Powerfulness of Diversity, the Rightness of Equity, the Warmth of Inclusion & the Security of Belonging toward a strong LCC community and a better world.

We believe that at the end of the day, D + E + I + B must equal empowerment if we are to truly see people rise up and give their best to a society based on their uniqueness which is unduplicable. In this world of 8+ billion people, there is no second ‘you’ and your thumbprints prove this. Hence our reason for extending an invitation to you is so that we can enjoy all that you add that we cannot and vice versa. Read More

Our focus is to also redefine diversity so that all members of our community can truly enjoy inclusivity based on what each contributes through their uniqueness. Once a second person is present, there is diversity even if both share high homogeneity. Each is unique. While we are ever aware of groups that have experienced hardships for many reasons, we want to ensure we wrap these groups with love, respect and support as well as all others. We are taking precautions to ensure we do not develop a community of discrimination, division, or new types of segregation. Our goal is unity and rights for all as expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” and Malcolm X: “I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority”. We are committed to ensuring their fight and the fight of many others for a better world remain worthwhile.

Within the Office of Empowerment, we are pleased to serve you through the Cesar Chavez Multicultural Center (CCMC), the Maya Angelou Training Center (MATC) and the Martin Luther King Jr. Equity Center (MLKEC). Cesar Chavez Multicultural Center was previously known as Cesar Chavez Learning Center. We added multicultural to the Cesar Chavez center name since this leader’s impact transcended boundaries and affected all cultures and we wanted to ensure that all students feel welcome. The Maya Angelou focus is so that all who come through our training will feel empowered and in spite of life’s challenges, still rise! (Her poem, ‘Still I rise’). We chose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s face for our center to reflect and further his unwavering desire toward equity for all.

We look forward to serving you through the Office of Empowerment (OE). Let’s make a good difference, together.

Love, Dale

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BUILDING ON A FOUNDATION OF LOVE
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Maya Angelou Training Center

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Equipping LCC Stars through
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)

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Our OE Blog

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Variety of DEIB Topics for live discussions

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Our OE Podcasts (Coming Soon)

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Chats with Internal & External Partners

~ The Reflection Room ~

The Office of Empowerment, in collaboration with other offices, provides "The Reflection Room" as a place where anyone or any group within the LCC Community can enjoy a place of quiet.

The Reflection Room

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Office of Empowerment Commitments

Our Purpose

A college where empowerment is about each unique member feeling that they belong and that they are equipped to enjoy their life’s purpose with meaning and fulfillment.


Our Goal

To empower each member of Lansing Community College through inclusionary programs, training, resources, mentorship, consulting expertise, collaboration and accountability toward a healthy and inclusive campus culture that is transformational.


Our Pillars

We embrace a culture of care that stands on the pillars of love, respect and support.

 
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~ Encouragement Corner ~

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.

~ Maya Angelo

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

~ Cesar Chavez

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.

~ Sitting Bull

I’m more interested in people than I am in how businesses work.

~ Peter Drucker

Love is love. Born this way.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

With authentic inclusive education students do not have to “fit into” the preexisting conditions of the class. Rather, environments are designed to provide the support and structures that EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO SUCEED.

 
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Let's Sip and Reflect!

Do connect with me if you desire to chat about what is posted in our encouragement area or other thoughts you may have on your heart to share. We grow so much through listening. I would love to hear your voice.

Dale
youareinvited@lcc.edu

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How can we serve you?

Office of Empowerment (OE)

Arts & Sciences Building, Suite 1317

Office: 517-483-1118
Email: youareinvited@lcc.edu

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