You. We. CaCCCHE
Mission
We, the California Council of Cultural Centers in Higher Education (CaCCCHE), fully embrace the diverse nature of our campuses, which includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, disabilities, sexual orientation, immigrant status, and socioeconomic class. We confirm the essential and critical role that cultural centers play in addressing the unique challenges and opportunities presented by diversity.
We do so by extending advocacy that affirms ongoing efforts by existing centers; providing leadership for the establishment of new initiatives; creating opportunities for networking and personal growth in the field; and promoting a philosophy that recognizes the tensile strength that diversity in all its manifestations brings to our campuses, communities, lives, and society.
The goals of CaCCCHE.
Advocacy.
Advocating on behalf of diversity initiatives.
Serving as a resource which consolidates and distributes information, data, models and other materials relevant to centers.
Serving as an organization consultants to clarify and articulate issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Networking.
Sponsoring professional development activities which foster growth and learning.
Supporting a leadership pipeline of new professionals, students, and others interested in the field of culturally relevant education.
Development
Forming partnerships with foundations, institutions, and other agencies which support the organization’s mission
Procuring program fees
Establishing membership categories and fees that will sustain the organization
In August 1994, a group of professionals gathered in the Cross-Cultural Center at the University of California, Irvine to discuss issues and exchange information important to multicultural/cross-cultural centers on college campuses. For the next three years, meetings were held on a quarterly basis and hosted by different centers and campuses throughout California. We discussed and deliberated, analyzed, argued, and embraced. We were brought together by the common purpose and shared vision of reaffirming the work of centers, programs, and individuals committed to the strength and value of diversity.
History
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