As we enter a new academic year, the Undocumented Student Task Force wants to ensure that all faculty and staff have access to current resources and policies for supporting our students.<\/p>\n
Below we are including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus language<\/u>:<\/p>\n Evergreen welcomes all students, regardless of residency, citizenship, or immigration status. Underdocumented and immigrant students are integral to the Evergreen community and have a right to dignity, safety, and belonging. Evergreen provides various forms of\u00a0on-campus support\u00a0for underdocumented and immigrant students, students with DACA, and those from mixed-status families. Students can find more information in our resources flyer, available in English and Spanish\u00a0[please include linked updated resource page, attached to this e-mail, here]. For holistic support, information, and questions, students, staff, and faculty can contact: Evergreen\u2019s Undocumented\/Underserved Student Support Specialist, available in English and Spanish, and the Undocumented Student Task Force, a group of students, staff, and faculty committed to supporting and advocating for undocumented students at Evergreen. Both can be contacted by e-mailing (undocu@evergreen.edu<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n College Policies:<\/u><\/p>\n Evergreen recently updated the College\u2019s\u00a0Immigrant Rights and Non-Discrimination policy<\/a>, which includes protocols in the event of immigration enforcement activities on campus and protection of student data.\u00a0The policy was shared on March 27, 2025, with guidance for what to do in the event if an immigration enforcement official or other individual requests access to student information, records, or entrance to a restricted area, including offices or classrooms. Staff and faculty are instructed to \u201c1.\u00a0STAY CALM<\/b>, 2.\u00a0COMMUNICATE<\/b>\u00a0that the college has policies we need to follow, and, 3.\u00a0CONNECT\/REFER<\/b>\u00a0individuals to the appropriate college designee.\u201d Only 4 designees on campus are authorized to answer questions of immigration officials or check warrants and court orders. College Designees are: Executive Vice President Dexter Gordon, Dean of Students Holly Joseph, Academic Dean for Tacoma Marcia Tate-Arunga, and Associate Vice President for Human Resources Services Laurel Uzanski. Further requests for support or clarification can also be made via this\u00a0Microsoft Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Community Resources<\/u>:\u00a0<\/p>\n Please recognize that this is a particularly stressful time for immigrant and undocumented students, students with DACA and from mixed-status families. Please share the following resources and community organizations with your students, as they have valuable information to support students at this point in time.\u00a0<\/p>\n As we enter a new academic year, the Undocumented Student Task Force wants to ensure that all faculty and staff...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7145,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137\/revisions\/7145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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