{"id":14,"date":"2016-08-17T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T23:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2020-06-25T12:33:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:33:46","slug":"welcome-to-apie-home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to AAPI Employees Affinity Group Home Page!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>\u00a0Asian &amp; Pacific Islander Employees Affinity Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-229\" src=\"\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again-1536x793.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2020\/06\/Never-again-2048x1058.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The AAPI (Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Employees) Affinity Group connects Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander educators at Bellevue College who celebrate the diverse cultures within our communities. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This is an open\u00a0space for educators on campus to discuss issues relevant to our community\u2019s personal, professional well-being and identity. We work to promote perseverance and affirmation of identity through collaboration, support, community and mentoring through professional development, networking and social activities to ensure perseverance and affirmation of identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Our group is one of\u00a0several\u00a0affinity groups here on campus, and we stand in solidarity with them as we continue our fight for a safe and equitable work environment.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Mission Statement: The AAPI (Asian &amp; Pacific Islander Employees) Affinity Group connects Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander educators at Bellevue College who\u00a0celebrate the diverse cultures within our communities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Offer an open\u00a0space for educators on campus to discuss issues relevant to our community\u2019s personal, professional well-being and identity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work to promote perseverance and affirmation of identity through collaboration, support, community and mentoring through professional development, networking and social activities to ensure perseverance and affirmation of identity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To collaborate with other BC Affinity groups to promote an inclusive, diverse and safe working environment<\/li>\n<li>To advocate and raise awareness of issues affecting API faculty and staff<\/li>\n<li>To serve on hiring committees and governance council to ensure hiring staff of color<\/li>\n<li>To mentor and assist systemically non-dominant students in all departments<\/li>\n<li>To serve as a social and professional network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/about-us\/\">about us here.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We invite you to become a member of the AAPI Employees Affinity Group here at Bellevue College.\u00a0 It is a great opportunity to network, support and connect with other Asian and Pacific Islander American colleagues.\u00a0 \u00a0To become a member:<\/p>\n<p>Step 1- Send an email to pavy.thao@bellevuecollege.edu<\/p>\n<p>Step 2 -Like and connect with us via\u00a0 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1164126450300665\/\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/p>\n<p>Step 3-Attend our next meeting or event!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Membership is open to anyone that is interested in supporting our goals and dedicated\u00a0 to fighting inequity and injustice issues affecting our Asian faculty and staff at BC.\u00a0 \u00a0The group and website is managed by employees of the college. \u00a0 <strong>The comments, topics, views and opinions expressed on this webpage are solely from our group and not endorsed or supported by our college<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">For more information please email\u00a0 pavy.thao@bellevuecollege.edu, nora.lance@bellevuecollege.edu or Donna (d.miguel@bellevuecollege.edu).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/about-us\/\">About US<\/a>, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/apie-misc-resources\/\">Resources<\/a>, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/community-events-calendar\/\">Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/02\/WelcomeSign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209\" src=\"\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/02\/WelcomeSign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/02\/WelcomeSign.jpg 707w, https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2019\/02\/WelcomeSign-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Asian &amp; Pacific Islander Employees Affinity Group \u00a0The AAPI (Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Employees) Affinity Group connects Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander educators at Bellevue College who celebrate the diverse cultures within our communities. \u00a0 This is an open\u00a0space for educators on campus to discuss issues relevant to our community\u2019s personal, professional well-being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to AAPI Employees Affinity Group Home Page!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.bellevuecollege.edu\/apie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}