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Welcome to the Equity Center at Mt. San Antonio College! We aim to create an inclusive space where students can thrive and aim for success. We are the home to three programs: ARISE, DREAM, REACH.

Equity Center Spring 2022 Counseling
Counselor Sandra Padilla
Academic, career, & personal counseling available
Mondays 11am - 5pm
Wednesdays 11am - 5pm
To schedule your appointment visit: http://bit.ly/equitycounselor or
call: 909-274-5854 text: 909-784-5255

Additional resources:

Spring 2022 hours: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Email us: equitycenter@mtsac.edu

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Welcome to the Equity Center at Mt. San Antonio College! We aim to create an inclusive space where students can thrive and aim for success. We are the home to three programs: ARISE, DREAM, REACH.

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Arise is a community of students from diverse cultures coming together to lift up one another and rise above all sorts of challenges to reach their fullest potential. An Asian American and Pacific Islander student support service, we have a dedicated support team empower Arise students to achieve success academically and personally.
Our Virtual Front Desk is a zoom space for students to access and ask questions, set a counseling appointment, meet with a Financial Aid Specialist, etc. Hours of operation: M&T 8am-12pm and W&Th 12pm-4pm Click here to view our AANAPISI Week padlet
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MT. SAC Arise COVID-19 UPDATE

The Mt. SAC Arise Center is open again. However, the Arise program continues to offer services remotely as well. If you would like an online appointment to meet a counselor, need support/assistance or have a general question, please feel free to contact us with any of the options below:

Arise Hotline: 909-294-6973

Information about Mt. SAC and Covid-19 can be found at:
Mt. SAC Covid-19 Updates
Email: Arise@mtsac.edu

Check-out the Arise Hub on Canvas for more ways to connect and find support!

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Arise is a community of students from diverse cultures coming together to lift up one another and rise above all sorts of challenges to reach their fullest potential. An Asian American and Pacific Islander student support service, we have a dedicated support team empower Arise students to achieve success academically and personally.

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The Center for Black Culture and Student Success

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The Center for Black Culture and Student Success

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If you need to process any personal reactions during the screening, we have two counselors available for support. 

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If you need to process any personal reactions during the screening, we have two counselors available for support. 

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1. We acknowledge that racism is real, historic, structural, and institutional. Racism and racist violence is not a matter of opinion, but a reality of history.

2. Prejudice, discrimination, hate speech, harrassment, and any other form of violence are not tolerated in this space. If an individual in the group is intentionally causing harm, the larger community has the right to ask this person to leave.

3. Listen to understand, not to respond. When someone is speaking, give them your whole attention. Remember, listening is a form of engagement and care.

4. Be open to learning and changing your mind. Changing your mind after learning new information and bearing witness to the experience of another can be a challenging process because we have been conditioned to want to be “right.” However, the experience of learning and growing is transformative.

5. Self care and community care. Pay attention to your body, pay attention to your neighbors. If you need to take a break, take a break.

*Borrowed from "Liquor Store Dreams" discussion guide. Some agreements were inspired by and modified from: Emergent Strategy, by: Adrienne Maree brown.

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Research Guides: AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Resources: APANHPI Heritage Month

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Research Guides: AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Resources: APANHPI Heritage Month

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ANTH 5 – Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 6 – Language & Culture: An introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

ETHS 1 – Introduction to Ethnic Studies

ETHS 2 – Race & Racism in Education

HIST 39 – History of California

POLI 1 – Introduction to American Government & Politics

SOC 1 – Introduction to Sociology

SOC 2 – Contemporary Social Problems

SOC 5 – Introduction to Criminology

SOC 20 – Introduction to Race & Ethnicity

SOC 110 – Introduction to Social Justice

AABS – Introduction to Black Studies

HIST 30 – History of the African American 1619-1877

HIST 31 – History of the African American

HIST 35 – History of Africa

POLI 35 – African American/Black Politics

APIS 1 – Asian Pacific Islander Studies

HIST 9 – Asian American & Pacific Islander History

SOC 36 – Pacific Islands’ & Asian American Communities

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Los Angeles Organizations Committed to Black Lives

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The Liberty Hill Foundation encourages donors to make longterm commitments to a broad landscape of grassroots organizations fighting anti-Black racism and police violence. These recent Liberty Hill grantees and community partners organize for Black lives and advocate for criminal justice reforms thr…

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what I found moving in the film was the similarities I felt with the narrator. They talked about their family coming from a different world, but their destiny aligned with expressing their artistry through film. My family has no knowledge of film nor creating art, so I feel I was alienated with my creative expression. This opened my eyes because there are other filmmakers like me.

-Cristian Vargas

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I can relate to the problem of immigrant families not having diverse communication skills. And most solve problems on their own. 

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I can relate to the problem of immigrant families not having diverse communication skills. And most solve problems on their own. 

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Something I was not really aware about was how poorly depicted Koreans in movies. I did not know that there is a stigma about how Koreans invented the liquor store. One piece of knowledge I gained was the start of black people to make sure they don’t steal items. I was saddened to learn that the start of that was the start of a complicated relationship between the black and Korean community was due to a Korean women who owned a convince store, killed a 15 year old black girl. I was sad to hear that it started to decrease the the number of Korean stores because it was too dangerous to own one in a black community.

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that Parents just want what’s best for there children they don’t care for them to carry on the “family business “ Just want there kids to be happy.

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Danny found his why when he went back to his dads store

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Danny found his why when he went back to his dads store

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I like how these issues are right next door. In places like Long Beach montebello

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I like how these issues are right next door. In places like Long Beach montebello

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What I found moving in the film was when Danny spoke on how our own healing can come from the healing of our parents. This is especially moving because it seems to connect with generational issues, and how our parents and their parents and so on have some of the same pain and hurt that we experience, specifically in Latin communities similar to the issues that Asian communities have as well.

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The growth in the relationships between,  parent and child

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The growth in the relationships between,  parent and child

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I wasn't aware that 75% of koreans owned liquor stores in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods

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The hazards and unspoken disgust between two communities. Both traumatized, both playing the blame game instead of actually understanding each other. The pressure placed onto children in Korean communities is immense

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Next film project?

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The moment when Yun um argues with her dad

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Listen to this episode from California Love on Spotify. The LA Uprising exploded racial and economic injustices simmering under the surface of Los Angeles into the open.

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how has your father’s perspective on his time running the store changed since he left it?

how has your perspective towards the liquor store changed since your family left the business?

have you ever struggled with the idea of being american? why or why not?

what has your personal experience with advocacy taught you about yourself?

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How did your relationship with your family change after this?

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how did you/your family’s life change after the film was released?

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My mother is also asian immigrant that moved to this country with little to no money and shed blood sweat and tears to build up her business that's she still fighting for to thrive in 2024 for for the past 30 years.

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When Danny connected his pain to his father's and grandfather's, there was tremendous emotional resonance with me. I could feel what he was going through from the placement of the scene in the larger context of the film. I feel it was very close to the emotional core of the story.

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My mom also didn't want me to give up on my dream/goals for my life and career to carry on her business.

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One thing I found moving is how when the Director So Yun Um talks to her father and asks her that “if he passed away would he want her to run the business” and he says “no I would want you to sell this place” I found this really impactful because it did provide financial security but it was a time consuming business where he would spend day and night and he would not want to leave that life for her.

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How do you think filming this has changed you? 

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How do you think filming this has changed you? 

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What is your relationship with your dad like now after the film? 

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What is your relationship with your dad like now after the film? 

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I love that you said that we live in our own bubble and that we can share something with each other even when we have our own differences. So that we can just see different perspectives from others outside our bubble.

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Was it hard for you to start talking to your dad in a deeper understanding and connection to each other? Because you mentioned that you had shallow conversations with your dad but now it is different and you and your dad connect now much better?

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Something I found surprising in this film is that there is not much Korean owned convenience stores because of the danger it created with the LA riots in the 90's and how many Korean stores got torched because of that incident with the killing of a 15 year old black girl.

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How has your father been able to survive with all the chaos that has happened around him to where there are not much Korean stores in la black communities? I am really proud of your father for how strong and capable he is.

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Have you visited back at the liquor store? If so, do you know how it is doing?

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Have you visited back at the liquor store? If so, do you know how it is doing?

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Was this making this movie therapeutic or healing for you? And even afterwards?

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Also how is Danny doing with Working in Nike and balancing with coming to visit with helping his mom? Do you ever visit them and see how their store is doing?

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how did your family feel selling the store? did you hesitate about doing it? is there any sentimental value that made you hesitate?

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What was it like moving to the suburbs? I know you said you felt a tinge of self-hatred. Could you explain how that felt (as someone who was always proud)?

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What was it like moving to the suburbs? I know you said you felt a tinge of self-hatred. Could you explain how that felt (as someone who was always proud)?