Equity in Action: A Conversation on Supporting Marginalized Communities in the Conduct Process Webinar

Description

Part of the ASCA Equity in Conduct Series! This session will explore how marginalized students navigate the challenges presented when engaging with the student conduct process. Drawing insights from UC Berkeley leaders who support identity-based student groups, the presenters will facilitate dialogue on how to support these communities best and ensure the conduct process is educational, trauma-informed, and restorative for all students.

Learning Outcomes:

• Through awareness, participants can learn strategies for developing a more meaningful, equitable, and trauma-informed experience for students from marginalized communities. (CSAEd™ Domain: Social Justice & Inclusion)
  
  
• Through collaboration, participants will be exposed to perspectives from UC Berkeley leaders who support identity-based student groups and takeaway recommendations on collaborating with partners at their campus. (CSAEd™ Domain: Social Justice & Inclusion)
  
  
• Through understanding, participants will be able to identify critical challenges marginalized communities face during the conduct process. (CSAEd™ Domain: Social Justice & Inclusion)

Knowledge & Skills:

Continuing Education Credits:

Continuing Education Credits for those Certified through the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification:

• CSAEd™-479
• CSAEd™-SJI-480
• CSAEd™-SC 128

Pricing:

• ASCA Professional Members: $39.00
  
  
• Non-Members: $59.00
  
  
• ASCA Student Members: $20.00

Please ensure to review ASCA's Refund and Cancelation Policy prior to completing your registration.

Each registration payment applies to one attendee only. For group registration and rates, contact ASCA Director of Member Experience and Operations, Josh Cutchens, at asca@theasca.org.

Please note registration will close at 11:45 PM EST the day prior to the event.  

A Zoom link will be provided the morning of the meeting.  If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the ASCA Central Office at asca@theasca.org or 979-589-4604 as soon as possible.

Presenter Information & Bios:

Paul Bresnahan (He/Him/His) Paul J. Bresnahan received his MS in College Student Development and Counseling from Northeastern University and has been working in student affairs spaces, both private and public, for the past 10+ years. Paul currently works as a Case Resolution Manager at the University of California at Berkeley. His primary focus areas have been residential life, student conduct, and Title IX/civil rights investigation and policy development. 

Paul has received extensive training in conducting trauma-informed investigations and is a certified mediator. His passion lies in the promotion of inclusive spaces and advocating for LGBTQ representation both on campus and in his community. Paul loves to travel, read, and cook in his free time. These interests have taken him to all 50 states and led to him publishing a children's book in 2021. Contact: paulbres@berkeley.edu 

Aisha Younis (She/Her/Hers) Aisha (aye-zhuh) Younis, (she/her) is a dynamic professional with a passion for equity, policy development, and impactful change within education and organizational systems. She is a first-generation woman who enters the space with her identity and love for community first. She is the first of her family of West African migrants to be born and raised in New Jersey. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area almost 4 years ago and has served in multiple capacities at UC Berkeley since then. Currently working in student conduct, she navigates complex academic integrity investigations and behavioral misconduct. She is dedicated to ensuring equitable resolutions while supporting student development through a trauma-informed lens.

Aisha’s interests lie at the intersection of policy and student rights. She loves facilitating workshops and programs, rooted in healing & radical love. Before her work at Berkeley, she spent her past few years working in student affairs, teaching social justice to high school youth/college students, and working with their families. She is deeply committed to being better, doing better, learning, and growing about being inclusive and equitable while contributing to a true space of joy and liberation. Contact: younisa@berkeley.edu