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STAFF ALLIANCE & RESOURCES

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Staff Alliance Group

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Staff Alliance Group

This group welcomes all BSD staff and is geared toward staff who identify as Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and/or Pacific Islander. 

Example actions/work focus:

  • Talk about shared experiences of being a member of the AANHPI community.
  • Create a safe and trusting environment that fosters community, acceptance and belonging.
  • Share classroom and school resources to help uplift the voices of our AANHPI community.
Beaverton Education Association Racial & Social Justice Task Force (BEARSJ)

Beaverton Education Association Racial & Social Justice Task Force (BEARSJ)

This group meets to ensure that the teachers union (Beaverton Education Association) is expressing social justice values and to help support all union members in doing anti-racism work.

Example actions/work focus:

  • Promote districtwide equity professional development.
  • Worked to add hate speech protocols to the BSD Student Code of Conduct.
  • Review YSO program in schools.
  • Institute BARWEs in BSD schools.
Beaverton LGBTQ+ Staff Alliance Group

Beaverton LGBTQ+ Staff Alliance Group

The LGBTQ+ Staff Group is open to anyone and topics support those who identifies as LGBTQ2SIA+.  

Example actions/work focus:

  • Create an inclusive and affirming environment for BSD students, staff and families.
  • Inform each other about the challenges and successes of supporting LGBTQ+ students, staff and families.
  • Support one another through sharing resources and strategies.
Beaverton Minority Administrators Community (BMAC)

Beaverton Minority Administrators Community (BMAC)

This group is a space for BSD administrators from the global majority to be in community with one another. 

Example actions/work focus:

  • Fostering a community of support and spaces of belonging. 
  • Continuing professional development and discussing problems of practice. 
  • Assisting the district to increase the diversity of staff to reflect the student demographic. 
  • Networking to advance equity initiatives within the district and schools.
  • Supporting BSD graduates through the Make a Difference Scholarship in their path of becoming educators.
Beaverton Multicultural Educator Committee (BMEC)

Beaverton Multicultural Educator Committee (BMEC)

This group is open to all and is geared toward staff who identify in the global majority and allies. It works to creates a safe space for educators and change in the district. 

Example actions/work focus:

  • Presented an Anti-Racist District Action Plan to superintendent.
  • Organized Equity Summits.
BSD Black/African American Alliance Group

BSD Black Alliance Group

This group is open to all BSD staff and is an affirming space for Black/African American staff to cultivate relationship, grow professionally, strengthen our community and support one another. 

Example actions/work focus:

  • Honor culture, identity and restorative healing.
  • Value our identity by honoring who we are as a Black community with multiple perspectives. 
  • Honor the genius and culture that is us.
Disabled, Chronically Ill or Neurodivergent (ADCIN) Staff Alliance Group

Disabled, Chronically Ill or Neurodivergent (ADCIN) Staff Alliance Group

This group is open to all BSD staff and is geared toward employees who identify as disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent.

Example actions/work focus:

  • Foster staff connections across our district.
  • Increase awareness of our strengths and struggles.
  • Share resources and strategies to ensure that all District employees have the tools needed to be successful and fully engaged in their positions and in life.

STUDENT CLUBS

Student groups vary from school to school. Examples include Black Student Union, MEChA and Gender Sexuality Alliance. Click the links below to visit each school's activities page, which includes a list of student clubs and groups.

ACMA Student Affinity Groups
BASE Student Affinity Groups
ISB Student Affinity Groups

ISB