Johnson County Community College
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

http://www.jccc.edu/about/leadership-governance/policies/nondiscrimination-statement.html Johnson County Community College is a place where freedom of expression and civility are encouraged. In valuing diversity, the college recognizes the individual differences based on unique ethnic, cultural, gender and political backgrounds, and the differences represented by staff in age, education and physical ability. In a diverse environment, it becomes the responsibility of each employee to respect these individual differences and to refrain from imposing personal viewpoints on other staff or students. All personnel policies of the Johnson County Community College shall be applied without regard to a person's race, color, age, sex, religion, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation or other factors which can not be lawfully considered, to the extent specified by applicable federal and state laws. Johnson County Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, veteran's status, sexual orientation, or other factors that cannot be lawfully considered in its programs and activities as required by all applicable laws and regulations. Inquiries concerning the college's compliance with its non-discrimination policies may be referred to the Dean of Student Success or Executive Director of Human Resources, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210, 913-469-8500; or to Office for Civil Rights, Kansas City Office, U.S. Department of Education, One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut St., Suite 320, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone: 816-268-0550, Facsimile: 816-268-0559, email OCR. Ethics Report Line - A resource for college employees to report ethical issues in confidence. College Policies - A detailed list of policies approved by the JCCC board of trustees.

JCCC has a standing discrimination policy and internal audit framework. These are publicly available at: http://www.jccc.edu/about/leadership-governance/policies/personnel/employee-complaints-and-discipline/discrimation-harassment-retaliation.html and http://www.jccc.edu/about/leadership-governance/administration/audit-advisory/ethics-line/index.html The Behavior Intervention Team, consisting of Student Services, Human Resources, Counseling, the campus emergency manager, and the campus police, meet biweekly and as needed advising appropriate interventions to reports of biased behaviors. Examples of sanctions undertaken in the past three years for employees include: mandatory training, required participation in the employee assistance program. Examples of sanctions undertaken in the past three years for students include: Academic or personal counseling, academic holds, and required participation in the student assistance program.

JCCC has numerous multilingual student recruiters, and one dedicated diversity recruiter on its team.

In addition to our diverse student recruiter staff, we offer a conference for the campus community focused on supporting Latinx students. http://www.jccc.edu/conferences/diversidad/index.html JCCC provides official support to a number of underrepresented groups on campus in a variety of formats. Some examples include: Veterans have a separate office that provides peer support and programming The Sunflower Grant (different than JCCC's sustainability across the curriculum program of the same name) is directly geared to provide resources and support for the Hispanic population Access Services is designed to support and provide services for students with disabilities JCCC is host to student clubs that serve a wide range of affinity groups. Clubs all operate with faculty or staff advisors. Relevant organizations include: Black Student Union Gender and Sexuality Alliance International Club International Dance Club Latinos United Now and Always (LUNA) Muslim Students Association Organization of Black Collegians Multicultural Programming Council The Employee Assistance Program supports faculty and staff work-life balance: http://www.jccc.edu/about/leadership-governance/administration/human-resources/employee-benefits-leaves/employee-assistance-program.html