Bernie-backed California House candidate called DEI a ‘social justice-driven duty,’ embraced activist role
A Bernie Sanders-backed California congressional candidate who touts his career as an educator has used the classroom and academia to push diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and activist groups, according to his own writings and reports on his work with students.Randy Villegas is taking on Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s 22nd Congressional District in a high-stakes Central Valley showdown that could help determine control of the House.Democrats have made the seat a top pickup target as the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the district a "toss-up" and gives the district a razor-thin D+1 partisan lean.Villegas, a political science professor at College of the Sequoias and Visalia school board trustee, co-authored a 2022 academic paper arguing that DEI is central to the mission of community college educators and describing it as a "social justice-driven duty."The paper, titled "A Commitment to Teaching, Learning, and Student Advocacy: Community College Careers," was published by the American Political Science Association as a chapter in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond."At the heart of community college teaching is diversity, equity, and inclusion, and culturally responsive teaching," Villegas wrote.
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A Bernie Sanders-backed California congressional candidate who touts his career as an educator has used the classroom and academia to push diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and activist groups, according to his own writings and reports on his work with students.Randy Villegas is taking on Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s 22nd Congressional District in a high-stakes Central Valley showdown that could help determine control of the House.Democrats have made the seat a top pickup target as the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the district a "toss-up" and gives the district a razor-thin D+1 partisan lean.Villegas, a political science professor at College of the Sequoias and Visalia school board trustee, co-authored a 2022 academic paper arguing that DEI is central to the mission of community college educators and describing it as a "social justice-driven duty."The paper, titled "A Commitment to Teaching, Learning, and Student Advocacy: Community College Careers," was published by the American Political Science Association as a chapter in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond."At the heart of community college teaching is diversity, equity, and inclusion, and culturally responsive teaching," Villegas wrote. "Community colleges commit to teaching excellence and to a social justice-driven duty to accessibility. Most community colleges have similar institutional characteristics as a result.
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- A Bernie Sanders-backed California congressional candidate who touts his career as an educator has used the classroom and academia to push diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and activist groups, according to his own writings and reports on his work with students.Randy Villegas is taking on Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s 22nd Congressional District in a high-stakes Central Valley showdown that could help determine control of the House.Democrats have made the seat a top pickup target as the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the district a "toss-up" and gives the district a razor-thin D+1 partisan lean.Villegas, a political science professor at College of the Sequoias and Visalia school board trustee, co-authored a 2022 academic paper arguing that DEI is central to the mission of community college educators and describing it as a "social justice-driven duty."The paper, titled "A Commitment to Teaching, Learning, and Student Advocacy: Community College Careers," was published by the American Political Science Association as a chapter in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond."At the heart of community college teaching is diversity, equity, and inclusion, and culturally responsive teaching," Villegas wrote.
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