WEBVTT 00:01.133 --> 00:03.466 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Christina: Coming up on Inside California Education: 00:03.500 --> 00:05.266 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% Community Colleges 00:05.300 --> 00:07.066 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Actor: Why are you pulling a gun on me? 00:07.100 --> 00:09.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Why are you pulling a gun on me? 00:09.233 --> 00:11.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You don'’t know me, even when I'’m standing right in front of you. 00:11.233 --> 00:13.066 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% You don'’t see me. 00:13.100 --> 00:16.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% You see through me, as if I don'’t exist. 00:16.866 --> 00:19.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Christina: An experimental theater group from Los Angeles 00:19.833 --> 00:23.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Southwest College creates a powerful, online video 00:23.266 --> 00:26.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% performance about police relations with the 00:26.033 --> 00:29.566 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Black community....written entirely by the students 00:29.600 --> 00:31.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% JONATHAN EVANS: And I think that's one reason our 00:31.600 --> 00:34.166 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% experimental theater lab has been so successful. 00:34.200 --> 00:37.133 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% It's student-driven, it's student-created work. 00:37.166 --> 00:39.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Darletta Mitchell: We had no choice. 00:39.366 --> 00:44.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It had to be told it had to be, um, addressed. 00:44.533 --> 00:49.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Christina: Discover how students who'’ve done time behind bars get 00:49.666 --> 00:53.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% a second chance at higher education at Solano Community 00:53.200 --> 00:57.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% College in Fairfield...one of dozens of re-entry programs 00:57.766 --> 01:00.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% across California offering a path from incarceration 01:00.700 --> 01:03.266 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% to graduation. 01:03.300 --> 01:06.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Edwin McCaskie: Education is very, very important, um, and it 01:06.733 --> 01:08.500 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% gives us freedom. 01:08.533 --> 01:10.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Celia Esposito-Noy: The fact is, is that when folks have done 01:10.466 --> 01:12.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% their time, they've done their time. 01:12.633 --> 01:15.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Christina: And discover how MiraCosta College created the 01:15.833 --> 01:19.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% first social work degree program that'’s entirely online... 01:20.000 --> 01:24.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% opening up new careers paths to students in San Diego County 01:24.500 --> 01:28.100 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Sean Davis: These are the jobs and the careers and the 01:28.133 --> 01:33.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% positions that are really helping our local communities. 01:33.200 --> 01:36.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Christina: It'’s all next...on Inside California Education: 01:36.466 --> 01:39.733 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% Community Colleges 01:39.766 --> 01:41.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Annc: Inside California Education: 01:41.466 --> 01:44.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Community Colleges is made possible by: 01:44.866 --> 01:47.833 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% College Futures Foundation believes nothing is more 01:47.866 --> 01:50.833 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% transformative for individuals and our society 01:50.866 --> 01:52.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% than an educational opportunity. 01:52.966 --> 01:56.333 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% We partner with organizations and leaders across California to 01:56.366 --> 01:59.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% help students earn college degrees regardless of zip code, 01:59.800 --> 02:01.966 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% skin color, or income. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.033 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% More information at collegefutures.org. 02:05.066 --> 02:19.366 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 02:19.400 --> 02:27.033 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 02:27.066 --> 02:28.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% JONATHAN EVANS: I thought at the time 02:28.200 --> 02:32.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% there was no way for theater to survive. 02:32.033 --> 02:34.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I thought that we needed to take a break and theatrical work 02:34.600 --> 02:38.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% would literally pause.as the streets sort of cleared and 02:38.266 --> 02:42.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% things became like a ghost town. 02:42.500 --> 02:46.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% JASON: WHEN COVID-19 HIT IN EARLY 2020... LOS ANGELES 02:46.433 --> 02:49.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHUT DOWN THE CAMPUS. 02:49.900 --> 02:53.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% LAPTOPS WERE HANDED OUT AND CLASSES WENT ONLINE. 02:53.966 --> 02:56.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% SO HOW DO YOU HAVE A THEATER PROGRAM WITH STUDENTS ALL 02:56.833 --> 02:59.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% TAKING CLASSES REMOTELY? 02:59.600 --> 03:02.900 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% JONATHAN EVANS: ...but then I realized my group, my ensemble 03:02.933 --> 03:05.600 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% here at Los Angeles, Southwest college, they were stronger 03:05.633 --> 03:06.933 align:left position:37.5% line:71% size:52.5% than that. 03:06.966 --> 03:10.233 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And they saw through that difficulty. 03:10.266 --> 03:11.333 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% JASON: FOR THE STUDENTS HERE, 03:11.366 --> 03:14.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% NO STAGE DOES á*NOTá* MEAN NO PERFORMANCE. 03:14.900 --> 03:18.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'’S DEATH, AS THE COUNTRY GRAPPLED 03:18.766 --> 03:22.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% WITH RACE RELATIONS, STUDENTS FOUND A WAY TO MAKE THEIR 03:22.400 --> 03:24.600 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% VOICES HEARD. 03:24.633 --> 03:28.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% THEY PRODUCED AN ORIGINAL SHOW CALLED '‘THE THREAT.'’ IT'’S A 03:28.466 --> 03:32.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% POWERFUL, EVOCATIVE ONLINE VIDEO PRODUCTION -— INSPIRED BY 03:32.333 --> 03:35.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% CURRENT EVENTS -— TACKLING POLICE RELATIONS WITH 03:36.000 --> 03:38.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% THE BLACK COMMUNITY. 03:38.066 --> 03:44.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Actor: Those 8 minutes and 46 seconds felt like 8 years, as I 03:44.800 --> 03:48.166 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% felt myself going. 03:48.200 --> 03:50.366 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5% DARLETTA MITCHELL SHERMAN: Well, it it's, it's like right 03:50.400 --> 03:54.066 align:left position:30% line:71% size:60% in our backyard, front yard, you know, um, 03:54.100 --> 03:58.300 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% up the street on our street. So we had no choice. 03:58.333 --> 04:01.733 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75%   It had to be told it had to be, addressed. 04:01.766 --> 04:03.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Actor: The cop in front of him slapped the soda 04:03.833 --> 04:05.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% out of his hand. 04:05.666 --> 04:08.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The cop behind him grabs him, slams him face first in the 04:08.633 --> 04:12.966 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% concrete and breaks his nose. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.133 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5% CRAIG MITCHELL SHERMAN: I remember driving on my first day 04:15.166 --> 04:18.700 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5% at work, my grandfather's Cadillac six in the morning to 04:18.733 --> 04:19.933 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55% go to work. 04:19.966 --> 04:23.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I'm pulled over to ask to be asked, is this my car? 04:23.733 --> 04:26.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% And I'm afraid. 04:26.333 --> 04:29.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I'm very afraid because you don't have to just fear 04:29.966 --> 04:31.366 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% the gangs now. 04:31.400 --> 04:35.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% You fear someone who has a job that was supposed to protect 04:35.566 --> 04:40.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you, and that might not happen. 04:40.300 --> 04:43.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Actors: Too many black people are dying. 04:43.400 --> 04:46.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Too many black people are dying. Too many black people are dying. 04:46.500 --> 04:48.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DR SEHER AWAN: Our students are from more disadvantaged 04:48.633 --> 04:50.033 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55% populations. 04:50.066 --> 04:53.200 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% We are predominantly serving students of color at Southwest. 04:53.233 --> 04:55.966 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75%   Our students are not trained theater students. 04:56.000 --> 04:58.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% They don't come from a background of arts and theater. 04:58.166 --> 05:00.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% They're coming from our community pretty much, uh, 05:00.833 --> 05:04.233 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% learning those skills with Professor Evans through this 05:04.266 --> 05:09.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% program and to see them share their pain and their human 05:09.966 --> 05:13.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% experiences and their trauma in a way that fuels a beautiful 05:13.766 --> 05:17.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% performance because it's so raw and so authentic. 05:17.233 --> 05:20.533 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% (choking) 05:20.566 --> 05:24.966 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Actor: You try to kill us. 05:25.000 --> 05:29.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Jonathan: That'’s what your body wants to do, is let go. Right? 05:29.166 --> 05:32.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% JONATHAN EVANS: Uh, we have a theme or we have a topic every 05:32.600 --> 05:35.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% year we start with, we usually start our projects in July or 05:35.833 --> 05:39.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% August and the first month of the year. 05:39.700 --> 05:42.400 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Of the work is just really discussing, what are we trying 05:42.433 --> 05:44.033 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% to say this year? 05:44.066 --> 05:46.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Or what are we trying to say this semester? 05:46.400 --> 05:50.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% What do we, as a group in an ensemble, what do we, as the 05:50.600 --> 05:53.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Los Angeles, Southwest College experimental theater lab, you 05:53.866 --> 05:56.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% know, what do we want to say? 05:56.066 --> 05:57.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% CRAIG MITCHELL SHERMAN: It's simple to do something like 05:57.800 --> 06:03.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Othello or Romeo and Juliet, but we're not living in a time at 06:03.566 --> 06:07.400 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% which Romeo and Juliet a play like that can just, we can just 06:07.433 --> 06:10.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% put it on and just, and be real with it. 06:11.000 --> 06:15.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Not when so much has been going on in our world. 06:15.333 --> 06:19.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Those are great plays, but we wanted to bring reality 06:19.200 --> 06:21.700 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% to the stage. 06:21.733 --> 06:26.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We want it to be as real as possible, and we didn't want to 06:26.300 --> 06:30.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% be, um, just another group of people putting on another play. 06:30.466 --> 06:33.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% JASON: SHOT ON CELL PHONES AT HOMES, SIDEWALKS AND PARKS... 06:33.666 --> 06:37.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% PART FICTION, PART HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY, PART PERSONAL 06:37.100 --> 06:41.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% MONOLOGUE... THE THREAT IS WOVEN TOGETHER WITH A MIX OF DEEPLY 06:41.766 --> 06:44.000 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% PERSONAL PERFORMANCES. 06:44.033 --> 06:46.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Actor: He got right in my cousin'’s face and asked 06:46.833 --> 06:50.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% him again: Say boy, where did you steal that bike from? 06:50.866 --> 06:54.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% My cousins said, man, I told you that'’s my bike. 06:54.433 --> 06:56.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I didn'’t steal nothing, that'’s my bike. 06:56.666 --> 07:02.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CRAIG MITCHELL SHERMAN: It is a piece of innovation, but also 07:02.600 --> 07:06.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% we were able to make it organic. 07:06.400 --> 07:09.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I didn't know what other people were shooting. 07:09.166 --> 07:12.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we were sending in hope that it will come to get there and 07:12.633 --> 07:15.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% it came together and I was blown away. 07:15.300 --> 07:17.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Actor: Had a good job, a good job with dental benefits, had 07:17.866 --> 07:19.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% all my teeth and everything. 07:19.900 --> 07:22.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% JASON: TYANA HAYWOOD PLAYED THE ROLE OF A HOMELESS WOMAN. 07:22.566 --> 07:27.133 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Actor: That officer knocked my teeth out and broke my arm, 07:27.166 --> 07:28.933 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and I couldn'’t work no more. 07:28.966 --> 07:30.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% He took everything from me. Everything! 07:30.233 --> 07:32.566 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% TYANA HAYWOOD: Yeah I spent a lot of time with that character. 07:32.600 --> 07:39.866 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% She um, she's from the streets her name was, Nina Simone. 07:39.900 --> 07:43.166 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5%   She has a burden to bear and she like, most women she's been 07:43.200 --> 07:45.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% doing what she has to do and sometimes doing things that she 07:45.466 --> 07:47.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% doesn't want to do to survive. 07:47.600 --> 07:48.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% THE THREAT PERFORMANCE: "“I want to live in a world 07:48.533 --> 07:49.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% where I matter! 07:49.766 --> 07:52.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I want to live in a world where Kamala Harris is an everyday 07:52.733 --> 07:55.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% occurrence, the VP of companies don't make the headlines... 07:55.700 --> 07:57.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% JONATHAN EVANS: Many of my students could walk onto a set 07:58.000 --> 07:59.666 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% tomorrow and be professionals. 07:59.700 --> 08:03.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But they don't necessarily have to have that goal in mind. 08:03.366 --> 08:05.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We're looking for the person that's ready to 08:05.533 --> 08:07.566 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% say something bold. 08:07.600 --> 08:09.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We're looking for the person that's saying, I want to be 08:09.866 --> 08:12.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% a part of a social justice ensemble. 08:12.233 --> 08:15.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I've got something to say and I've got something I feel, and 08:15.566 --> 08:17.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'm not going to hold that back. 08:17.833 --> 08:19.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% DARLETTA MITCHELL SHERMAN: I love the theater. 08:19.266 --> 08:20.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Um, and if I get the opportunity to do it, to do it 08:20.633 --> 08:23.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% professionally, I wouldn't pass that up. 08:23.400 --> 08:25.500 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% It changed my life. 08:25.533 --> 08:28.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And I I'm hoping that it will change other people's lives just 08:28.833 --> 08:30.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% by the work that I put out there. 08:30.933 --> 08:34.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Every time my child walks out of the door, I see a 08:34.433 --> 08:36.833 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% target on his back. 08:36.866 --> 08:38.000 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% DARLETTA MITCHELL SHERMAN: I don't want to just entertain 08:38.033 --> 08:39.666 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55% people only. 08:39.700 --> 08:45.266 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5% I want to put a thought in someone's head that will provoke 08:45.300 --> 08:47.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% them to action, 08:47.333 --> 08:49.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Actors: As James Baldwin once said, 08:49.200 --> 08:57.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% American history is longer, larger, more various, more 08:57.500 --> 09:03.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said 09:03.500 --> 09:04.966 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% about it. 09:05.000 --> 09:06.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CRAIG MITCHELL SHERMAN: We don't hate the police. 09:06.233 --> 09:08.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% We don't, we actually say that in the piece. 09:08.300 --> 09:11.200 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Um, we hate injustice. 09:11.233 --> 09:15.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We want to be able to, um, cause you to think after you've seen 09:15.166 --> 09:17.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% our piece, we want you to think. 09:17.266 --> 09:20.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We don't want you to go out there and just start rioting, 09:20.100 --> 09:23.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% but we want you to think, how can I do better? 09:23.600 --> 09:27.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Actor: If you find out later that they weren'’t reaching for a 09:27.500 --> 09:37.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% weapon, then I'’d rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 09:37.366 --> 09:40.133 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% DR. SEHER AWAN: Like our students and their pain, it's 09:40.166 --> 09:43.433 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5% just, it's, it's so real. 09:43.466 --> 09:47.733 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% And they put, they leave it, they leave it all on the stage. 09:47.766 --> 09:49.800 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75%   THE THREAT PERFORMANCE: "“Because today I claim victory 09:49.833 --> 09:51.233 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% over police brutality. 09:51.266 --> 09:54.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I claim victory over systematic racism. 09:54.166 --> 09:57.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I claim victory over the mental and physical enslavement 09:57.600 --> 09:59.300 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% of a people. 09:59.333 --> 10:02.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The mental and physical enslavement of a people 10:02.100 --> 10:04.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% of our young black boys and black men. 10:04.633 --> 10:05.900 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% JONATHAN EVANS: You know, I've worked with so many talented 10:05.933 --> 10:09.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% actors in my career, but never a group that will fight 10:09.166 --> 10:11.700 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55% to be heard. 10:11.733 --> 10:14.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I think that's what really, it really touches me. 10:14.766 --> 10:21.066 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% I really am. I'm very, um, 10:21.100 --> 10:31.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I get very emotional because of what I've seen happen here. 10:32.000 --> 10:34.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% When you see a group of people that are willing to fight for 10:34.400 --> 10:39.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% their lives, for their voices to be heard, that's very moving 10:39.433 --> 10:42.633 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% to me as an artist. 10:42.666 --> 10:44.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% JASON: THE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE KENNEDY 10:44.800 --> 10:48.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE REGION 8 THEATER FESTIVAL. 10:48.766 --> 10:52.033 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% SINCE IT'’S DEBUT, THE TEAM HAS RELEASED ANOTHER VERSION, 10:52.066 --> 10:55.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% FOCUSING ON THE STORY OF GEORGE FLOYD -— KILLED BY MINNEAPOLIS 10:55.500 --> 10:57.800 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% POLICE IN 2020. 10:57.833 --> 11:00.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% "“GEORGE FLOYD"” PERFORMANCE: (CHOKING) "“My neck. 11:00.600 --> 11:04.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% They are trying to kill me, man. Mama."” 11:04.766 --> 11:05.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% CRAIG MITCHELL SHERMAN: We're all working together. 11:05.866 --> 11:08.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Every color, every creed, every human being. 11:08.766 --> 11:10.633 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Because that's what we want. 11:10.666 --> 11:12.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% We just want unity. We want equality. 11:12.733 --> 11:15.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We want justice, but that comes when we all come together and 11:15.933 --> 11:18.733 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% we're all informed. 11:18.766 --> 11:22.166 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% THE THREAT PERFORMANCE: "“Big Floyd out. 11:22.200 --> 11:25.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Christina: Mainstream theater in America has long presented plays 11:25.833 --> 11:29.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% that have characters acting in stories that have a beginning, 11:29.200 --> 11:33.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% middle and end. Experimental theater groups, like the one at 11:33.466 --> 11:36.700 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Southwest College, break free from that tradition. 11:36.733 --> 11:40.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Also called avant-garde theater, this style gained traction in 11:40.800 --> 11:44.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% the 1960s as a reaction to the political movements and 11:44.100 --> 11:46.433 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% unrest of the time. 11:46.466 --> 11:50.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Today'’s experimental theater is likewise inspired by current 11:50.466 --> 11:54.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% events, challenging audiences to question their attitudes, 11:54.300 --> 11:57.200 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% beliefs and values. 11:57.233 --> 12:06.966 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 12:07.000 --> 12:10.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Edwin McCaskie: Redemption is possible for anyone, 12:10.100 --> 12:12.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% uh, no matter what you have done, uh, no matter 12:12.666 --> 12:17.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% what you've been through in life, um, there's always hope. 12:17.233 --> 12:20.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Kassy P: Don't give up, like always be in the positive 12:20.333 --> 12:23.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% mindset of, I can do this, because if you're determined 12:23.800 --> 12:26.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% to do something, you will do it. 12:26.066 --> 12:28.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: Redemption. Perseverance. Hope. 12:28.333 --> 12:32.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Often hard to find behind bars, or among those who'’ve done their 12:32.366 --> 12:36.600 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% time and returned to society. 12:36.633 --> 12:40.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But for Edwin McCaskie and Kassy P...students at Solano Community 12:40.766 --> 12:44.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% College in Fairfield... redemption, perseverance, and 12:44.100 --> 12:47.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% hope are all qualities embraced, practiced, and shared with other 12:47.800 --> 12:50.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% formerly incarcerated students. 12:50.800 --> 12:54.433 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Edwin: Education is very, very important, um, and it gives 12:54.466 --> 12:56.666 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% us freedom. It really does. 12:56.700 --> 13:00.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And, and it equips us and teaches us to be able to live 13:01.000 --> 13:02.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% a more fulfilling life. 13:02.666 --> 13:05.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Jim: McCaskie'’s own story is one of redemption. 13:05.933 --> 13:09.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% As a teenager, he was in and out of juvenile hall. 13:09.700 --> 13:13.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% At age 23, he was shot and lost his left forearm. 13:13.866 --> 13:18.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He was involved in a murder and spent 22 years in prison. 13:18.233 --> 13:21.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There, McCaskie became a certified drug and alcohol 13:21.033 --> 13:24.600 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% counselor... and dedicated himself to rehabilitation... 13:24.633 --> 13:27.400 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% and rescuing others. 13:27.433 --> 13:30.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Edwin: I really want to help those that are going down that 13:30.400 --> 13:33.300 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% dark path, specifically youth that are at risk. 13:33.333 --> 13:36.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Um, I feel like, uh, I have a story and I have a skillset 13:36.966 --> 13:40.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that I can help people. 13:40.166 --> 13:42.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Jim: Edwin and Kassy are two of the more than one hundred eighty 13:42.866 --> 13:46.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% students who are part of Solano'’s SOAR program: 13:46.166 --> 13:49.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Students Overcoming Adversity and Recidivism. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% All were formerly incarcerated. 13:52.333 --> 13:55.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% All receive a wide variety of support services to help them 13:55.633 --> 13:59.733 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% stay on their chosen path towards graduation, college 13:59.766 --> 14:01.966 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% degrees, and good careers. 14:02.000 --> 14:05.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Shanan: Everybody makes mistakes some worse than others. 14:05.266 --> 14:08.200 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I believe in second chances. 14:08.233 --> 14:11.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Jim: Shanan Danley, Program Coordinator for SOAR, was 14:11.300 --> 14:13.300 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% himself once incarcerated. 14:13.333 --> 14:16.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% He says their services include everything from help with 14:16.233 --> 14:19.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% registering for classes, to housing assistance, financial 14:19.433 --> 14:23.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% aid, job counseling, career advice, even food supplies 14:23.833 --> 14:26.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% like the groceries these students are bagging 14:26.166 --> 14:28.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% to share with classmates. 14:28.233 --> 14:31.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Connection...peer counseling... encouragement... 14:31.033 --> 14:33.366 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% are all part of the package. 14:33.400 --> 14:35.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Shanan: The people that they interact with on campus. 14:35.133 --> 14:41.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The new associates and friends that they make. 14:41.300 --> 14:45.000 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% People, people need something that they can grab, 14:45.033 --> 14:46.700 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% grab a hold to. 14:46.733 --> 14:51.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% When it comes to the re-entry population, they want that 14:51.566 --> 14:52.933 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% sense of belonging. 14:52.966 --> 14:55.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% They want to feel like they're part of something. 14:55.100 --> 14:58.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Celia: The fact is, is that when folks have done their time, 14:58.666 --> 15:01.866 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% they've done their time and we have to be prepared to support 15:01.900 --> 15:05.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% them to be productive in our communities when they 15:05.500 --> 15:06.866 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% are released. 15:06.900 --> 15:10.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Jim: Solano Community College President Celia Esposito-Noy 15:10.166 --> 15:13.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% says their program not only helps formerly incarcerated 15:13.266 --> 15:14.900 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% students on campus... 15:14.933 --> 15:18.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% it provides online or correspondence instruction to 15:18.233 --> 15:20.466 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% those still serving time. 15:20.500 --> 15:25.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Unwise use of our tax dollars? Just the opposite, she says. 15:25.300 --> 15:28.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Celia: We know that when folks participate in these programs, 15:28.833 --> 15:33.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% they have a very low rate of returning to prison to jails. 15:33.566 --> 15:36.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We know that this works and that's been proven in a number 15:36.733 --> 15:39.333 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% of programs that are offered, not just in this state, but 15:39.366 --> 15:40.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% throughout the country. 15:41.000 --> 15:43.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Jim: That fact is borne out by the hundreds of re-entry and 15:43.700 --> 15:46.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% incarcerated student programs across the U.S. 15:46.933 --> 15:50.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Some of the most successful were featured in a 2019 PBS 15:50.733 --> 15:53.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% documentary, College Behind Bars. 15:53.933 --> 15:59.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Student: College it helps us become civic beings. 15:59.333 --> 16:02.133 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% It helps us understand that we have an interest in 16:02.166 --> 16:03.433 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% our community. 16:03.466 --> 16:08.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That our community is a part of us, and we are a part of it. 16:08.333 --> 16:11.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: In California, the UC system has the 16:11.933 --> 16:14.533 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Underground Scholars program. 16:14.566 --> 16:17.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Cal State universities have Project Rebound. 16:17.233 --> 16:21.133 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Many individual California community colleges already had 16:21.166 --> 16:24.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% their own re-entry and incarcerated student programs. 16:24.533 --> 16:28.400 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% But recently, a statewide network called Rising Scholars 16:28.433 --> 16:30.733 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% was established by the Chancellor'’s office, the 16:30.766 --> 16:33.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Foundation for Community Colleges, and other foundations 16:33.500 --> 16:35.800 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and organizations. 16:35.833 --> 16:39.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% The network now includes 70 colleges across the state. 16:39.500 --> 16:42.300 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Eloy: Every prison in California has a partnership with one or 16:42.333 --> 16:44.700 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% more of our colleges. 16:44.733 --> 16:47.400 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Ten percent of all the men and women in prison in California 16:47.433 --> 16:51.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% are enrolled in a community college. Great news. 16:51.700 --> 16:54.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We need to continue to grow that. 16:54.233 --> 16:57.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Francisco: Because we serve more veteran students, more students 16:57.166 --> 17:00.133 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% with disabilities, more immigrants, more former foster 17:00.166 --> 17:02.900 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% care youth or formerly incarcerated, more 17:02.933 --> 17:06.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% first-generation students, and more low-income students than 17:06.466 --> 17:09.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% any other segments of higher education in the world and 17:09.766 --> 17:11.600 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% we're very proud of that. 17:11.633 --> 17:14.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Jim: The pandemic has for now curtailed in-person instruction 17:14.833 --> 17:18.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% inside most of California'’s correctional facilities. 17:18.100 --> 17:21.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But most instructors say they'’re anxious to return... 17:21.700 --> 17:24.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and incarcerated students are still finding 17:24.166 --> 17:26.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% ways to work towards their degrees.. 17:26.566 --> 17:27.933 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% like Tabithi Wilson. 17:27.966 --> 17:31.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He'’s serving time inside Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent 17:31.300 --> 17:35.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% City and taking classes through College of the Redwoods. 17:35.200 --> 17:38.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% His goal: a possible future master'’s or law degree. 17:38.766 --> 17:43.066 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% Tabithi: I believe education has given us reason to dream, 17:43.100 --> 17:45.700 align:left position:25% line:71% size:65% and not just dream, but believe our dreams 17:45.733 --> 17:47.133 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% are now attainable. 17:47.166 --> 17:50.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Jim: Noehalani Casperson ...also formerly incarcerated ...says 17:50.866 --> 17:54.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% the re-entry program at Orange County'’s Cypress College 17:54.233 --> 17:58.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% completely transformed her life and her future. 17:58.300 --> 18:01.233 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% Noehalani: Community college gave me hope. 18:01.266 --> 18:04.300 align:left position:12.5% line:71% size:77.5% And if I can spend the rest of my life giving out hope, like 18:04.333 --> 18:05.800 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% that'’s what I want to do. 18:05.833 --> 18:09.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% What it shows up as, where it looks like, I do know one thing: 18:09.100 --> 18:13.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% education is a door opener, it'’s a special key for me to get to 18:13.800 --> 18:17.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the places I need to be to help the people that need the help. 18:17.033 --> 18:20.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Jim: Students like Edwin and Kassy say it'’s about more than 18:20.933 --> 18:23.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% just getting their own degrees. 18:23.133 --> 18:27.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Both have become "“ambassadors."” They, along with these interns 18:27.133 --> 18:30.266 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and others, help formerly incarcerated students maintain 18:30.300 --> 18:33.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% the resilience they developed while "“inside"”...encouraging 18:33.700 --> 18:37.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% them to keep a firm grasp on their second chance. 18:37.566 --> 18:41.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Alicia: If they pass the test or if they, you know, get a new job 18:41.533 --> 18:44.900 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% or they, you know, meet one of their goals, they call me or 18:44.933 --> 18:46.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% they text me and they're so excited. 18:46.833 --> 18:50.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% So I often get gratitude and a lot of thank you'’s. 18:50.233 --> 18:52.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Celia: And so my hope is that we become a more 18:52.266 --> 18:53.600 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% compassionate society. 18:53.633 --> 18:56.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% When we think about how to serve those who are incarcerated, and 18:56.466 --> 18:59.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% maybe begin to look more broadly about what a true justice system 19:00.000 --> 19:03.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% could and should look like in this state. 19:03.166 --> 19:06.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Edwin: I believe that, yeah, the system, the way that society is 19:06.600 --> 19:09.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% starting to see things, people, people are starting to see 19:09.300 --> 19:10.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% things differently now. 19:10.633 --> 19:13.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So to work on ourselves, to get out, um, to have this 19:13.533 --> 19:15.366 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% second opportunity. 19:15.400 --> 19:18.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We want to make the best of it. We want to give back to society. 19:18.333 --> 19:21.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% We want to be productive and helping other people. 19:21.933 --> 19:23.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Kassy P: There is always hope and it doesn't matter how many 19:23.966 --> 19:25.233 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% times you mess up. 19:25.266 --> 19:27.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You can always restart. 19:27.733 --> 19:30.933 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 19:30.966 --> 19:33.166 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Christina: Community college courses are offered 19:33.200 --> 19:35.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to more than 45-hundred men and women in 19:35.500 --> 19:37.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% California'’s 35 prisons. 19:37.766 --> 19:40.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Those students are held to the same standards as if they were 19:40.600 --> 19:42.000 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% on campus. 19:42.033 --> 19:44.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% The courses are transferable, and lead to 19:44.400 --> 19:46.333 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% academic degrees. 19:46.366 --> 19:49.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% A Stanford study found that incarcerated students earn 19:49.833 --> 19:53.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% higher grades than students on campus, with 80 percent earning 19:53.766 --> 19:57.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% a GPA of 3.0 or higher. 19:57.266 --> 20:00.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The study notes that earning a higher education degree reduces 20:00.600 --> 20:04.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% the chance of re-offending, helps develop critical thinking 20:04.500 --> 20:07.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% skills, and opens up career pathways that can 20:07.233 --> 20:09.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% transform lives. 20:09.366 --> 20:19.366 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 20:19.400 --> 20:21.600 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% KRISTEN: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FORCED CAMPUSES TO MOVE 20:21.633 --> 20:26.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ONLINE, MIRACOSTA COLLEGE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WAS ALREADY SETTING 20:26.400 --> 20:30.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% UP AN ONLINE PROGRAM OFFERED BY NO OTHER CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 20:30.466 --> 20:34.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% COLLEGE ... AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN SOCIAL WORK 20:34.200 --> 20:38.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% AND HUMAN SERVICES, PROVIDED ENTIRELY ONLINE. 20:38.766 --> 20:40.866 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Taylor: This gives an opportunity to our students, our 20:40.900 --> 20:44.366 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% local community, to start that at least the exploration and 20:44.400 --> 20:47.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% start getting into the field and get some experience at the 20:47.066 --> 20:48.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% community college level. 20:48.933 --> 20:51.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% KRISTEN: IT'’S A CAREER FIELD THAT'’S EXPECTED TO GROW 20:51.466 --> 20:54.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% EXPONENTIALLY IN THE COMING YEARS ... AS THE NEED FOR SUCH 20:54.766 --> 20:57.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% SERVICES ALSO INCREASES. 20:57.133 --> 20:59.833 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SHOWS 20:59.866 --> 21:04.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% JOBS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WORK ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE 21:04.200 --> 21:08.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 12.9-PERCENT OR ABOUT 4,000 JOBS BY 2026. 21:08.633 --> 21:14.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Sean: These are the jobs and the careers and the positions that 21:14.033 --> 21:17.266 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% are really helping our local communities. 21:17.300 --> 21:20.466 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75%   KRISTEN: SEAN DAVIS IS A FACULTY MEMBER IN THE SOCIOLOGY 21:20.500 --> 21:22.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% DEPARTMENT AT MIRACOSTA. 21:22.333 --> 21:25.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HE SAW A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AN INTEREST AMONG HIS 21:25.800 --> 21:29.133 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% STUDENTS FOR TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WORK. 21:29.166 --> 21:32.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Sean: So I wanted to tell you that this is historic. 21:32.833 --> 21:37.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% North County, and MiraCosta specifically, has never had 21:37.600 --> 21:38.566 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% social work classes. 21:38.600 --> 21:41.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% You are the first students to experience that. 21:41.633 --> 21:45.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% KRISTEN: A GRANT PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL CAMPUS ONLINE 21:45.533 --> 21:49.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% EDUCATION INITIATIVE ALLOWED HIM TO DEVELOP THIS ENTIRELY NEW 21:49.500 --> 21:53.600 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% PROGRAM, ALONG WITH TAYLOR TIRONA A CAMPUS COUNSELOR AND 21:53.633 --> 21:56.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% SOCIAL WORKER, WHO IS NOW THE INSTRUCTOR. 21:56.300 --> 21:59.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Taylor: This class hopefully will introduce you to the field 21:59.600 --> 22:01.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of social work to the extent to where you can make 22:01.966 --> 22:03.066 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% an informed decision. 22:03.100 --> 22:05.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% We were able to get an instructional designer to help 22:05.900 --> 22:11.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% us create this like really innovative and engaging course 22:12.000 --> 22:14.133 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and so I came in with the content piece of it 22:14.166 --> 22:15.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% having my background in social work. 22:15.933 --> 22:19.900 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 22:19.933 --> 22:22.866 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% Carlos: As a police officer you'’re kind of, I'’d say 22:22.900 --> 22:24.200 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% you'’re kind of like a social worker. 22:24.233 --> 22:27.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Every call that you'’re going to go to is different. 22:27.800 --> 22:30.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80%   And then working on a college environment we deal with, 22:30.466 --> 22:34.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'’d say a fair amount of mental crisis calls for service. 22:34.900 --> 22:37.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% KRISTEN: POLICE OFFICER CARLOS CARRIZOSA HAS A BACHELOR'’S 22:37.766 --> 22:40.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% DEGREE AND A CAREER IN A FIELD WHERE SOCIAL WORK IS PART OF 22:40.800 --> 22:42.633 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% HIS DAY-TO-DAY JOB. 22:42.666 --> 22:45.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HE ENROLLED IN THIS NEW PROGRAM THE FIRST SEMESTER IT WAS 22:45.800 --> 22:48.066 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% OFFERED ... FALL OF 2020. 22:48.100 --> 22:51.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% CARRIZOSA FOUND THE ALL-VIRTUAL OFFERING MADE IT EASIER TO 22:51.466 --> 22:54.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% ATTEND CLASS DESPITE HIS BUSY SCHEDULE. 22:54.966 --> 22:58.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% IT ALSO MADE IT EASIER TO CONNECT WITH, AND LEARN FROM, 22:58.666 --> 23:00.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% HIS CLASSMATES. 23:00.800 --> 23:03.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Carlos: I think students were able to open up more because 23:03.400 --> 23:04.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% they'’re behind a screen. 23:04.700 --> 23:07.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You'’re not looking at them face to face and you can kind of get 23:07.800 --> 23:10.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% more of a discussion and really learn about what'’s happening in 23:10.566 --> 23:12.233 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% other people'’s lives. 23:12.266 --> 23:14.900 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5% ♪♪♪ 23:14.933 --> 23:17.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Alexa: Once I got into the class I understood that there'’s so 23:17.800 --> 23:22.000 align:left position:15% line:71% size:75% many avenues I could go with social work and that'’s what 23:22.033 --> 23:24.200 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% excited me about it. 23:24.233 --> 23:26.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% KRISTEN: STUDENT ALEXA LEE WAS PLACED WITH THE MENTAL 23:26.666 --> 23:30.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HEALTH PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAM ON CAMPUS, WHERE SHE VOLUNTEERS 23:30.600 --> 23:32.100 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% AT A FARMERS MARKET, 23:32.133 --> 23:36.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS. 23:36.166 --> 23:40.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Alexa: So, basically we are the middle person for students and 23:40.433 --> 23:45.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% resources so we try to link both of them together. 23:45.233 --> 23:48.300 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% KRISTEN: STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM EARN AN ASSOCIATES 23:48.333 --> 23:52.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% DEGREE FOR TRANSFER, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT A 23:52.166 --> 23:55.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, OR BE QUALIFIED TO WORK 23:55.800 --> 23:58.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% FOR THE COUNTY AS A SOCIAL WORKER. 23:58.233 --> 24:01.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% INSTRUCTORS SAY REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO NEXT, THIS PROGRAM 24:01.666 --> 24:05.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% GIVES ALL STUDENTS A TASTE OF THE MANY PATHWAYS AVAILABLE FROM 24:05.800 --> 24:08.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% A CAREER IN SOCIAL WORK. 24:08.233 --> 24:09.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Taylor: That'’s what we'’re hoping to do for students is 24:09.766 --> 24:13.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we'’re at the tip of the iceberg but let'’s see a little bit about 24:13.133 --> 24:15.600 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% what'’s below the surface and what those opportunities are 24:15.633 --> 24:20.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% that we as the general public may not have exposure to. 24:20.766 --> 24:24.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Sean: Social work is involved in a lot of different sectors 24:24.066 --> 24:25.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% of our society. 24:25.366 --> 24:28.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They'’re basically there to help and make sure people have the 24:28.600 --> 24:33.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% resources they need and connect them to any kind of services 24:33.233 --> 24:36.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that can better their situation. 24:36.300 --> 24:39.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% KRISTEN: ADMINISTRATORS SAY THE RESPONSE TO THIS NEW ALL-ONLINE 24:39.733 --> 24:42.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% PROGRAM HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. 24:42.233 --> 24:45.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% BOTH SEMESTERS HAVE FILLED UP, WITH A WAIT LIST. 24:45.766 --> 24:48.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Sean: There'’s a buzz around it and I think that people 24:48.200 --> 24:52.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% recognize that this is something that we have needed for a while 24:52.266 --> 24:54.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and maybe we just didn'’t know it. 24:54.866 --> 24:57.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% KRISTEN: STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED SAY IT'’S NOT JUST 24:57.133 --> 25:01.600 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% AN INSIDE PATH TO A GROWING FIELD, BUT A WAY OF CONNECTING 25:01.633 --> 25:06.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% WITH THE WORLD AROUND THEM, REGARDLESS OF THE WORK THEY DO. 25:06.933 --> 25:10.300 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Alexa: It'’s providing us the tools and the knowledge of how 25:10.333 --> 25:16.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% to change what we feel that is wrong and what is unjust. 25:16.700 --> 25:20.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Carlos: It'’s understanding that everyone'’s an individual and we 25:20.533 --> 25:22.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% have to treat them as an individual no matter what kind 25:22.766 --> 25:25.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of problem they'’re going through and see what we can do to guide 25:25.266 --> 25:28.133 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% them in the right direction. 25:28.166 --> 25:30.266 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Christina: That'’s it for 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