[Sehefac] Welcome to the new academic year! Resources for teaching
Dana Simmons
danasim at ucr.edu
Wed Sep 24 11:37:23 PDT 2025
Dear SEHE friends,
I'm very grateful for your companionship and collaboration as we enter this
new academic year. I thought I would share the resources below, gathered
and created by SEHE faculty and instructors. I hope that some of them will
ease your and your students' experience this quarter.
I'd love to see you in person soon! Please mark your calendars for a *SEHE
Social Hour at the Barn late afternoon (~4:30-6) on October 15*.
Here are the resources in a doc
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QKwj7o2hDBRXLUMwSbMwBv-1fkw47oh7i--Qy2HD7k/edit?usp=sharing>,
if that's easier than a super long email. Please feel free to comment, add,
revise, critique....
1.
Kim Yi Dionne has shared her fantastic “Strengths and Community in
Emergencies
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uN88v4rIwDIiMQUCcLsmPE5zLo7e1ynp4scvLJJkY6A/edit?usp=sharing>”
exercise for the start of class (thank you, Kim!).
2.
SEHE Associate-In Marissa Hull shared this Mind, Heart, Body check-in
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/187RKDsvaBqY_L_75NdaPDejgLVP2yfw8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105319504448632984214&rtpof=true&sd=true>
for use in teaching (thanks to Marissa and to Xochitl Chavez, who shared
this exercise with Marissa).
3.
I highly recommend these Embodying Your Curriculum videos on The Skill
of Resourcing
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7h0bvtme4ww9414cmt73n/resourcingwebinar1.mp4?rlkey=8kcgkizj5fmtrkndooc19huf2&e=1&dl=0>
(part 2
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ybu52n8m6dt56yr7tebb7/resourcingwebinar2.mp4?rlkey=tr41tr1lod39skd4ybuodc0w2&e=1&dl=0>)
and The Skill of Conversation in the Trauma Informed Classroom
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n145s5o6cdtrdb9cs5ptg/GMT20200921-203134_Embodying-_1760x900.mp4?rlkey=x3cyqu8g6hqctwp9npkz5vpty&e=1&dl=0>
.
4.
You might encourage your students (and colleagues) to build a mutual
aid/ community support pod: SOILTJP - PODS
<https://www.soiltjp.org/our-work/resources/pods>. Your pod can include
people and organizations listed below, as well as family, friends,
employers, coworkers, professors, TAs….
5.
The Undocumented Students Program, LGBTQ Center, and the WELL, as well
as student affinity organizations, offer regular spaces for community care,
meditation, and wellness (check the UCR calendar).
6.
UCR Basic Needs provides Meal Support
<https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/meal-support> for students: two prepared
meals/week for free, in addition to the R’Pantry
<https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/rpantry> and the Economic Crisis Response
Team Grant program <https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/ecrt> (support for rent,
utilities).
6.
By law and UC policy
<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/frequently-asked-questions-university-employees-about-possible-federal-immigration-enforcement>,
offices and classrooms in session are limited access spaces and only can be
entered with a judicial (not administrative)
<https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warrants-v-Subpoena-Slides.pdf>
warrant.
1.
Here is a ‘Classroom in Use, Limited Access’ door sign
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AXiuREZV5yPTeFLE7gw62JUlu0f0uIYp/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105319504448632984214&rtpof=true&sd=true>
to print and post on the door.
2.
If an agent comes to your office or class, tell the agent that you
are not authorized by your employer to accept a warrant, ask them to wait
outside, and call Campus Legal Affairs at 951-827-5983. You can
choose to keep the door closed.
3.
Also call or text Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice
<https://ic4ij.org/hotline> (IC4IJ) rapid response hotline
909-361-4588. Useful on or off campus. The more details you can
provide (uniforms, number of agents, vehicles, identifying information,
exact place and time) the better.
4.
(I suggest adding these numbers to your phone now if you haven’t
already.)
5.
Freeze ICE
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v9nd8SMhRoM7gGOsEBj_b_Kzp0l6aOC1/view?usp=drive_link>
posters (feel free to use in whatever way you’d like).
7.
Please consider flexibility with hybrid or online options for homebound
students who are unable to come to campus.
8.
Know Your Rights cards can be printed from the IRLC website
<https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas>.
9.
Students may access pro bono legal advice relating to their immigration
status through the UC Undocumented Legal Services Center,
ucimm at law.ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-7996.
10.
Addressing a mental health issue/crisis for a student:
1.
CAPS Red Folder
<https://studentdocs.ucr.edu/counseling/uc-riverside_caps_red_folder.pdf>
response protocol
2.
UCR Public Care Report
<https://ucr-advocate.symplicity.com/care_report/index.php/pid807779>
to refer students exhibiting behaviors that are of concern in relation to
their personal, physical, and/or emotional well-being.
3.
UCR Case Managers <https://casemanagement.ucr.edu/> are a helpful
resource for any kind of crisis.
4.
SWIFT Crisis Response & Intervention <https://swift.ucr.edu/>
11.
Community partners:
1.
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice <https://ic4ij.org/> resource/
rapid response hotline: (909)361-4588
2.
Warehouse Worker Resource Center <https://warehouseworkers.org/>
3.
The People's Collective for Environmental Justice <https://pc4ej.org/>
4.
TruEvolution <https://www.truevolution.org/> IE LGBTQ+ Center
<https://www.truevolution.org/2024-drafts/ie-lgbtq-center>
5.
Civil Rights Institute Inland Southern California
<https://www.inlandcivilrights.org/>
6.
Riverside County Refugee Forum <https://hmir.org/rcrf>
7.
TODEC Legal Center <https://todec.org/>
8.
San Bernardino Community Service Center, Inc.
<https://www.sbcscinc.org/>
9.
Justice for Asylum Seekers
<https://www.justiceforasylumseekers.com/about_us>
10.
In LA, CHIRLA’s <https://www.chirla.org/> LA Rapid Response Network
hotline is 1-888-624-4752
11.
Other CA rapid response networks are listed here
<https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn>
12.
Campus resources:
-
Undocumented Student Programs <https://usp.ucr.edu/>
-
UC Immigrant Legal Services Center <https://usp.ucr.edu/UCILSC>
-
Chicano Student Programs <https://csp.ucr.edu/>
-
African Student Programs <https://asp.ucr.edu/>
-
Native American Student Programs <https://nasp.ucr.edu/>
-
LGBT Resource Center <https://out.ucr.edu/>
-
Women's Resource Center <https://wrc.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR The Well <http://well.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR Student Health <https://studenthealth.ucr.edu/>
-
Counseling & Psychological Services <http://counseling.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR Case Management <https://casemanagement.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR's Basic Needs <https://basicneeds.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR CARE Program <http://care.ucr.edu/>
-
Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion <https://diversity.ucr.edu/>
-
UCR Title IX Office <https://titleix.ucr.edu/>
-
International Students Programs and Activities
<https://international.ucr.edu/students/programs-and-activities?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
-
International Scholars <https://international.ucr.edu/scholars>
-
UCR Office of Financial Aid <https://financialaid.ucr.edu>
13.
Resources for public-facing researchers and instructors:
1.
Faculty First Responders <https://facultyfirstresponders.com/>
2.
Support for Researchers Facing Coordinated Campaigns of Intimidation
and Harassment - Researchers Support Consortium
<https://researchersupport.org/researchers/>
1.
Researchers: Mitigate Risk and Cope During an Attack
<https://researchersupport.org/researchers-mitigate-risk-and-cope-during-an-attack/>
2.
Researcher Support Consortium | Toolkit for Institutions
<https://researchersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RSC_Toolkit_V2.pdf>
3.
PEN America, Online Harassment Field Manual
<https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/>
4.
Science in an Age of Scrutiny: How Scientists Can Respond to
Criticism and Personal Attacks | Union of Concerned Scientists
<https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/science-age-scrutiny>
5.
A Pocket Guide for Scientists: Handling Political Harassment and
Legal Intimidation
<https://www.csldf.org/resource/pocket-guide-to-handling-political-harassment-and-legal-intimidation/>If
you receive a FOIA/Public Records order as part of a campaign of
harassment, refer them directly to Public Records | University of
California, Riverside <https://www.ucr.edu/public-records>
I wish you all strength out there. Thanks again for your company.
See you soon and take care,
Dana
--
Dana Simmons
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and
Health Equity
Cooperating Faculty, Department of History
University of California, Riverside
On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America from Starvation to Ozempic
<https://www.ucpress.edu/books/on-hunger/paper> available May 13 from UC
Press (Open Access)
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