主持人: 

罗莎莉罗德里格斯

罗莎莉米. Rodriguez serves as the senior associate dean of students for diversity, 股本, 和 inclusion 和 director of the Butler Center at 科罗拉多大学. In addition to the DEI leadership team, Rodriguez leads the student-centered staff 和 programming at the Butler Center, where the focus is on empowering 和 engaging underrepresented students through initiatives like the First Gen Program, the Enclave Living Learning Community, 男子气概计划, 和 International Student Initiatives. Rodriguez employs systems theory to her antiracism work, focusing on the power of community 和 coalition building for sustainable long-term change.

小组成员:

优Ch和rani

优Ch和rani is assistant professor of religion 和 Asian studies at 科罗拉多大学. His teaching 和 re搜索 focus is on the intersection of religion 和 politics in South Asia 和 on the history 和 anthropology of modern Asia. He is co-editor of "The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad" (Columbia University Press, 2006) 和 is currently working on his book manuscript, tentatively titled: "Legacies of Colonial History: Region, Religion 和 Violence in Postcolonial Gujarat," a historical anthropology that explores the rise of Hindu majoritarianism in western 印度.

艾琳瞧

科罗拉多大学 Assistant Professor of English 艾琳瞧 works 和 teaches on Asian American literature. Her primary interests are critical refugee studies 和 Southeast Asian American, especially Hmong American, 叙述.

Mateen Zafer

Mateen Zafer joined the Butler Center staff in August 2019. He coordinates the Butler Center internship program, provides support 和 programming for residents of the Enclave 和 Glass House Living Learning Communities, QuestBridge学者, Denver Scholarship Foundation Scholars, 和 Minority Association of Pre-Health Scholars, 和 serves as a holistic mentor to CC students 和 student organizations. Zafer also serves as a mentor through Peak Education, supporting low-income first-generation students in Colorado Springs.

Zafer previously served as assistant director of undergraduate admissions at New York University in New York City. 在这个角色中, 他和学生一起工作, 辅导员, 和 organizations around the world 和 worked closely with the Center for Multicultural Education 和 项目, 伊斯兰中心, 和 NYU's Prison Education Program.

扎弗出生在孟买, 印度, 然后移民到芝加哥, where he developed a deep love for Chicago sports 和 pizza. Zafer holds a BA in communications from Western Illinois University, an MSW from New York University, 和 is a licensed social worker in the state of Colorado.

Amairani Alamillo, 16岁

Amairani Alamillo is the administrative assistant in the Butler Center. She supports the rest of the staff, supervises program assistants, 并担任导师, particularly to first-generation CC students 和 those in underrepresented groups. Alamillo assists with the coordination of two programming initiatives: Mind, Body, 和灵魂, as well as #BeyondCC: Senior Transition Series.

Alamillo graduated from 科罗拉多大学 in 2016 with a Spanish major 和 dance minor. She participated in the Bridge Scholars Program, Community Engaged Leadership Certificate Program, 和 was a Woman's Educational Society scholar. During her time at CC, Alamillo had leadership roles in SOMOS 和 CCSGA.

Alamillo is passionate about intersectionality in student growth 和 development. 5月, Alamillo will be completing her master's in counseling 和 human services with an emphasis in clinical mental health. Through her studies at UCCS, Alamillo is being trained in the treatment of trauma using evidence-based practices as well as treatment in addiction. She is an aspiring licensed professional counselor c和idate 和 believes therapy is a collaborative process between the client 和 therapist.