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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · 28d

Facts!!!

God @thegodpodcast.com · 28d

The USA is so cooked.

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Tina - Release the #EpsteinFiles|Resistbot: Text RESIST to 50409 @porpentina2017.bsky.social · 28d

Has anyone noticed that the Democrat leaders/politicians etc. are out there condemning the shooting of Charlie Kirk, yet we didn’t hear a peep out of ANY of the GOP MAGA CHUDs when Melissa and John Hortman (and their dog) were assassinated.

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · 29d

Happy HSI Week 2025 to everyone except Tennessee and Student for Fair Admissions! 🎉

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Decolonizing higher education may seem metaphorical, or even impossible to do, but purepecha scholar Lorena González gives us some substantial ways for this to happen. @quepasahsis.bsky.social

Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Aug 28

" Staying silent only serves to enable and to be complicit with the continued institutional practices" - Lorena González @xingona516

Listen to Decolonizing HSIs from the #QPHservingness Critical Perspectives on HSIs
playlist.

Episode Link:
www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/epis...

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our first episode, season 1, episode 1 with the brilliant Dr. Stephanie Aguilar-Smith. The playlist on the interplay between policy and servingness is a good one. Follow along @quepasahsis.bsky.social

Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Sep 3

The second episode from the Interplay of Policy & Servingness #QPHservingness playlist is Federal HSI Policies & Servingness with Dra. Stephanie Aguilar-Smith

Episode link:
www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/epis...

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

YouTube: youtu.be/BHGy8-o33ds?...

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EdSource @edsource.org · Sep 5

LEARN MORE: bit.ly/4mKXmw5

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘Classes and student services would be reduced, patients would be turned away, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost, and we would see UC’s world-renowned researchers leaving our state for other more seemingly stable opportunities in the US or abroad,’ UC President James Milliken

University of California would need $5B if it lost federal funding, leader says

The public university system’s president warned of a “distinct possibility” that the Trump administration would take further action against it.

www.highereddive.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · Sep 5

DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino
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NPR @npr.org · Sep 1

President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time

President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Sep 1

As we celebrate Labor Day, President Trump is rolling back the rights of federal workers to organize unions and collectively bargain.

Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.

Trump Moves to Strip More Federal Workers of Union Protections (Gift Article)

The pre-Labor Day order included NASA, the National Weather Service and the agency that oversees Voice of America.

www.nytimes.com

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Aug 30

Welcome!!! Hope to see you on campus or in a Zoom 😆

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 21

I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th.

The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Aug 29

“MSIs are part of the civil rights movement; they are a movement to address past historical harms towards people of color,” Garcia said.

www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

An Uncertain Future for HSIs

Advocates for Hispanic-serving institutions are worried about the federal program after the Department of Justice refused to defend it in court.

www.insidehighered.com

Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Agreed! 💯💯💯

David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · Aug 29

Journal editors: Please desk reject papers that are obviously not going to be published

I know the peer-review process can generate helpful feedback for grad students. Of course, I'll give that feedback in a kind and constructive way.

But that should have been your job, dear editor!

Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sharing my thoughts on the TN lawsuit claiming HSIs are discriminatory. Read and share!

www.ginaanngarcia.com/post/the-ten...

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Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Jun 26

What's on your summer reading list? ☀️📚

The Transforming HSIs for Equity and Justice: A Practitioner’s Workbook is designed to advance HSI efforts on your campus. Co-created by Dr. Gina Ann Garcia and Ann Endris, this workbook provides the tools needed to move from designation to transformation.

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Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Jun 26

Looking to build capacity for equity and justice on your campus?

Book Dr. Gina Ann Garcia, a leading scholar on HSIs, for keynotes, workshops, strategic planning retreats, and equity-centered leadership development.

Learn more and book your session:
🔗 ginaanngarcia.com/keynotes-and-training

Learn more and book your session:
ginaanngarcia.com/keynotes-and-training

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Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Jun 27

What makes an HSI truly Latine-serving?

In Transforming HSIs for Equity & Justice, Dr. Gina Garcia offers a framework for confronting racism in higher ed & building institutions rooted in equity, justice & liberation.

Check out the book at www.ginaanngarcia.com/books

#HSIs #Servingness #Equity

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Jul 16

Every week of the summer we are releasing a playlist. This will help you catch up on episodes of @quepasahsis.bsky.social bu themes. Tune in 🎙️

Qué pasa, HSIs? w/ Dra. Gina Ann Garcia podcast @quepasahsis.bsky.social · Jul 14

🔥 New week, new playlist!

Managing Multiple Designations
🎧 Navigating AANAPISI & HSI Dual Designation with Mike Hoa Nguyen
www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/epis...

Managing Multiple Designations
There are two-types of MSIs, mission-based and enrollment-based, with HBCUs and Tribally Controlled Colleges & Universities falling into the first category, and AANAPISIs, HSIs, Predominantly Black Institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, Native American Serving-Nontribal Institutions, and the new California-specific category of Black-Serving Institutions falling into the latter category of enrollment-based. There are approximately 800 MSIs in 2025, yet this number is growing as more students of color enroll in college. Simultaneously, the number of dual and multiple designated MSIs has grown significantly, with a 46.5% increase in dual designated MSIs from 2017 to 2024. There is a growing need for more leadership and policy changes to address the rise of dual and multiple designated MSIs. Moreover, institutions with dual or multiple designations must engage in deeper, more intentional relationship-building and collaboration across MSI classifications, recognizing shared oppressions and possibilities for collective action.

Managing Multiple Designations

Navigating AANAPISI & HSI Dual Designation with Mike Hoa Nguyen
Historically Black [emerging] HSIs with Stacey Speller, Dwuana Bradley, Gina Tillis, and Natalie Muñoz
Solidarity Across Multiple MSI Designations with Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza

Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · Jul 16

During the same round of questioning, [UC Berkeley Chancellor] Lyons added that he believed that the increase in antisemitic incidents could be attributed to the war in Gaza, but also said that “if somebody is expressing pro-Palestinian beliefs, that’s not necessarily antisemitic.”

EdSource @edsource.org · Jul 15

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons said the university can do more to combat antisemitism, though he also defended the campus against some Republican attacks.

UC Berkeley chancellor tells Congress of commitment to protect Jewish students, but defends free speech

Chancellor Rich Lyons joined the leaders of Georgetown University and The City University of New York for the latest congressional hearing on antisemitism on college campuses.

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · Jul 15

What is One Million Rising?

It's a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation to build people power.

#OneMillionRising #Indivisible #PeoplePower

www.mobilize.us/nokings/eve...

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings

Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have

www.mobilize.us

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 9

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in California is not about the protests.

It is about expanding his never-ending grasp for more power. It is about moving this country toward authoritarianism.

All Americans must stand together against this gross abuse of power.

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · May 27

New Blog Post: Student Organizations as Servingness

Please read and share!

Blog | Dr. Gina Ann Garcia

Dr. Gina Ann Garcia is a leading scholar on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and an Associate Professor in the department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy at the University of...

www.ginaanngarcia.com

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Gina Ann Garcia @ginaanngarcia.bsky.social · May 21

My colleagues found that CA voters overwhelming support a path to citizenship! Check it out!

Nicholas Vargas @nicholasvargas.bsky.social · May 20

Sharing an Op-Ed that Cristina Mora and I wrote in the @latimes.com. We collected 2 waves of poll data among CA voters over the past year, pre and post election. No matter how, when, or who we asked, we found overwhelming support for a path to citizenship. Pls share: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Californians insist — immigrants deserve a path to citizenship

No matter where, when, to whom and how you ask the question, Golden State voters support giving immigrants without authorization a chance to become citizens.

www.latimes.com

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