Faculty Profile

Sharon Hendricks
Los Angeles City College

I learned of FACCC when I was first hired as a faculty member at Los Angeles City College five years ago. My department chair had a copy of a FACCC brochure on her desk and I asked her what the acronym stood for. When she told me about FACCC's focus on advocating solely for community college faculty, I was intrigued. Soon after, I signed up for serving on the FACCC Retirement Committee and began to see the connection between the politics in Sacramento and its effects on my life in the classroom.

In 2009, I attended FACCC's Advocacy & Policy Conference where I learned how to lobby legislators and communicate stories of how budget cuts were affecting student access and faculty jobs. FACCC has equipped me with the training and tools to help me do my job more effectively and advocate for changes that improve community colleges.

Currently, I serve as a member of the FACCC Board of Governors and am learning even more about the needs and concerns of faculty beyond my own campus. As I hear about the challenges of community college campuses in the Los Angeles Metro Area and across the state, I am grateful to have resources like FACCC to direct faculty. The FACCC website has up-to-date information about legislation relevant to community colleges and allows faculty to easily point and click to make their opinions known to those in Sacramento who are making key decisions affecting community colleges. I am grateful to FACCC for giving me a great foundation in becoming a faculty advocate.

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