Acknowledgements

The writing of this OER was an epic journey. The original goal of creating a transparent example of writing an OER in Pressbooks for our faculty teams turned into us inviting many along for the climb. Whether you see their names in this OER or not, we’ve had a large community of supporters and trail guides who cheered and advised along the way:

• Kris Brancolini, our most vocal advocate, appreciated our vision and helped others understand its value.
• Nataly Blas, the glue of our project team, provided clear, kind feedback and faithful encouragement. You are resourceful and steady, and we would follow you in any future adventure.
• Jamie Hazlitt, though she left the project early on, carried us forward with her compassion, which is reflected in this handbook. We are so grateful for our gatherings (and for Sequoia).
•  Swetta Abeyta, Nicky Andrews, and Lev Rickards, you brought your distinct (and lovely) personalities and strengths, advocating for your institutional and faculty needs. This helped us create a handbook flexible enough to be used across institutions.
• Kathryn Ryan, Jill Cornelio, John Jackson, Michelle Cheng, and Jessea Young, who hold administrative and creative talents, did a million tasks that helped move the project forward.
• The OER for Social Justice faculty allowed us to learn from and with them. We could not have done this without you.
• To those who contributed: Meghan Bauerle, Alex Keefover, Meggie Mapes, Liza Long, Reed Hepler, Surita Jhangiani, and David Wiley. You each joined us for a leg of this journey, but your impact on our work and our hearts sustains.

Land Acknowledgement

The OER for Social Justice team is hosted at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and so we use this location for our land acknowledgement. We acknowledge the Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and southern Channel Islands) and the presence of LMU on this traditional, ancestral, and unceded land. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live, study, create, and be in this place. We encourage you to visit native-land.ca [Website] to learn more about the Indigenous lands, waters, and communities of our partner institutions, St. Mary’s College of California, Santa Clara University, and the University of San Francisco.

FIPSE Funding Statement

The contents of this book were developed under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. For more information about OER for Social Justice, ⁠visit our project website [Website].