On Thursday, March 28th, Peralta’s first-ever Professional Development Day held exclusively for Classified Professionals was hosted by College of Alameda. The day included speeches from the Presidents, raffles for gifts, a powerful keynote on the importance of self-care for those who are responsible for helping others by Dr. Dawn Moultrie, and workshops on retirement planning with CalPERS and Understanding Boundaries to protect students and employees by ASCIP, Peralta's insurance provider. Attendees also enjoyed delicious tacos and dancing, too!

Chancellor Gilkerson was in attendance at the event. "It was a pleasure supporting such dedicated employees. I was so full of inspiration and hope looking at all the smiling faces that day. I let them know that Classified Professionals are the shapers of culture in our district and how proud I was that they are shaping the culture they want to have as employees working here in the district. I want to thank the organizing team that included Hope Lane, Jamille Teer, Kawanna Rollins, and Natasha Spivey."