Student
Empowering Diverse Voices
The Student Equity Center is a collaborative and inclusive space consisting of four sub-centers: Dream Resource, Gender Equity, Pride and Racial Justice Center. The Student Equity Center empowers students to explore, affirm, and celebrate their individual and intersectional identities and define success for themselves. Each center promotes a sense of belonging and develops student leadership to work toward social change on their campus and in their communities.
The Four Sub-Centers
Dream Resource Center
The Dream Resource Center at Santa Monica College is dedicated to creating a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment for undocumented students, and students from mixed-status households, to feel empowered to achieve their academic, professional, and personal goals.
Gender Equity Center
The Gender Equity Center at Santa Monica College is dedicated to creating an equitable community at SMC by addressing and challenging gender inequity through education, empowerment of women, consciousness raising, activism, and allyship.
Pride Center
The Pride Center at Santa Monica College is dedicated to honoring and prioritizing intersectional LGBTQ+ identities. We are committed to improving campus culture where all queer and trans students can celebrate and embody their holistic selves.
Racial Justice Center
The Racial Justice Center at Santa Monica College is dedicated to building a campus committed to dismantling racism, affirming racial identity, supporting cultural narratives, and promoting equitable access and opportunity for historically underrepresented students.
Connect with Us!
Fall Hours
Monday: 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Visit Us: Cayton Center, Basement Level (below the cafeteria and the bodega). You can reach us through two main entrances.
Phone: (310) 434-4666
Questions: studentequitycenter@smc.edu
Staff Contact Information
Valeria Garcia (she/ella), M.S.
Project Manager, Student Equity Center
garcia_valeria_p@smc.edu
Emily S. Chavez (she/ella), M.S.
Student Services Specialist, Student Equity Center
chavez_emily@smc.edu
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Land Acknowlegement
The Student Equity Center acknowledges our presence on ancestral unceded territory
of the Tongva or Gabrielino, Kizh, and Chumash peoples. We honor the indigenous caretakers
of these lands and their elders, past, present, and future.
