Racial Justice Center

Mission

The Racial Justice Center focuses on the success, completion, and retention of our students of color, specifically our Black, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native/Indigenous students, and students of two or more races. The Racial Justice Center will maintain, as part of its mission, the support of academic and cultural activities designed to promote and explore blackness, Latinx identity, equity, justice, and other progressive social change initiatives on campus and within the larger African and Latinx Diasporic communities.

• Centering student voices as a key part of the decision-making process.
• Empowering student voices by providing a safe space where community is encouraged.
• Promoting authentic dialogue within the campus community through the development of programming to improve race relations at SMC.
• Creating a space for students to organize, support, and promote social change initiatives on and off-campus.
• Fostering the exploration of intersectional identities.
• Encouraging participation, accountability, and commitment to action of allies.
• Identifying access to resources needed for academic achievement.
• Recognizing and challenging systemic and institutional inequities as it relates to race.
• Respecting the humanity of all people.

Find Your Community

We want to support everyone in our community by talking about what is important to you and by giving resources that can give you the help you need.

Student Equity Center

Cayton Center, Basement Level (below the cafeteria and the bodega)

Offers a welcoming space for students to study, relax, and participate in workshops. It brings together the Gender Equity, Racial Justice, Pride, and Dream Resource Centers to foster an inclusive environment where students can connect, celebrate their identities, and build community.

Student Equity Center - Santa Monica College

Not On Our Campus: No Hate SMC Campaign

As SMC’s Superintendent/President Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery reminded us in a March 6 memo, this college is committed to inclusivity and diversity, and SMC prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment in any arena of college life. The fear and panic around the coronavirus have led to a spike in xenophobic, racist and discriminatory behavior, especially against individuals of Asian descent.

Learn more about the No Hate SMC Campaign

Social Media Activism

• Don't be silent on social media. Speak up. Use your platform to seek justice. If you are uncomfortable writing something yourself then repost someone else's words.
• When you donate, share the link on your social channels to inspire followers. 

• Resharing photos or videos of protestors could get them in trouble with the law. Think carefully before reposting any video where law enforcement could I.D. someone.

 

 

Land Acknowledgement
The Student Equity Center's Racial Justice 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.