Gender Equity Center

Mission

The Gender Equity Center 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.

We can do this by actively:

Advancing authentic dialogue regarding systemic gender inequities
Developing programs to promote gender equity through an intersectional lens
Offering resources to create/promote/build feminist, womxnist, and mujerista movements
Advocating for gender equity by organizing and participating in social and activist movements
Welcoming and building allyship in support of gender equity
Building and establishing partnerships with SMC groups and community agencies to support and achieve gender equality

Liliana Mendez Pascual

“A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” -

Gloria Steinem

Elizabeth

IXD Program Student, 2nd year

Shannon

Political Science and Government

Rita

Photography and Film Technology

more student voices

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.

Downtown Woman's Center

The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) envisions a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability. Its mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy.

Visit the Downtown Women's Center

National Organization for Women NOW

As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States.

Visit the National Organization for Women

Trailblazers

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, philosopher, and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality. She is a full-time professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues

Link to Kimberlé Crenshaw Twitter

Link to Kimberlé Crenshaw TedTalk

Social Media Activism

This is an easy way to take action. Be intentional about posting authenticated news articles, petitions, websites, and more that help bring exposure to police brutality and anti-black violence. Here are a few tips.
Don't be silent on social media. Speak up. Use your platform to seek justice for George Floyd. 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.

Corsair Consent Coalition (CCC) Club

Corsair Consent Coalition (CCC) is to create a safe, inclusive campus for students of all gender expressions and sexual orientations by educating our campus community on issues surrounding sexual assault and violence. Corsair Consent Coalition is committed to combating sexual violence, educating students, and creating a supportive environment for survivors and allies. CCC will partner with on- and off-campus community resources in an effort to educate on the topics of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, and healthy sexuality

Every other Friday | 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Free | Email for Zoom Link

Period @ Santa Monica College Club

PERIOD is a youth-fueled nonprofit that strives to eradicate period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy. Through the distribution of menstrual products, promotion of youth leadership, and championing of menstrual equity in policy, PERIOD aims to center those disproportionately affected by period poverty and support local efforts for menstrual equity. To end period poverty and stigma through education, advocacy, and service

Mondays | 4 - 5 p.m. | Free | Email for Zoom Link

Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club

GSA strives to create an inclusive environment where students of ALL sexual orientations, gender identities, ethnicities, religions, ages, and other intersectional backgrounds can come together as a community to create awareness and fight inequality at SMC.

Thursdays | 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Free | Email for Zoom Link

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The Racial Justice Center will have a robust programming model that supports interdisciplinary research and education on the physical, social, political, historical, cultural, and economic experiences of the Black, Latinx, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other communities.

Processing the Verdict: Reflection, Healing, and Coming Together for Racial Justice

Response to the Derek Chauvin trial verdict handed down on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 20, 2021. These sessions are open to the entire SMC community: Students, Staff, Faculty, and Administrators are invited to join in this process.

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Broadly, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry analyzing social justice in the structures of power, especially as they are grounded in gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, ability, and other inequalities, and as they configure historical and contemporary struggles for social change.

Gender Equity Library

Related Courses

Donate Meals for Students

Donate to Gender Equity Center

Resources

The Gender Equity Center will foster student success and retention by creating a designated space for the safe expression of gender identity, the creation and dissemination of knowledge, inquiry, and education with regards to gender and sexuality, sexual assault and harassment services and education, and as a platform for research and professional development for students with regards to gender expression and inclusion.

SMC Statement on Reproductive Rights and Justice

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Intersectionality

Ways to Get Involved:

Student Equity Center

Support and Resources:

Women's Center for Creative Work

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Charlene Caruthers, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements
Kimberle Crenshaw, The Urgency of Intersectionality, TedTalk by Kimberle Crenshaw

Majors to Consider:

Ethnic Studies

Reproductive Justice

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Equity Center
Period Club

Social Media:

twitter.com/AbortionFunds

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Majors to Consider:

Women's Studies

Consent

Ways to Get Involved:

SMC Consent Coalition
Gender Equity Center

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Consent Tea

Moving Beyond the Binary

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Sexuality Alliance Student Club
Pride Center

#Me too

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Equity Center
SMC Consent Coalition

Social Media:

@MeToo (Insta)

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Who are the 'Silence Breakers' Featured as Time's Person of the Year

The Personal is Political

Masculinities

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Equity Center

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body is Not an Apology

Body Positivity vs. Body Neutrality

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Equity Center

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body is Not an Apology

Feminism

Ways to Get Involved:

Gender Equity Center
Period Club
SMC Consent Coalition
Create your own club

What to Watch Read, or Listen:

Roxanne Gay, Roxanne Gay: Confessions of a Bad Feminist

Women in Prison

Ways to Get Involved:

Rise Program

Social Media:

twitter.com/interruptcrim

Support and Resources:

National Bailout

Title IX

Finding Community

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Local Resources and Partners

Human Relations Council of Santa Monica Bay Area

Peace Over Violence

Pacific Asian Family

Social Media

Accounts to Follow:

People to Follow:

Data and Research

OECD: Better Policies for Better Lives

The World Bank: Gender Data

The World Bank: Gender Data Portal

United Nations Gender Statistics

Contact the Gender Equity Center

Shannon Herbert
English Professor
310-434-8839
shannon_herbert@smc.edu

Debra Joseph-Locke
EOPS/CARE Supervisor, Guardian Scholar Coordinator
310-434-4449
locke_debra@smc.edu

Liliana Mendez-Pascual (Student)
Media Studies major transferring to UC Berkeley
mendez-pascual_lilia@student.smc.edu

Vina Chin
Human Resources Analyst
310-434-8071
chin_vina@smc.edu

Karen Monzon
Employee and Labor Relations
310-434-4942
monzon_karen@smc.edu

Gender Equity Center

Mission