The Social Justice and Equity Center (SJEC) is a student-driven space inside the Student Center (Building 3400 on the Oceanside Campus), where students can research, work, and organize around issues related to social justice and/or equity.
Mission Statement
A space for students to engage the greater community in order to advocate for access to and success within higher education while promoting a more understanding and welcoming campus culture for socially marginalized groups and peoples, with the ultimate objective of creating social justice and equity in our communities.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will have an increased understanding of multiple and intersecting dimensions of identity and inequity through the study of social justice and equity topics on the historical, cultural, political, and/or social experiences of marginalized communities.
- Students will have an increased knowledge of causes and impact of privilege, power, and oppression and cultivate tools for overcoming conflict and promoting equality.
- Students will be more capable to recognize and critique local, national, or global conditions that enable, perpetuate and/or challenge social injustice and inequity.
Community Expectations
- Remember that this is a space for learning and growing. Be patient with yourself and others.
- Speak from your own experience to support your ideas and avoid speaking for others or generalizing.
- Please pay attention to your “airtime” – how much you have spoken in relation to others.
- Don’t interrupt.
- Don’t put down or judge the ideas of another person you may disagree with. Given alternate
interpretations or ask
follow-up questions to help clarify. - Above all, treat everyone in this space with respect and dignity.
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Contact Information
Hours
Monday-Friday: 8am-4:30pm
Contact
Omar Jimenez
Student Services Coordinator
760.757.2121 x6918
ojimenez@baumloser-sattel.net
The Social Justice and Equity Center (SJEC) is a service of the Department of Student Equity. For general inquiries about all Student Equity programs and services, please contact us at studentequity@baumloser-sattel.net or call our main office at 760.757.2121 x6900.