妇女中心 & 性别平等
Message from the Director of the 妇女中心 & 性别平等
Please reach out to me at ssobotta@palaceonthesea.net 在任何时候.
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的 妇女中心 & 性别平等 utilizes a collaborative, strength-based approach in 支持ing and advocating for students, promoting gender equity and inclusion. 的 team made up of a professional staff member, an engaged student team of specialists and a robust community engagement team does intersectional social justice work focusing on how gender intersections with race, class, 意识形态, sexual orientation, 和更多的. Because we understand that we can't have gender equity in a world where interpersonal violence exists, we share space with and are intentionally collaborative with the Campus Assault Response and Education (CARE).
We are rooted in an 赋权模型.
We are located on the ground level of Augustine Hall. Please come and visit us!
的 妇女中心 and 性别平等 is a hub of connection and community for women, 非二进制, 反式, and students of all gender identities.
It seeks to 支持 women and 人 across the gender identity spectrum in their development as they work to find their place on campus, by helping them identify ways to be engaged that 支持 the curricular experience and formulate a post-graduation plan.
It seeks to address marginalization and disparities in resources, 支持, 访问, and opportunities based on gender, and/or sexual orientation, 种族, 文化, 宗教, or ideological identities through thoughtful dialogues, 讨论, 编程, 和宣传.
It seeks to help make the voices of women and 人 across the gender identity spectrum audible by intentionally creating spaces for story sharing, 故事写, 口语, 和治疗.
的 Center is committed to the movement to end violence against women and 人 of all gender identities (which is a symptom of gender inequity). We work in close partnership with the Office of Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention to continue this work.
Pivotal Moments in the 妇女中心 & 性别平等
An earlier iteration of what is now the 妇女中心 & 性别平等 (and CARE Center) was founded in 1999 as the Women's Resource Center in response student activism and needs for 支持 around such things as preventing and addressing gender based violence, advocating for gender inclusivity 和更多的. In 2002, SMC hired its first full-time director of the Women's Resource Center & a one-year coordinator for sexual assault prevention and awareness. In 2003, the college committed to keeping two full-time staff members in the WRC--one to focus on sexual assault advocacy and outreach and one to focus on gender equity 编程.
In 2018, as the WRC prepared for its 20 year anniversary on campus, the professional staff surveyed the campus community as well as other centers around the country doing similar work as they decided how to brand the center for the next decade.
In 2019, the place formerly known as the Women's Resource Center, 反式itioned to the 妇女中心 & 性别平等 (which exists alongside and in the same space as the Campus Assault Response Education Center). This expanded title allows for recognition and inclusion of the spectrum of gender identities and intentionality around the Center's intersectional approach to gender equity work.
