On Monday, November 27, the Associated Students Board at Santa Monica College voted unanimously in favor of a $500,000 proposal to build a Social Justice and Gender Equity Center (Gen-C) in the A.S. Cayton Student Center building on campus. This is the largest amount of money the A.S. has ever chosen to spend on a single item. The price tag includes an allocation of $84,800 for new furniture and $18,000 for a new paint job.
This Gen-C was included in the 2016-2017 Santa Monica College Master Plan for Education, and has even received support from the Academic Senate. This begs the question why no resources were offered or even hinted at by the school, considering that it was included at the forefront of the annual master plan for the college. Focus groups conducted by the administration demonstrate a continuous belief that the center is unnecessary and have repeatedly reached the conclusion that students feel safe and accepted on campus.
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