Pride Center

Transfer Readiness and Academic Pathways

Students will demonstrate increased awareness and understanding of transfer requirements and academic pathways, with a focus on eliminating gaps in transfer readiness and transfer rates, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation students. This will be measured by an increase in the number of students of diverse backgrounds who successfully navigate transfer processes, utilizing culturally responsive guidance and resources.

Relevant and Responsive Programming Participation

The number of students participating in relevant, responsive and inclusive programming will increase annually, fostering a stronger sense of belonging and connection to community and the Center. These programs will be designed to promote access, support, and success, drawing on students' identities and experiences to create engaging and impactful experiences that resonate with their lived realities.

Sense of Social Belonging

Students will report an increased sense of social belonging and satisfaction with identity-affirming programming, counseling and support services offered by the Pride Center. These programs and services will reflect and affirm their diverse identities, experiences, and backgrounds, cultivating a sense of psychological safety. The center will continuously gather feedback to ensure that students feel empowered and represented in all services offered.

Self-Efficacy and Academic Success

Through participation in identity-affirming counseling and support services, students will demonstrate an increased sense of self-efficacy and academic success. These services will affirm their identities while promoting academic and personal growth. The impact will be measured by improvements in student confidence, retention rates, and academic performance, as students are equipped with the tools to navigate their educational journeys within a culturally affirming environment.

Mental, Emotional, and Social Well-Being

Students will utilize identity-affirming resources and support services to improve their mental, emotional, and social well-being.

If you experience an act of harassment, discrimination, or violence because of your age, race, sex, religion, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity and expression, we encourage you to report that incident. 

To file a complaint, fill out a  Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF) and submit it to your equity officer. This form is not required and a complaint will not be rejected based on failure to use the form.

Complaint Resolution

If it is determined that misconduct occurred, then Los Rios Community College District will take immediate steps to halt misconduct and remedy any effects of that misconduct.

An equity officer will hold an informal conference if the complainant wants to try and resolve the complaint informally. The equity officer will provide information about applicable laws and rules. If an informal resolution is not reached or if the complainant disagrees with the recommendation made, then the complainant may engage in a formal resolution process.

More About Equity and Diversity at Los Rios

Every student has the right to use campus facilities without being harassed, bullied, or victimized. At this point, Sacramento City College has no clear policy regarding the use of gendered spaces and facilities, including men’s and women’s multi-stall bathrooms. However, at SCC we affirm that every student has the right to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. In addition, there are single-stall unisex restrooms for student use in the Cosmetology building and in the Child Development Center.

SCC is in the process of identifying additional existing single-stall restrooms and replacing the "men/women" signs with unisex/gender-neutral signs. Additionally, SCC will incorporate single-stall unisex restrooms into any new building construction plans wherever feasible.

Bathrooms are not the only gendered spaces on campus. Many students use locker rooms and other athletic facilities, and every student has the right to a safe environment when using those facilities. The NCAA has developed a clear set of policies (PDF) regarding the inclusion of transgender student-athletes, and the LGBTQIA Subcommittee recommends that the college adheres to these policies.

AB 620, also known as the Equality and Equal Access in Higher Education Act, was signed into California law in 2011.

The act requires community colleges, CSUs, and UCs to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation and bullying. It also requires each college to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses as a point of contact to address the needs of LGBT faculty, staff and students. The law also revises the definition of gender to include “gender expression” for purposes of the Equity in Higher Education Act. All students have the right to a welcoming, inclusive campus atmosphere, and AB 620 helps to protect that right.

All of your student information at the college is tracked by your student ID number, which is linked to your legal name. If you’d like a preferred name to be listed on your instructor’s class rosters, you can indicate that using eServices.

1. Log onto eServices.
2. On your eServices home page, scroll down to the "Personal Information" tab.
3. Click the link that says "Names".
4. Click "Edit". When you get to this page, fill in your preferred name.

In addition to changing your name on eServices, you may decide that you want to inform your instructor about your name, gender identity, and preferred. Here is a sample letter you can send to your instructor:

Dear [insert appropriate title and professor’s name]:

I am a student in your [insert class name]. The purpose of this email is to inform you of something I would like you to know about me before the semester begins. I am getting in contact with you to let you know that I identify as transgender (or other gender identity). To me, being transgender means I am female (or male) bodied, but I self-identify as male (or female, or however the student identifies).

My name will probably show up on your roster as [birth name], but I would prefer to go by [preferred name here] and to be referred to with [preferred] pronouns. I would appreciate it if you called me [preferred name] in class. Please keep this information confidential. If you have any questions for me regarding this, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Thank you very much for your understanding,

[Signature]

Note: The preferred name you indicate on eServices will show up on your instructor’s class roster and on the D2L classlist. However, other campus information is stored according to your legal name and student ID number.

Sacramento City College envisions an education system in which specific rights, obligations, and expectations for students and education providers will be clearly expressed, so that all participants in the educational process, including families, can understand and respond to them. These rights, obligations, and expectations would define what the college considers to be the essential elements of high-quality teaching and learning to which all students and education providers should have access.

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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How to: Change name and pronouns