The former Women's Center Director, Pat Davis, and first Student Assistant, Noelia Chapa, discuss the people and forces that helped create and shape, the Center and women's leadership at Cal Poly Pomona.

Thanks for tuning in! We'll be back in January 2021.  

In this episode, Ronnisha Osuala, Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life interviews CPP Alumni Rudy Barbee ('72) and Fred Jackson ('95) to discuss the beginnings of social fraternities at Cal Poly Pomona and the impact that cultural organizations and physical spaces have on the Black student experience.

La'Keisha Beard, Interim Associate Director, OSLCC, interviews Marcus Beard, an Alum who was part of the first Diversity Ambassador Program cohort.

In this episode, Maria Cerce, Coordinator for the Womxn's Center, interviews Rebecca Gutierrez Keeton, former Director of OSLCC. This episode provides insight into how Student Life and the Cultural Centers came together to form the department as it is today. 

In this episode, Tyree Vance, Interim Coordinator for the African American Student Center (AASC) interviews Jayla Littlejohn  current student activist. This episode aims to create space so that we can hear student voices and learn their stories.

This week we discuss La Union.  La Union is the unification of all of the clubs and orgs that are housed and supported by Cesar E. Chavez for Higher Education. 

Why was La Union formed? What organizations were involved?  What was the outcome of La Union? These and similar questions will be answered by Dra. Lorena Marquez as interviewed by Reggie Robles, Leadership Development Coordinator. 

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Issa Pena, Social Justice Leader for the Womxn's Resource Center interviews former WRC Coordinate Sydney Torres shares the significance of the X in  the Womxn's Resource Center and why the name change was so important.

CSUs are land grant institutions. In this episode Gretchen Potter (Tonawanda Seneca), Wildflower Ontiveros (Tongva) andDr. Sandy Kewanhaptewa-Dixon (Hopi) the meaning and impact of Land Acknowledgments, and how we can move beyond.

Bri Sérráno interviews the first full-time coordinator Jonnie J. Owens and they explore her experience and the development of the first LGBT center in the Cal State system.

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