CROSS CULTURAL CENTERS
Black Academic Excellence Center
Black Academic Excellence Center
Building 52, Room E23
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, Ca 93407
Website:https://baec.calpoly.edu/what-is-baec
The Black Academic Excellence Center is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. Their mission is to increase the retention and graduation rates of Black students on campus by providing Black students with the skills and opportunities to engage academically and socially with the campus. They foster an inclusive environment that provides academic support, promotes positive self imagery, and strives to empower Black students to take full advantage of all opportunities while engaging with Black history and culture.
Dream Center
Location: Building 52, Room E11
Office Number: (805)756-6362
Email: dreamcenter@calpoly.edu
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-7:30pm
Website:https://dreamcenter.calpoly.edu
The Dream Center is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. They are committed to creating a safe, inclusive space for all udocumented students, students with mixed-status families, and their allies while maintaining confidentiality. They offer a range of programs and services to educate the campus community, bolster undocumented students’ access, persistance, graduation, and post graduate pursuits.
Gender Equity Center
Location:
University Union, Room 217
Email: genderequitycenter@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805)–756–2600
Fax: (805)–756–5836
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genderequitycenter
Website: https://culture.calpoly.edu/GenderEquity
The GEC is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. They aim to support and empower all womxn identifying students, faculty, and staff by offering brave spaces and fostering a strong community that allows for education, social outreach, social justice, the exploration of identities via intersectional lens, and supportive programming for all womxn identifying and feminine-of-center individuals.
Men and Masculinities
Email: menandmasculinity@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-2277
Physical Location: Building 52, Room E-5
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Website: https://masculinity.calpoly.edu
The Men and Masculinities is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. They aim to create a safe and empowering space for students, faculty and staff, to evaluate the different expressions of masculinity, understand the intersections between ones various identities, and create an inclusive representation of all masculinities.
Multicultural Center
Location:
University Union, Room 217
Phone: (805)–756–2582
Fax: (805)–756–5836
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CalPolyMCC
Website: https://culture.calpoly.edu/multicultural
The Multicultural Center is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. They provide a safe space for students, faculty, and staff to communicate across the various lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, economic class, religion, citizenship, and all intersections that arise from these identities. They provide programming and services that incubate interpersonal growth, cultivate community, and actively strive to achieve equity for all while respecting affirming the equal human worth of every individual.
Pride Center
Location:
University Union, Room 209 and 214
Email: sabyrd@calpoly.edu
Email: pride@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805)–756–7733 (Center)
Phone: (805)–756–2459 (Lead Coordinator)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pridecenter
Website: https://culture.calpoly.edu/pridecenter
The Pride Center is one of the six cross cultural centers on campus. They serve students, faculty, and staff of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, questioning students, and their allies. They strive to raise awareness, promote respect, create a culture of equity, inclusion, and social justice in order to increase the campus’s understanding of diversity and equity.