UCSD Campus Community Centers

Joint Philosophy and Mission Statement (Revised March 21, 2008)

The Women’s Center, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, and the Cross-Cultural Center are collectively known as the Campus Community Centers. We are grounded in a shared belief that ending one oppression requires ending all oppressions. Together we facilitate interactive learning, promote self-awareness, foster leadership development, encourage dialogue, and challenge traditional notions of diversity. The Campus Community Centers work with undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the San Diego Community. Through these partnerships, we build and sustain a socially just campus climate.

Our vision at the Cross-Cultural Center (CCC) is to empower UCSD to recognize, challenge, and take proactive approaches to diversity for the campus and the San Diego community.

Partnering with members of the campus community centers, campus groups, faculty, staff, students, and community organizations, we strive for meaningful dialogues and context across all cultures, particularly those of underrepresented or underprivileged backgrounds. We offer supportive and educational services through art, programs, workshops, and outreach, and we welcome creative venues for enhancing social consciousness and equity.

Welcome to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center! Since opening on November 8, 1999, our office has been a proud home for the entire UCSD LGBT community. We provide a visible presence on campus and enhance a sense of connection and community among LGBT faculty, staff, students, and our allies at UCSD. We encourage you to get involved by becoming one of our interns or student staff, participating in one of the student groups, helping our peer support groups, joining the Umbrella Group (staff/faculty group), or volunteering at the center. Discover your family at the LGBT Reource Center.

The UCSD Women's Center welcomes you! Since opening in 1996, the center has been a space where people work collaboratively to foster the development of diverse groups of women. We strive to increase awareness of issues affecting women and men while creating a sense of community at UCSD. Relax in our cozy living room, study in our library, attend a program, or join one of the many student, staff, and faculty groups that meet here. We provide education and support on gender issues as well as information and referals on a wide variety of topics. Whether you stop by to use the computer, ask for information, engage in one of our discussions, or just say hello, we want you to feel at home at the Women's Center.


	The Campus Community Centers collaborate on a variety of programs and issues. By understanding and appreciating our diverse histories and experiences, we have found the common connections that bring us together to create strong communities through activities such as ... The Building Communities for Social Justice Practice: An Advanced Institute July 6-10, 2009. Open to all UC San Diego staff. For more information, please see the brochure. For an application, click here. *The Campus Community Centers Community Builder* Program Attend 3 programs at each Center, plus one bonus program at the center of your choice, turn in your card, and you are a Community Builder – eligible for prizes at our Celebration on June 3rd! The Campus Community Centers Community Builder program is designed to reinforce the concept in the mission and philosophy statement of the Campus Community Centers that ending one oppression requires ending all oppressions. We value the interconnections of each of the Centers and encourage our community members to engage in all three. Download your card here, or pick one up at any of the Campus Community Centers. Card holder must attend three programs at each Center (3 at the Women’s center, 3 at the LGBT Resource Center and 3 at the Cross-Cultural center) plus one other program at the Center of card holder’s choice. Recurring programs may be attended only once per quarter (i.e. Gender Buffet, LGBT RC Movie Night). Completed cards may be turned in to the front desk of any of the Campus Community Centers. All UC San Diego community members are eligible to participate (graduate and undergraduate students, staff and faculty). Card holders must be present for entire program to receive punch. Lost cards cannot be replaced. Card must be completed by 12 noon on May 29th, 2009. Prizes will be awarded at the Community Builder final event on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 12pm at a location TBD. Card holder need not be present to win. Question: Why are you doing the Community Builder program? Answer: The Campus Community Centers community builder program is designed to reinforce the concept in the mission and philosophy statement of the Campus Community Center that ending one oppression requires ending all oppressions. We value the interconnections of each of the center and encourage our community members to engage in all three. Question: I attended the MEChA meeting this week. Does that count? Answer: No. While we value participation in student organizations, events must be sponsored by one of the campus community centers. If the organization is co-sponsoring the event with one of the Campus Community Centers, then it may be eligible. Contact staff for more information. Question: I am an intern at the ______ Center. Can I participate? Answer: Yes, but programs for which you have direct responsibility, or for which you are paid to be there (i.e. working hours) are not eligible for you. Question: Who marks my card? Answer: Marks are available immediately following an eligible program from the person-in-charge, or at the front desk of the Center in which the event occurs. Question: I am interested in being an intern at _____ Center. Should I be involved in the Community Builder program? Answer: Yes. This is a great way to learn about the work of the Campus Community Centers. Joint Training Community at UCSD is often perceived as distinct in areas of service and connection. Through an ongoing commitment to joint training at all levels of the university, community and diversity are experienced through a broad lens, with attention not just to traditional conceptualizations of diversity, but to the myriad of communities present. Presentations by the Campus Community Center Directors PowerPoint Presentation for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers PowerPoint Presentation for UCSD's Division of Resource Management and Planning PowerPoint Presentation for UCSD's Division of External Relations PowerPoint Presentation for UCSD's Diversity Council October 2006 Academic documents created by the Directors of the Campus Community Centers** I may not get there with you The Gender Gap Paradox Latino Achievement at the University of California San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Issues in Higher Education "It is an enduring feature of human life to search for community; to attempt to establish patterns of living based on mutual need and affection, development and protection. But this communitarian impulse is never 'accomplished': rather, it is an ongoing and creative enterprise in which actors or agents continually re-create social structure, and it is this which allow us to identify 'communities'..." - Foster (1989) Back to top