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Pride Center

Overview

CSM’s Pride Center is committed to serving students, faculty, and staff who identify as LGBTQQIA+ and their advocates. The Pride Center strives to be a safe space where individuals can express themselves unapologetically, foster a sense of community and belonging, engage in community activism, and learn more about allyship and advocacy within the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other marginalized communities.

Please join us for the following activities:

Mission Statement

CSM’s Pride Center works to advance queer liberation by empowering CSM’s thriving LGBTQIA+ community through educational initiatives, intersectional advocacy, and sincere connection. As we continue to cultivate safe spaces across campus, we commit to leveraging and developing campus and community services and resources to uplift queer students in higher education.

Contact Us

CSM Pride Center
College Center Building 10, Room 180
csmpride@smccd.edu
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Lex Padilla
Program Services Coordinator
padillaa@smccd.edu
(650) 574-6105

Kohya Lu
LGBTQ+ Student Confidential Contact
Building 18, Room 206B
csmombuds@smccd.edu

Summer Hours

Day Time
Monday - Thursday 10 am - 3 pm
 

Flex Days
August 11-12, 2025
Fall Classes Begin
August 13, 2025
Labor Day Holiday Weekend
August 30–September 1, 2025