In the Summer of 2011 a group of PCC 工作人员 and faculty decided to begin addressing issues around undocumented 学生.

In Fall 2011, the planning team conducted a student focus groups (undocumented and LGBTQ 学生-100) and researched nationally what community colleges were doing to 支持学生. Members realized that we would grow our support if we included undocu-queer 学生 and LGBTQ 学生 in general. Met with the Chair of the 教师 Development committee and Diversity Coordinator on campus. Met with Director of 人力资源, Dr. Ben Lastimado to receive financial support and met with the President of the Academic 参议院.

In Spring 2012, the first training took place and had 40 participants for 8 hours of training (4 hours Undocumented/ 4Hours LGBTQA) which involved classified, faculty and managers were in attendance. The coalition was awarded SSF funds- $10,000 for 2013/2014 Safe Zone Trainings and in summer 2012 curriculum changes based on evaluations from spring trainings were assessed. In Fall 2012, safe Zones began training all new faculty training through support of HR and developed Safe Zone 1.0培训. 翻领 pins were given to allies a s ameans to show visibility on campus post-training. In Spring 2012 the 1st annual Safe Zone end of year ceremony awarded the first allies 年度报告. In Spring 2013, President/Superintendent, Dr. Mark Rocha helped mark the team efforts by signing a declaration of support for 安全区域 and an open letter for Partnership for a New American Economy, which calls for rational immigration reform.

安全区域 held a press conference and received recommendation from State of California through the office of Senator Carol Liu’s office following the Board of Trusties who institutionalized with a resolution. In 2014-2015 安全区域 received $10,000 plus 实物来自:

In Spring 2015, 安全区域 trained all student services 工作人员 (70 employees) and library 工作人员. 安全区域 met with Interim Director of 招生 with recommendations to modify procedures to create a more equitable process for undocumented 学生. 此外, 安全区域 trained Irvine Valley College 工作人员 (40) and led Undocumented and LGBTQA panels at Pacific Oaks College for graduate 学生 learning about equity and diversity. Due to our work, the director of admissions reversed a previous policy to allow 学生 from CEC who graduate with a GED to quality for AB540. 安全区域 started the implementation of the 安全区域 Comprehensive Students 支持 服务 Program and collaborated with facilities for getting “gender neutral” bathrooms.

In total, 安全区域 has trained more than 559 faculty, 工作人员, administrators, and 学生. Future goals include helping other campuses start 安全区域 Curriculum, supporting student clubs by training their members and campus student community, growing student services for all Safe Zone groups, and creating a campus culture that would eradicate the need for the Safe Zone Coalition.