WHEREAS, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, which represents 116 colleges with over 2.1 million Community College students, has the mission of “enriching the collegiate experience for all California community college students by pursuing policies that will improve student access and success while engaging and empowering local student leaders, as well as honoring equity and diversity”[1];
WHEREAS, The University of California and California State University systems each have their own respective statewide student body organizations, called the University of California Student Association[2] and the Cal State Student Association[3], which both share similar missions to that of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges;
WHEREAS, The three student bodies each lobbied for equity within Cal Grant in the 23-24 Legislature but did not have a unified message; and
WHEREAS, The theme of this year’s General Assembly is “Strength Through Numbers,”[4] and by forming relationships with other statewide student body associations in higher education, we can effectively work together to make some of our common legislative goals a reality; Now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges explore the idea of hosting a joint summit between the leaders of the University of California Student Association and the leaders of the Cal State Student Association;
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local Community College Student Governments to engage in conversations and summits of their own with the Student Governments of their local UC’s and CSU’s; and
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges consider forming a task force with the leaders of the University of California Student Association and the leaders of the Cal State Student Association to develop unified messaging on common legislative priorities.
Citations:
[1] https://ssccc.org/who-we-are/about-us/mission.html
[3] https://calstatestudents.org/
[4]https://ssccc.org/get-involved/events/general-assembly-2025/call-for-proposals.html