Jenkins, Sierra

In her 2021 interview, Boyd describes the process by which she and her fellow Associated Students Incorporated cohorts at California State University San Marcos proposed the idea of the Black Student Center. She also discusses the politics that were involved in the advocating for and implementing the Center, and who were major contributors to helping bring the CSUSM Black Student Center to life.

Dr. Geoffrey Gilmore played a key role in the development of the Black Student Center at CSUSM. In this interview, Gilmore touches on the issues of Black people within academic spaces and his experience helping students to succeed on a university level. Dr. Gilmore also discusses his own history as he moved from Los Angeles to Seattle, and back to California.

In her interview, McWilliams gives an in-depth account of her Black Experience starting with her childhood. McWilliams considers her childhood connection to education and how that led her to an administrative role at California State University San Marcos. McWilliams also discusses the CSUSM Black Student Center, her function in a supportive capacity, and the important role students' advocacy played in the creation of the Center.