UC Santa Barbara's Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) held a town hall to update the community on the progress of the demands made in November 2017 after the controversial termination of the center’s former associate director Ale Muro. Many of the demands, such as doubling the RCSGD’s programming budget and removing it from the jurisdiction of the Women, Gender and Sexual Equity Department, have been met, except for the last and most costly one: the designation of a free-standing building for the RCSGD, which is currently housed in the Student Resource Building. Discussions at the town hall explored various options, including repurposing existing buildings, constructing new ones, creating multiple centers across campus, or partnering with off-campus organizations like the Pacific Pride Foundation.
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