The City College Student Senate and Clubs and Events Board (CAEB) will host their newly announced event, “Safety Day” that will take place Jan. 28 in the Student Center.
In response to the shooting that occurred on campus last fall, Student Senate President Marianna Sousa said she began planning Safety Day to emphasize safety awareness and crisis prevention for students at school, home and community.
“Our Safety Day, to the best of my knowledge, is the first of its kind within the the California Community Colleges system – a dedicated event committed entirely to safety,” said Sousa. “Within the Student Senate we intend to bring this idea to the state Capitol during Lobby Day, and push for every single college to have a mandated day dedicated to safety awareness and precaution, while instilling a culture of safety.”
This event will go from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. It will include informative presentations such as applying simple CPR and providing resources to students from several of City College’s departments. Off-campus organizations, as well as organizations from other campuses such as the Sacramento Poison Control, Fire Inspectors, and LionHeart Systems, which specializes in critical power performance, will also be present.
“Having the idea of what to do in case anything happens here is a big thing, especially after what happened last year,” says Los Rios patrol sergeant and watch commander Jay Lampano.“Understanding what you need to do in case there’s an active shooter whether you need to run, you need to hide, or if worse comes to worse, you have to fight, I think those are very helpful.”
