Want to plan an event at the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center?

ROMC event planning is open to all students, student organizations, faculty, and staff of San Francisco State University. Attendance is open to everyone.

Past events at the ROMC include an American Indian Film Festival, a Save the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) rally, SF State 1968 Strike Lectures, a Filipino Community Mural celebration, Youth & Aids panel, speakers such as Dolores Huerta, Dr. Tommie Smith, Emory Douglas, Black History & Women's History month events, conferences, and workshops. 

If you cannot find the type of event you're looking for among the diverse mixture of schedules events at the ROMC, then plan an event yourself, collaborate with other organizations and let our friendly and knowledgeable staff assist you in event planning. 


How to apply: 
Download the form at www.sfsustudentcenter.com and turn it into the Student Center Business Office C-134 located on the Lower Conference level.
Complete the Call for Programs Application (CFP) or download form at
www.sfsustudentcenter.com and turn into the Student Center Business Office C-134 located on Lower Conference. 


For more information on the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center please visit our CCSC website:
http://www.sfsustudentcenter.com/programs/romc.php

Spring 2006
In celebration of Black History Month, Bantaba, an African American group consisting of seven performers and two dancers, performs at Jack Adams Hall. The group's aim is to share knowledge of African culture through music and dance.

Photo by: 
Julia Robinson
Golden Gate [x] press staff photographer

New ROMC partners in 2008

New ROMC partners in 2008 include:  

-South Asian Studies Department

http://southasia.sfsu.edu/ 

-College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

http://bss.sfsu.edu/bss/

-Black Faculty & Staff at San Francisco State University

-CSU Employees Union

http://www.csueu.org/ 

-Ruth Goldman Family Fund

http://www.goldmanfamilyfund.org/ 

-Center for Teaching & Faculty Development

http://ctfd.sfsu.edu/

-Counseling Student Association

http://www.csasf.com/ 

-Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc.

http://nuchapterlambdas.org/chapters.php 

-ECO-Students

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ecoforce/index.html 

-Indian Graduate Student Association

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~isadesi/mainpage.htm 

-SF State Neighborhood Taskforce

http://www.sfsu.edu/~govrel/taskforce.html 

-SF State Counseling Department

-International Exchange & Education Committee (IEEC) 

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ieec/index.html  

Thank you to all our new partners who have generously contributed to the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center. Our accomplishments, projects and daily activities would not be successful without the partnership of these various organizations. We not only appreciate their support, but we also value their partnership with us as we move forward with our mission. 

Tote Bag giveaway

The Cesar Chavez Student Center (which runs the ROMC) has some awesome tote bags that we are giving away.

We have 5 bags to give away. To be entered in the draw, please tell us your favorite website for 'alternative' news. Or, do you prefer mainstream websites? Or do you read newspapers?

Leave a comment below and you'll be entered in our drawing.

Leonard Peltier-Political activist and member of the American Indian Movement

"Leonard Peltier is a political activist who has protested the mistreatment of Indians and whose controversial imprisonment has drawn worldwide criticism. An active member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) , Leonard Peltier has become, for many Indians and non-Indians alike, a symbol of injustice. Many believe that he received drastically unfair treatment from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the American judicial system." (1)  

"He was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who were killed during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There is considerable debate over Peltier’s guilt and the fairness of his trial." (2)  

A Prayer Vigil was held on July 28, 2009 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM in the Old Federal Building in San Francisco.  

Leonard received a parole hearing on July 28, 2009. The decision is pending and expected in mid- to late-August.  

1. http://www.enotes.com/salem-history/leonard-peltier 

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier  

For more information on Leonard Peltier, visit:  

-Leonard Peltier Trial 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Peltier.html  

-Leonard Peltier defense commitee 

http://www.leonardpeltier.net/  

-CNN/Time Leonard Peltier Transcript 

http://www.aics.org/LP/transcript.html  

-biography 

http://www.ipoaa.com/leonard_peltier_biography.htm  

-American Indian Movement 

http://www.aimovement.org/  

-prayer vigil 

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/28/18612869.php