USC Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment (SAGE)

The Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment programs events to address emerging gender related concerns of students, faculty, and staff. SAGE seeks to uplift all voices oppressed by the patriarchy in dynamic, critical ways.

We are a queer and trans inclusive organization working towards intersectional, collective liberation.

SAGE general meetings held weekly on Thursdays in TCC 350/351 from 7-8pm <3

Our Initiatives

Body Love Month (October)

Body Love Month is SAGE’s annual month-long initiative with educational and social programming surrounding the body positivity and body neutrality movements. Programming and speakers teach anti-fatphobia, anti-ableism, and demonstrate the intersectionality between the feminist movement, body love and acceptance.

Reproductive Justice Month (January)

Protect Roe v Wade is SAGE’s annual initiative to raise awareness, educate, and advocate for reproductive justice in honor of the anniversary of Roe v Wade.

Women's History Month (March)

This year, SAGE will be starting a new Women's History Month initiative in March. We aim to celebrate and uplift ALL women and non-binary individuals with a particular focus on intersectional feminism.

FemFest (Spring Semester)

SAGE’s FemFest is an annual student-run music festival that aims to be an inclusive safe space that highlights those oppressed by the patriarchy in the music industry. Intersectional at our core, FemFest is open to everyone and specifically amplifies the voices of women, people of color, and those within the LGBTQ+ community.

Take Back the Night (April)

Take Back the Night is an annual initiative that SAGE hosts on campus during Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. TBTN is also a nationwide campaign, and many other organizations and college campuses host TBTN events on an annual basis, similar to SAGE. Even though TBTN is held widely throughout the United States, you are able to make the initiative whatever you envision it to be for the USC campus community.