Guidelines for Public Expression on Campus
For Students for Non-College Sponsored Events
Glendale Community College (GCC) recognizes and supports the rights of current Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) students, employees of all categories, and visitors (Non-MCCCD entities must submit required documentation through the Office of Student Life, to include a completed Solicitation Request Form, a minimum of three (3) days prior to the desired date and adhere to campus guidelines and abide by MCCCD policy, which may be located here to speak in public and to demonstrate in a lawful manner in designated areas of the campus and at designated times. In order to maintain safety, security, and order, to insure the orderly scheduling of campus facilities, and the preclude conflicts with academic and co-curricular activities, GCC reserves the reasonable right to limit such activities by the following regulations regarding time, place and manner of such activities.
TIME: The time designated for public expression on campus is between 1:00pm and 3:00pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm Monday through Friday, subject to summer and holiday college closures.
PLACE: The lawn area north of the TDS Building is designated as the college's open forum space for the purposes of speakers in order to avoid unreasonable conflict with the normal functions and requirements of the College and to assure that the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic will not be impeded. The sidewalks cannot be blocked and the designated area will be marked off for each event.
MANNER: Demonstrations, speeches, and debates may be held only in the designated space only. Authorization is granted based on space availability through the Office of Student Life and Leadership. Notice must be received no less than 48 hours in advance of the activity. College sponsored events take precedence. The use of amplification equipment in association with any public expression activity is prohibited.
Public expression activities must not violate the College's harassment policies or any other college policies. Public expression cannot jeopardize public or individual safety. Participants in the open forums may not approach students beyond the boundaries described above. The College reserves the right to relocate or suspend any assembly that violates College or District policy or regulation.
The College recognizes that individual students or student groups may be opposed to certain acts of public expression. Disagreement with different opinions is acceptable; however, hindering or obstructing such activity compromises the College's goal of creating an environment where issues can be openly discussed. An individual or group wishing to protest at an event may do so as long as the protest is held in accord with the "time, place, and manner" guidelines detailed above and the speaker's ability to speak and the audience's right to see and to hear a speaker are not unreasonably impeded.
The Vice President for Student Affairs or his/her designee will be responsible for administering this policy. Violations of this policy are subject to judicial review and disciplinary sanctions, as are demonstrations that become disruptive. Community groups or individuals not enrolled at GCC acting in violation of this policy will be required to leave campus, and may be referred to the City of Avondale Police in the event of criminal action. Any police arrests and criminal charges are separate from judicial actions at Glendale Community College.
