Similarly to Ella Baker, Jim Randels and Kalamu ya Salaam–the co-teachers of Students at the Center–, believe in empowering students by submitting the traditional power structure of a typical classroom. Allowing the students to lead their own activism, it teaches them the skills of organizing. Ella Baker believed the measure of success in organizing against oppression is less about how many people show up to a rally, and more so about individuals gaining the knowledge of the mechanics of organizing (Payne, 1989, p. 892). Participants of SAC learn these skills through the multitude of media and literature platforms they’ve created over the years. SAC organization practices are in alignment with the beliefs of Ella Baker in regards to her preference of organizing in small groups as opposed to large groups (Payne, 1989, p. 894). Baker explains that larger groups make it more difficult for individuals to have a more wholesome and nurturing experience, and are more likely to become anti-democratic than small groups (Payne, 1989, p. 894).