Students for Social Change

Students for Social Change meets weekly throughout Fall Quarter offering an opportunity to find community, explore your relationship to social justice, and build leadership skills through fun activities, simulations, and small group discussions. Participants will plan and implement an event highlighting an international social change issue for other students.

MEETS: Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:45 pm. Fall Quarter only.

LOCATION: Namaste Lounge

CONTACT: S4SJ.910@gmail.com

OXFAM

Raise awareness about global hunger, poverty, and social injustice by planning programs and events on how to take action locally and globally. Oxfam Club meets jointly with Students for Social Justice in Fall Quarter and independently in Winter and Spring.

MEETS: Fridays from 5:30-6:30 pm

LOCATION: Zoom! Contact oxfamclubucsc@gmail.com for details. 

CONTACT: CoCurricular Programs Coordinator Erin Ramsden at eramsden@ucsc.edu 

Community Garden Class and Club

The community garden class and group allows students to engage in a collaborative design process, learn hands-on skills and community gardening best practices, coordinate garden work days, strategize outreach, and build regenerative social and ecological systems. 

CLUB MEETS: Thursdays, time TBD 

LOCATION: Colleges Nine & Ten Garden

CLASS MEETS: Wednesdays in Spring Quarter, time TBD

LOCATION: Community Room

CONTACT: Linnea Beckett, lbeckett@ucsc.edu 

Triangle Club

Twice-monthly gatherings and other opportunities for celebrating and strengthening queer community at College Nine and College Ten. Open to all LGBTQ students and allies.

MEETS: TBD

LOCATION: TBD

CONTACT: Katie Ilecki, kilecki@ucsc.edu

College Nine Student Senate

Student Senate is the College's governing body.  It appoints students to campus and college-wide committees, advises College administration on policy development and provides monetary support to student organizations.

MEETS: Thursdays, 7:00pm - 8:00pm 

LOCATION: TBD

CONTACT: c9senate@ucsc.edu

International Affairs Group (IAG)

Based out of the International Living Center, the International Affairs Group (IAG) is an opportunity for all College Nine and College Ten community members to engage in lively discussions about important current international issues with one another through guest speakers, film, literature, media, and personal experiences.

MEETS: TBD

LOCATION: TBD

CONTACT: Orion O'Neill, ooneil@ucsc.edu

PRAXIS: Student Volunteer Community

PRAXIS is an organization geared toward community building and social justice. By participating in PRAXIS, students gain exposure to a variety of Santa Cruz community organizations, meet a diversity of people, and explore what it means to be agents of social change.

MEETS: Tuesdays, 6:00pm

LOCATION: Zoom! Contact ucscpraxis@gmail.com for details.

CONTACT: Fuey, Praxis CUIP, ucscpraxis@gmail.com.

Intercultural Community Weekend (ICW)

ICW is on hiatus until 2021, C9 and C10 students will be welcome to participate in MCW (see description under Winter Quarter).

ICW is an overnight retreat where College Nine students deepen their awareness and connection to College Nine's theme of International and Global Perspectives.  Through interactive exercises and small group discussions, students are given the opportunity to learn more about themselves and others, and develop intercultural sensitivity and awareness.

Alternative Spring Break (ASB)

Make a difference this spring break in the city of Watsonville, Santa Cruz County.  Join a team of dedicated UCSC students working together for social justice and stronger communities.

DATES: March 21 - 25th, 2020

INFO MEETINGS HELD FALL QUARTER

CONTACT: Linnea Beckett, lbeckett@ucsc.edu

17th Annual Practical Activism Conference

The Practical Activism Conference is a daylong, student-led conference with speakers, organizations, and hands-on activism sessions. The conference is planned by a group of dedicated College Nine, College Ten, and Oakes College students.