Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Welcomed by Engaging Education as this Year’s Change Maker
With open hearts and open ears, students, faculty, and community members welcomed nationally renowned scholar, activist, professor, and author Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to the podium in Classroom Unit 2. On May 24, over 150 people gathered for engaging education’s (e²) annual Change Makers event. This…
Pogonip Encampment Braces for City Sweep
Sunlight poured in through the oak trees. A small group of inhabitants sat and talked next to Highway 9, passing cigarettes and a lighter back and forth. It’s an ordinary Friday morning in the Pogonip encampment. The encampment is distinctive: living spaces, mostly made up…
Fifty-one Years of Family: Los Mejicas’, El Camino a Mi Corazón
From outside the Activities Room at the Athletics and Recreation center, a symphony of traditional Mexican music, sharp zapateos, and gritos engulfs your ears. The rhythmic beats stop, only to be followed by an immediate eruption of cheers, laughter, and the beginning of the next…
Celebrating Culture and Identity: Don’t Miss Rainbow Theater’s 30th Anniversary
It’s 5 p.m. on a Sunday, and most students at UC Santa Cruz are catching up on homework or fighting the Sunday scaries — except for the group of directors, tech crew, performers, and writers gathered at the Stevenson Event Center. These students are tirelessly…
Corre La Voz Program Faces Downsizing
The bell rings through the corridors of Branciforte Middle School as flocks of students pour out of classrooms, lugging their backpacks. Most are exhausted and eager to get home. But some stick around, shuffling to the school library where the UC Santa Cruz student mentors…
A Month After Antisemitic Acts, Jewish Students Want Action
Just before Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath, third-year Donna Harel received an upsetting email sent to the campus community. When she opened her phone and saw the announcement that two antisemitic acts occurred on campus the week prior, she started to cry. “One of my fears,…