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Rooted in the Social Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz, the institute supports innovative scholarship that changes the world. The institute is a critical intellectual and social hub, connecting scholars across UC Santa Cruz and partners beyond the University, developing research-based solutions to urgent problems in the world.

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    Works to identify opportunities, eliminate barriers, and promote new narratives to build a more inclusive economy
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    Campus + Community


    Dedicated to supporting ethical and mutually beneficial community-engaged scholarship at UC Santa Cruz
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    Center for Labor and Community


    Dedicated to the study of working people, the labor movement, and the challenges of the rapidly-changing economy
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    Global and Community Health


    A new program at UC Santa Cruz aimed at addressing challenges of ill-health both globally and locally
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    A partnership of colleges and universities dedicated to building the field of public interest technology and growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists
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    Right Livelihood College


    Links faculty and students with ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ winners for education about solutions to the world’s most pressing problems
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    COVID-19 Response


    From conducting surveys to developing tracking apps, here are just a few ways that UC Santa Cruz is planning to change the trajectory of this global pandemic
  • SEACoast Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions

    SEACoast Center


    Works to build a “slow science” in which scholars and students across disciplinary divides have the opportunity to bring area studies insights to urgent ecological dilemmas

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Center for Labor and Community opens on UCSC campus to advance labor research and education programs

Campus + Community center coordinates connections for action-oriented scholarship that advances social justice

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New grant to support inclusive Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI) supporting nonprofits throughout California

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05 April 2023

Legal Studies Program Annual Distinguished Lecture: Coming to Understand Latino Anti-Black Bias

Please join us as we welcome Tanya Katerí Hernández to discuss her book Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality. Praised as the "most important Afro-Latina …

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06 April 2023

Javier Zamora: Helping Farmworkers Succeed in California

Join us for an afternoon with Javier Zamora, organic farmer and leading voice in the organic community. Zamora will share his experiences, challenges, and perspectives as a local organic farmer. A …

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10 April 2023

An Economist’s Perspective on Climate Change and Global Inequality with Professor Galina Hale

Climate change is a global problem and solving it requires a global effort. Some possible climate solutions are consistent with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the UN, while other …

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Architects of Abundance: Indigenous Regenerative Food Systems and the Excavation of Hidden History

Conversations on Climate Justice featuring Dr. Lyla June Johnston, an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer. 

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All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference

More than 400 university scholars, students, community organizers, foundation representatives, artists, and activists came together in late October for a one-of-a-kind event to build collaborative partnerships for community-engaged research and meaningful social change at the UC Santa Cruz conference: All-In: Co-creating Knowledge for Justice.

Click here for the complete recap of the conference including video recordings and photos!

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