Events

A documentary about Dolores Huerta, co-founder - with César Chávez - of the precursor to the United Farmworkers union.

The annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The …

As we confront the fragility of California’s water system, a crucial question emerges: how can we adapt to water scarcity without jeopardizing farmer livelihoods? Join farmers, researchers, technical assistance providers, …

The UC Santa Cruz Legal Studies Program, in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of the Public Defender, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and the National Association for Public Defense, will host its …

Join us for the 20th Annual Practical Activism Conference! Practical Activism is a free day-long conference featuring speakers, performances, interactive workshops, and a variety of hands-on creative activities and opportunities …

Together we are forging new futures so that our communities are sustained and thriving. This labor of love often looks external: Changing the material conditions through organizing, educating, voting, and …

The UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate is delighted to invite you to the 55th Annual Faculty Research Lecture featuring Professor Jennifer González, Department of History of Art and Visual Culture. …

Join us at the celebration of International Women's Day Symposium, hosted by the Dolores Huerta Research Center with keynote speakers Prof. Michelle Tellez and Prof. Esther Hernández-Medina. Together they will explore critical themes of resistance, survival, intersectionality, and reproductive justice in the Americas.

Conversations on Climate Justice featuring Dr. Lyla June Johnston, an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer. Her research focuses on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations gardened large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.

Have you ever had the experience of not knowing whether someone was being sarcastic? You are not alone. In this talk, Prof. Jean E. Fox Tree will present research findings …

Latino Role Models is a free conference for Santa Cruz County students from grade 6 to college and their families. This exciting FREE annual conference features Latino/a college students and …

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 …