All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference October 26-28, 2022 | Santa Cruz, CA There is an exciting resurgence in critical public scholarship: a push for universities to reach beyond their academic audiences and build stronger community-university partnerships to jointly tackle …
Publications
On-Demand and on-the-edge: Ride-hailing and Delivery Workers in San Francisco
By: Chris Benner (UC Santa Cruz) with Erin Johansson (Jobs With Justice), Kung Feng (Jobs With Justice) and Hays Witt (Drivers Seat Cooperative) May 5, 2020 A new survey of app-based ride-hailing and food and grocery-delivery workers in San Francisco underscores the financial vulnerability of …
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The Power Line: Strengthening Academic-Community Partnerships for Change
Authored by Chris Benner, Darío León, and Susan Grasso (UCSC) March 2025 This report examines the role of academic-community partnerships in strengthening and sustaining community power-building efforts. The study builds on the Lead Local initiative, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson …
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Let Them Eat Big Macs, Crunchwraps, and Whoppers: A Working Paper Describing the Local Impact of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage in the City of Santa Cruz
Authored by Stephen Owen (UCSC Economics Department), Ella Ripley-Rodriguez, Molly Jenkins, and Sophie Walsh Contributions from Undergraduate Research Fellows in the Building Belonging Program January 2025 This study examines the local impact of California’s Assembly Bill 1228, which …
Student Testimonials from the Transforming Futures 2024 Program
By Belle Esters, CUIP Programs and Outreach Intern for the Institute for Social Transformation Internships are an essential component for career success, providing an important experiential learning opportunity for students to gain hands-on professional experience and create future career …
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A Foundation for Change: Understanding African American Community Conditions in Monterey and San Benito Counties
In collaboration with UC Santa Cruz Institute for Social Transformation (Gabriella Alvarez and Chris Benner), Action Council of Monterey County, Monterey County Black Caucus, and New Hope Baptist Church January 2025 Executive Summary This report presents a picture of the demographics, …
Kinship by Coincidence: Episodes of arrival in travesti and transfeminine migration across Amazonian Peru
Authored by Justin Perez (UCSC Latin American and Latino Studies) Contributions from Building Belonging Fellows: Melanie Renteria, Jesús Najera and Daniel Bautista October 20, 2024 Travesti and transfeminine migrants across urban Amazonian Peru uniquely refashion their sense of social …
Redefining philanthropy: Alumna Carmen Rojas drives change
The president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation is a leader in the fight for racial, economic, and social justice Originally published in the UCSC News Center by Ann Gibb Through a life shaped by family, mentors, and public education, Carmen Rojas, Ph.D. (Oakes ’00, politics) …
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Inventory of Community-Engaged Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz
Co-authored by Gabriella Alvarez (UCSC), Rebecca London (UCSC), Dario Leon (UCSC) and Ned Leblond (UCSC) November 2024 Over the summer of 2023, Campus + Community (C+C) surveyed community-engaged scholarship and research collaborations across the UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) campus. A key takeaway …
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2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series
2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series October 2024 Power, Politics, and Our Democracy This series provided a platform for deep conversations with scholars and national thought leaders about our quickly changing and polarized democracy. Co-sponsored by: Institute for Social …
Leading by Listening: Marianas Fernandez’s journey to becoming a student leader
Student finds leadership passion through activism and campus involvement Originally published in the UCSC News Center by Rachel Raiyani Marianas Fernandez (John R. Lewis ’25, sociology and legal studies) wakes up at 6 a.m. most mornings. Twenty-four is not enough hours of the day …
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