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Name: It Takes an Ecosystem: Staff and Faculty Perspectives on Collaboration at UC Santa Cruz
Start: 2026-05-20T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-20T16:15:00-07:00

March 2026
[HSI Equity Talk] Beyond Invisibility: Reimagining Servingness to Support Undocumented Transfer Students

March 12 @ 3:30 pm

Virtual Event

Presenters: Valeria Alonso Blanco, Dr. Saskias Casanova, and Jesus Morales This interactive talk draws on a qualitative study conducted with undocumented Latinx transfer students at a California four-year HSI. Using focus groups and reflexive thematic analysis, we examined how these students perceive and experience institutional support, belonging, and barriers related to their intersectional identities. This […]
May 2026
Servingness en Acción: Nurturing Student Leadership Rooted in Cariño, Cultura, y Comunidad

May 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm HSI Equity Talks

Virtual Event

Presented by El Centro Lead Student Coordinators, Joselyn Salgado Lomeli and Giovanna Fernandez This is the 1st session of a 2-part Student-led HSI Equity Talks Series titled “From Voice to […]
Inspirando the Colega Mindset: Co-creating Change through Equitable Partnerships

May 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Virtual Event

This is the 2nd session of a 2-part Student-led Equity Talks Series titled “From Voice to Power: Students as Leaders, Knowledge Holders, and Change Agents.” Student Advisory Equipo, launched in 2025 through the HSI Title V CULTURA grant, is made up of six undergraduate student advocates. Grounded by their lived experience and experiential knowledge, they […]
It Takes an Ecosystem: Staff and Faculty Perspectives on Collaboration at UC Santa Cruz

May 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm HSI Equity Talks

Virtual Event

Funded through a Department of Education Title V grant, a team at UC Santa Cruz launched CULTURA (Centering Undergraduate Latine Thriving with University Racial-Equity Action) in 2024 as a bold, campus-wide effort to reimagine how we can collectively advance student success and equity. At its core, CULTURA asks: What becomes possible when we intentionally invest […]

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May 2026