Upcoming Campus and Community Events
View other upcoming sustainability events being hosted across the UCSC community.
ONGOING:
Thursdays, from 10:30 am to 12 pm: Young Lagoon Reserve Tour
Take a tour of Younger Lagoon Reserve! This 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour takes visitors into the 25-acre lagoon and beach area. Come and see what scientists are doing to track local mammals, restore native habitats, and learn about the workings of one of California’s rare coastal lagoons.
October 2024
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October 1-31 Biketober Challenge 2024
Join thousands of dedicated folks into making Santa Cruz "greener" and more fun.
Saturday, October 5th from 1 PM to 5 PM - QTBIPOC Orientation 2024
The Cantú Queer Center, in partnership with the Ethnic Resource Centers (ERC) and the CoCurricular Program Offices (the CoCo), is excited to offer our 4th annual QTBIPOC Orientation for incoming queer and trans freshmen, transfer students, returning students, and graduate students who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The orientation will take place on: Saturday, October 5th from 1 PM to 5 PM Stevenson Event Center This year's theme is Seeds & Roots: Germinating and Sustaining Communities of Interdependence. Drawing on lessons learned from seeds, roots, and mycelial networks, our theme reflects the core values we hold as co-creators of QTBIPOC Orientation.
October 9, 2024, Wednesday, 12 - 2 pm: Fall Open House - Wildlife Vegetation Management Plan
The University has started preparing a Wildfire Vegetation Management Plan (Plan) for the Main
Residential Campus and the Coastal Science Campus. The Plan is being prepared to address wildfire
risk DQGLVrequired mitigation in the 2021 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report
(LRDP EIR).
University Center
(Second floor of the College Nine/John R. Lewis Dining Hall)
Directions: https://ucenter.ucsc.edu/location/index.html
For additional information, please contact Erika Carpenter at (831) 212-0187 or escarpen@ucsc.edu.
October 10 - Walk and Roll to School Day
Walk and Roll to School Day (participating schools) - Activation Day
October 11 - 7 - 9pm: Santa Cruz Bike Party
Just show up at the Depot Park
October 11, Friday, 6 pm : Bilingual California California Bilingue: Fronteras Y Futuros
From the Humanities Institute
Join us as we welcome Professor Ana Celia Zentella (professor emerita, UC San Diego) to discuss the political, social, and educational barriers that California’s Spanish-English bilinguals must overcome to ensure a bilingual future for themselves and their children. She suggests ways that students, parents, teachers, university faculty and community groups can contribute successfully.
Musical Recital Hall - Free and open to the public
Register at thi.ucsc.edu
Tuesday, 5 - 7 pm October 15, 2024: Sazón y Cultura: The Stories Behind the SalviSoul Cookbook
"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month, join us for a book talk with Karla Tatiana Vasquez, author of “The SalviSoul Cookbook” — the first Salvadoran cookbook traditionally published in the U.S.! Karla shares her story being born in El Salvador and raised in Los Angeles after her family fled during the 1980s amid the country’s civil war and how food has allowed her to stay connected to her roots...."
Past events....
September 2024
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Thursdays, 12:30-6pm untill September 26, 2024: Weekly Farmstand
at the Hay Barn
Center for Agroecology's Farmstand is open to all and features organic vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers grown at the UCSC Farm and Chadwick Garden. Note: Our Farmstand will not occur on July 4, 2024 due to the holiday.
Thursday, 6:30 - 8 pm September 26, 2024: Screening & Conversation - Plantations & Prisons: a History of Forced Labor in Louisiana
From the Institute of Arts and Science
Join us next Thursday, September 26, for a screening and conversation at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences with Dr. Gina Dent, Rachel Nelson, Sara Gozalo, Engrid Hamilton, and Willow Katz.
The speakers will discuss the short documentary film Plantations and Prisons: a History of Forced Labor in Louisiana, which explores the direct link between slavery and mass incarceration, focused on Angola State Prison & the state of Louisiana.
This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. RSVP is required.
