Community Outreach

TASA hosts annual night market, promotes community

May 9, 2025 by

The Taiwanese American Student Association hosted their 18th annual night market on May 3 in Storke Plaza.
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AIISA, AIICRC honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives at MCC

May 9, 2025 by

The American Indian and Indigenous Student Association and American Indian and Indigenous Cultural Resource Center commemorated Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness Month.
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El Congreso urges Chancellor Yang to meet demands before leaving

May 8, 2025 by

After three years since meeting with Chancellor Yang and delivering their demands, a student activist group has asked him to respond before retiring this year
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Vietnamese Student Association remembers fall of Saigon ahead of 50th anniversary

May 5, 2025 by

The VSA hosted their x annual Black April or “Tháng Tư Đen” event on April 24, a yearly commemoration of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975.
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Blum Center panel highlights student housing crisis, potential solutions

May 2, 2025 by

The Blum Center hosted a panel about the current housing crisis in Isla Vista and invited students to learn and share their housing experiences.
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Campus resources for trans students

May 2, 2025 by

This past week, the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity held its sixth annual Trans Week of Visibility. The center offers resources year-round. 
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Pete Buttigieg discusses Trump admin, youth engagement

May 1, 2025 by and

Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Arlington Theatre where he spoke on his life in government and what he thinks needs to be done in the midst of Trump's second term.
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Students rally and hold vigil to remember lives lost in Armenian Genocide

May 1, 2025 by

The Armenian Student Association has called for UCSB to acknowledge April 24 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day and establish April as Armenian Heritage Month
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UCSB organizations help students make Earth Day every day

April 28, 2025 by

UC Santa Barbara organizations are hosting Earth Day events throughout this week, showing how individual sustainability efforts can help protect the environment and the planet.
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Students spread joy and colors in Holi celebration

April 18, 2025 by

Indus held its Holi celebration in Little Acorn Park on April 13. Participants' clothing was coated in bright pink, green and blue powder for the annual festival of colors.
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‘Queer Prom’ creates space for celebration of queer unity and belonging

April 18, 2025 by

The Associated Students Trans & Queer Commission's second annual Queer Prom was held on April 11, hosted as part of TQC’s UCSB Pride Week.
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Deltopia fosters community, threatens public safety, student leaders weigh in

April 14, 2025 by

Students shared their opinions of the 2025 Deltopia festival. They called for increased medical services and recalled uncomfortable experiences with police.
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Local first-generation middle, high school students learn about S.T.E.M. careers on MESA Day

March 20, 2025 by

Local middle and high school students presented S.T.E.M. projects and engaged in informational workshops at UC Santa Barbara’s College Destination Day on March 8.
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Black Women’s Health Collaborative expands since being founded in 2020

March 9, 2025 by

BWHC aims to provide health and wellness services to “Black women and non-men” at UC Santa Barbara. It's the first organization of its kind within the University of California.
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Sci-Fi writer Nalo Hopkinson discusses Afrofuturism in her work

March 8, 2025 by

Hopkinson visited Mosher Alumni House on Feb. 21 to discuss her novels and Afrofuturism — a genre that combines science fiction and fantasy with Black culture.
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