Community Outreach

October 11, 2024

Lebanese Social Club hosts fundraisers for humanitarian aid in Lebanon, Gaza

By Conor Kelly

One fundraiser sells t-shirts for aid in Gaza, and the other will award the highest donor for aid in Lebanon with a retreat to Big Bear.

June 6, 2024

Indus hosts mock wedding, night of South Asian performances

By Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran

The wedding simulation headlined a night of South Asian cultural performances organized by the UCSB Indus Club as part of its annual end-of-year banquet.

June 5, 2024

Community celebrates pride month with second annual Queer Fest

By Devin Gowdy

To kick off the beginning of Pride Month, the A.S. TQC in collaboration with IVRPD held their second annual Queer Fest on June 1 at Little Acorn Park.

May 30, 2024

Five weeks into encampment, Liberated Zone has established an autonomous society

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Going into its fifth week, the Liberated Zone encampment, erected May 1 has become a place of community, solace and growth for participating students and community members.

May 24, 2024

MSA organizes fundraiser for aid in Palestine

By Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran

The UCSB Muslim Student Association has organized a sweatshirt fundraiser in collaboration with “Islamic inspired” clothing brand Iradah to support humanitarian aid in Palestine.

May 23, 2024

Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

EOP and the MENASARC are hosting “MENASARC Meals” on Thursday, May 23, from 5-7 p.m. at the MENASARC in the Student Resource Building (SRB).

May 20, 2024

Student mother at UCSB proves you can do it all

By Josh Rhodes

Fourth-year Chicana/o studies major Nallely Leyva-Diaz is a single mother of three at UC Santa Barbara, balancing work and school while taking care of her children — Ava, Mateo and Adan.

May 10, 2024

UCSB students respond to pro-Palestine encampment

By Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran, Christopher Vargelis

Students observing the encampment had different perspectives about how it has affected the campus climate.

May 10, 2024

UCSB American Indian and Indigenous Student Association reignites organization’s community, advocates for new initiatives

By Leo Herbstman

AIISA tabled at the Arbor on May 5, also known as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Remembrance (MMIWR) day to bring awareness to a major problem plaguing Indigenous communities within the United States and abroad.

May 9, 2024

Vista point: Weekly goings-on in, around Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista.

May 3, 2024

Survivor of attempted abduction tells her story

By Lizzy Rager

Esther Hernandez walked the Lagoon trail at night to destress. But a man, hidden on the unlit path, attempted to drug and abduct her. This how she used her wits and survived.

April 19, 2024

Center for Feminist Futures to host first event since March opening

By Grace Medecki

the Center for Feminist Futures is a place of “research, teaching, creative work, and public engagement in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies from intersectional, interdisciplinary, and global perspectives."

April 18, 2024