Community Outreach

May 2, 2025

Campus resources for trans students

By Michelle Cisneros

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. 

May 1, 2025

Pete Buttigieg discusses Trump admin, youth engagement

By Lauren Chiou, Conor Kelly

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.

May 1, 2025

Students rally and hold vigil to remember lives lost in Armenian Genocide

By Lizzy Rager

The Armenian Student Association has called for UCSB to acknowledge April 24 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day and establish April as Armenian Heritage Month

April 28, 2025

UCSB organizations help students make Earth Day every day

By Maggie Burt

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.

April 18, 2025

Students spread joy and colors in Holi celebration

By Alessandra Panetta

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.

April 18, 2025

‘Queer Prom’ creates space for celebration of queer unity and belonging

By Iris Guo

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.

April 14, 2025

Deltopia fosters community, threatens public safety, student leaders weigh in

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

Students shared their opinions of the 2025 Deltopia festival. They called for increased medical services and recalled uncomfortable experiences with police.

March 20, 2025

Local first-generation middle, high school students learn about S.T.E.M. careers on MESA Day

By Salma Maytorena

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.

March 9, 2025

Black Women’s Health Collaborative expands since being founded in 2020

By Wynne Bendell

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.

March 8, 2025

Sci-Fi writer Nalo Hopkinson discusses Afrofuturism in her work

By Malia Guy

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.

March 8, 2025

Hundreds rally for Transgender Unity March in Santa Barbara

By Anusha Singh, Kaavya Saini

Over 400 people gathered in downtown Santa Barbara on March 1 to protest the Trump Administration's policies on transgender populations

March 8, 2025

Forum gives faculty insight on how to support undocumented students

By Jack Dindia

Faculty Equity Advisors and Associate Deans of DEI hosted a forum on immigration, where faculty discussed ways to support undocumented students. 

March 7, 2025

UCSB Drag Club brings community, glamor to campus

By Michelle Cisneros

Members of UCSB's Drag Club put on their tallest wigs and most sequined gowns before heading out to perform at the Graduate Student Association Lounge — after completing their assignments and research for the day, of c...

March 7, 2025

Jewish Voice for Peace SB protests dance company’s performance for financial ties to Israel

By Conor Kelly, Jack Dindia

Jewish Voice for Peace protested an Israeli dance company's performance due to its financial backing from Israeli politicians, among other private sources.

March 4, 2025

Crown Collective hosts first ever pop-up, increases access to Black haircare products at UCSB

By Iris Guo

The Crown Collective, a UC Santa Barbara student-founded pop-up beauty supply business, hosted their first pop-up shop on Feb. 24 in front of the Student Resource Building.

February 12, 2025

Over 250 people march over I.C.E. activities in pouring rain

By Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The group marched from the Arbor to Cheadle Hall and finally to the Eternal Flame through rain and wind as eight campus organizations delivered speeches.