UC Student Association https://ucsa.org/ The official voice of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at University of California campuses. Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:03:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Student Civic Engagement Is Vital to Our Survival https://ucsa.org/student-civic-engagement-is-vital-to-our-survival/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:20:28 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=14293 August 30, 2021 | Elise Wildman | UC Davis I am a political science major at UC Davis; this summer, I was an organizer with Un-PAC, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to democracy reform and mobilizing students and young people to get the For the People Act passed. The fight to pass S1, the For the […]

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]]> Panel Speakers – Our Future: Moving on from the Triple Pandemics of COVID-19, Racial Injustice, and the Student Debt Crises https://ucsa.org/slc2021-panel-2/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:45:18 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13953 Alexis Atsilvsgi Zaragoza is the 2020-21 Student Regent-designate and the 2021-22 Student Regent. She is an undergraduate transfer student at the University of California, Berkeley in the department of Geography. Ms. Zaragoza is a McNair Scholar studying the rural spatial imagination for students of color in access to higher education and plans on pursuing Ph.D. […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – CA Housing Justice Campaigns During COVID https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-13/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:39:00 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13951 Francisco Dueñas is the Executive Director for Housing Now!, a California statewide housing justice advocacy coalition. He was previously the Director of Housing Campaigns for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a position which had him serving as the leading coordinator of Housing Now! for the last two years. Prior to joining ACCE, […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation in 2021 https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-12/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:38:02 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13949 Civic Leader. Professor. Political Activist. Author and Motivational Speaker. Born in a prison cell to an incarcerated mother and a father unknown, Christian D. Green has overcome many obstacles rare, atypical and uncommon to others. Christian David Green is a first generation, former foster youth, non-traditional graduate from the Antelope Valley, specifically Lancaster, California. Christian […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – The Evolving Affordability Landscape in California https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-11/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:36:48 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13947 As California Affordability Program Director at The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), Laura Szabo-Kubitz works to eliminate equity gaps and enable all Californians to attend and succeed in college by identifying and addressing college affordability challenges across the state. Along with research, policy analysis, and advocacy, Laura leads Californians for College Affordability, a […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – Redistricting 101 https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-10/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:35:51 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13944 A civil rights attorney and long-time democracy reform advocate, Jonathan Mehta Stein is the Executive Director of California Common Cause. Previously, Jonathan spent four years as the head of the Voting Rights & Census Program at Asian Law Caucus, where he worked to increase access to California’s democracy for historically disenfranchised communities. Jonathan also worked […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – UC Budget and Covid 19 https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-9/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:34:17 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13942 Seija Virtanen is the Associate Director of State Governmental Relations – Budget. She has been in this role since September 2017. Prior to SGR Seija worked in the budget offices of two UC campuses and was the higher education budget consultant for Senate Budget. Seija has two Masters degrees from University of Washington and two […]

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]]> Fireside Chat – Assemblymember Alex Lee https://ucsa.org/slc2021-fireside-chat/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:32:35 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13940 Alex Lee (李天明) was elected in November 2020 to represent California’s 25th Assembly District, which includes the Alameda County communities of Fremont and Newark, and the Santa Clara Communities of Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara. He serves his community by being an advocate for the district and fights to address the growing issues in […]

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]]> Workshop Speakers – Fixing Financial Aid and the Cal Grant Equity Framework https://ucsa.org/slc2021-workshops-8/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:29:23 +0000 https://ucsa.org/?p=13938 Jake Brymner currently serves as the Director of Government & External Relations for the California Student Aid Commission. Prior to joining the Commission in June 2020, Jake was the State & Federal Policy Director for the Campaign for College Opportunity, a non-profit policy research and advocacy organization that promotes college access and student success. Jake […]

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