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Please join UCSB's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the next event in the 2020-2021 series "Addressing Slavery" on Friday, April 23, with a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Nash titled, "Intersectional Iconography: Promise, Peril, Possibility." Read on to learn more!

Join UCSB's CCAMPIS on April 27 for a talk by Mary Rose Gates-Bowes and Marian Harms from CALM on understanding emotions in children. Participants will gain information and learn strategies related to understanding and effectively responding to children's feelings, emotional reactions, and emotional needs. Participants will be provided with some regulating strategies which include mindfulness techniques. Read on to learn more!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features WiSE: Womxn in Science and Engineering. Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Come learn how to support LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and faculty through through the RCSGD QTie seminars! QTie Seminars are designed to provide professional and personal development for students, faculty, and staff at UCSB regarding LGBTQ identities and experiences. With an awareness that all forms of oppression are inherently interconnected, these seminars will focus on LGBTQ identity, experience, and culture through a social justice and intersectional lens. Read on to learn more!

Looking to find community? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Society for Advancement of Chicanxs and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Photonics Society. Read on to find out how you can get involved (their next general meeting is on April 21)!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the American Indian Graduate Student Alliance (AIGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

Looking to find community on campus? The Graduate Student Organization Series features profiles of social, professional, and affinity groups for graduate students to help you expand your personal and professional communities. This article features the Asian Pacific Islander Graduate Student Alliance (APIGSA). Read on to find out how you can get involved!

The UCSB Library is hosting a special talk on Tuesday, April 20 at 4pm titled "Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice?" Danae Hernandez Cortes, Economics Ph.D. candidate (and our 2021 Grad Slam People's Choice Awardee!), will be presenting alongside Kyle Meng, Associate Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Management and the Department of Economics. Sign up to attend!

Read on to view the Black Programming Calendar for Spring 2021, which showcases events across departments and organizations on campus that center Black justice and wellbeing.

Check out the Multicultural Center (MCC) Spring 2021 calendar of events! All events are open to the general public and community; all events are free unless stated otherwise.

Mark your calendars for the 2021 UCSB Graduate Student Association Elections NEXT WEEK, running from April 19 through April 22. Read on to learn more about the process and to read the GSA's voter guide!

This year, Immigrant Resilience Week at UCSB will take place from April 12-16, 2021. Join this week's events and help raise awareness and support for undocumented students and the immigrant community at UC Santa Barbara. Read on to learn more!

Want to learn more about kink and BDSM? Got questions? Join this special Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) event on April 13! Panelists will discuss what kink and BDSM are, kink and consent, and different types of kinks, followed by a Q&A. Read on to learn more!

UCSB Arts & Lectures announces House Calls Spring 2021. House Calls virtual events are FREE to UCSB Graduate students (registration required) and include: Jane Goodall, Kelly McGonigal, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Arthur C. Brooks, and two Speaking with Pico events with Moshin Hamid and Mira Nair. Read on to learn more!

Interested in running for a position on the GSA Executive Board for 2021-2022? Know someone who might be a good fit for a position? Nominate them! Nominations will be open until April 8th.

The process of cultivating academic scholarship can often feel siloed within the narrow confines of the ivory tower. Join the STS Futures Initiative on April 8th (4-6pm PST) to hear how you might retool your academic work into writing palatable for audiences beyond the academy. Read on to learn more!

The Coastal Fund was created and is funded by the students at the University of California, Santa Barbara in order to preserve and enhance the ecological integrity of the coastal habitats at the University. The Fund is excited to present its 2021 Photo Contest, with the theme of "New Beginnings"! Capture the moments you've experienced on the coast, whether that is watching shorebirds feed on the beach, gazing at what is revealed at low tide, or watching a beautiful sunset. Submissions are due by Friday, April 30. Read on to learn more!

UCSB Arts & Lectures announces Race to Justice Spring 2021 virtual events, part of A&L’s season-long, in-depth look at systemic racism. This effort engages leading activists, creatives and thinkers to expand our understanding of racism and how race impacts society and to inspire an expansive approach to advancing racial equality. All UCSB students can access the Race to Justice events for free. Read on to learn more!