2023 has been filled with many unexpected happenings, but through it all we are here and we are queer and we are fierce. Our apologies for the tardiness in sending out QConnect, we are getting back on track to be able to send out weekly. Make sure to read all the way through for updates, news, and announcements. | |
Cantú Queer Resource Center Team | |
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Connect With Us!
IG: @cantuqueercenter
TikTok: @cantuqueercenter
Email: queer@ucsc.edu
Twitter: @cantuqueerUCSC
Cantú hours:
Our team will be working remotely/virtually until January 3, 2023.
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Upcoming Cantú and other LGBTQ+ Events | |
Cantú working from the Ethnic Resource Center until further notice | |
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Due to damage caused by the recent series of storms, the Cantú's physical space will be closed until repairs can happen.
Our outdoor pantry will continue to be stocked with food items and sexual/menstrual health products. Cantú team members will be working from the Ethnic Resource Center (3rd floor of Bay Tree Building)...come on by to say hello and hang out with us. Our team is also available to connect virtually for anyone needing assistance and/or support.
Our apologies for the inconvenience. If you have any questions or need assistance, please email queer@ucsc.edu.
Many thanks for your understanding. We will provide updates as they happen.
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Join the AIRC/Cantú to BAAITS Powwow | The AIRC and Cantú are going to the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit Powwow on Saturday, February 4, 2023. There are still some spaces available. Please RSVP ASAP! Rregistration is first come, first serve! | |
Sister Solidarity Keynote: Lexi Nepantla Adsit | |
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Friday, February 24th
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Oakes Learning Center
Reception is from 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Oakes Lawn
Join the Womxn's Center and the Cantu Queer Center for an uplifting keynote address and Q & A conversation with translatina, trans rights advocate, and TransCanWork Director Lexi Adsit! Lexi will speak on her success as a powerful trans-BIPOC woman and some of the struggles she encountered along the way. With this conversation, Lexi will lead us in uplifting joy, liberation, and accomplishments of trans folx!
For more information or accessibility concerns,
please contact Lead Intern, Mayrín Rodriguez
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There is a UCSC LGBTQ_ Discord ... run by students for students. Join by scanning the QR code | |
Check out these LGBTQ support spaces offed by CAPS | |
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African, Black, or Caribbean LGBTQ Discussion Group
Thursdays @ 4pm
Contact Autumn Johnson for more information.
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Gender Queer Therapy Group
Mondays @ 3pm
Contact Jessica Magallanes-Evans for more information
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Stay tune on instagram and our newsletter for more information about the upcoming
Practical Activism Conference!
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Try and guess this weeks queer themed word! | |
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Black Minds Matter:
Community Healing Space hosted by Dr. Jackie Rabouin
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The African American Mentorship Program is hosting a game night mixer. This event will be located inside the ERC Lounge and will be on Thursday 2/2 from 7PM to 8:30 PM.
The AAMP program allows for the opportunity to connect with another ABC student and have a holistic support system as you navigate your first year at UCSC.
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Waterman: Duke Ambassador of Aloha Film Screening | |
The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) and the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC) are hosting a film screening of “Waterman- Duke: Ambassador of Hawaii” with dinner, dessert and refreshments.
Thursday, February 2nd
5:30-7:30pm in the Cervantes & Velasquez Conference Room on the 3rd Floor of the Bay Tree Building
Throughout this event, we aim to highlight the shared experiences of our communities and to learn about Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, who is known to have popularized surfing. The Duke was also best friends with Jim Thorpe, of Sac and Fox nation, one of the most famous Native athletes. Their friendship models how our communities can build relationship with one another, and support each other. The town of Santa Cruz is also argued to be one of the first places that surfing was popularized so we hope to highlight the unique history of the town we all reside in.
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The 9th Annual UC Santa Cruz Comedy Night featuring JR De Guzman with special guest Jackie Keliiaa |  | |
Born in the Philippines and raised in California, JR De Guzman began performing comedy while working as a music teacher, which he quickly learned just meant teaching Taylor Swift songs to teenagers. He has entertained all over the world, having performed in Japan, Indonesia, Amsterdam, Canada, and countless other international shows. Combining music and comedy, JR serenades the audience into laughter with songs, jokes, and stories of traveling the world, life after college, and family.
Jackie Keliiaa is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor based in Oakland, California. You can find her in the 2021 release, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy. Jackie has been featured on Comedy Central, Team Coco, and Illuminative’s 25 Native American Comedians to Follow. She wrote for the web series You're Welcome America and has been featured in a variety of publications including Vulture, Uproxx, LA Times and KQED among others.
February 16, 2023
Doors: 6PM Show: 7PM
Stevenson Event Center
Our doors open at 6:00 PM, and the show begins promptly at 7:00 PM. We invite you all to arrive early to meet with organizations and departments who will be tabling before the show starts.
If you have a disability-related accommodation request for this event, please contact aapirc@ucsc.edu.
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Career And Internship Fair | |
Recruiting undergraduate and graduate talent to fill positions in a variety of industry functions from all academic area backgrounds. If you're seeking top students from the UC Santa Cruz undergraduate, graduate, or alumni class, registration is now open!! | |
Paid Internship Opportunity: The Roots of Traditional Foods and Cultural Practices | |
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The Roots of Traditional Foods and Cultural Practices: Connecting to the Land for Health and Wellness, is a one year grant under the auspices of the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) and the Intersectionality Laboratory. The program is student centered and will be guided by the needs and experiences of students of color, especially Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and undocumented students, to identify and create outdoor environments to establish campus and community spaces welcoming and nurturing to student communities who have been historically marginalized within higher education. Central to the grant are indigenous epistemologies and pedagogy which will provide students with tools for health and wellness in their personal lives and as developing scholars.
Internship Expectations: The internship appointment is from mid winter quarter 2023 to September 15, 2023. Interns will generally work 10 to 15 hours per week depending on position and on activities or events planned. Work will be conducted in-person as well as remotely. Interns will be compensated through a departmental award disbursed quarterly.
Application Process: Interns should complete and submit an application by Friday, 2/3/23 at 5pm. All applications will be reviewed and the program managers will notify those selected for an interview by the following week.
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Other campus job opportunities | |
AA/PIRC Statement on the Recent Violence Affecting Our Communities | |
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Dear UC Santa Cruz Community,
On behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC), we want to express our sadness in response to recent violent events that have impacted our communities. Early this week, tragedy struck communities both in California (Monterey Park & Half Moon Bay), and in Indiana. What should have been a joyous time of new beginnings with the Lunar New Year, is now burdened with tragedy. Regardless of the motivation behind these violent acts, our communities are left with loss, sadness, fear, and anger.
We recognize that our campus community is also impacted by these events, as we may see ourselves or our loved ones reflected in the victims, or the locations may be home to some in our campus community.
For additional resources, you can visit :
Please don’t hesitate to reach out at any of our channels (aapirc@ucsc.edu, iG:@aapirc_ucsc) for any additional support you may need in these times.
In Community,
Caz Salamanca (He/Him/His)
Director, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC)
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Other slugtastic opportunities | |
Share your experiences ... share your voice | |
Social Fiction Conference - call for submissions | |
Black Women's Discussion Group | |
S.E.R. Virtual Support Group with Erica Lopez | |
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Wednesdays (2/1 - 3/8)
2PM-3:15PM
This virtual support group is for Latinx students who want to build community, deepen self-understanding, enhance self-care, and learn ways to navigate difficult family relationships.
Contact Erica Lopez at Erllopez@ucsc.edu or 831-459-2628 with questions or to sign up.
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Check out these COVE and SHOP events | |
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Cowell & Stevenson Presents:
Black History Month Celebration
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Come celebrate with us! We would especially love to see you for Honoring Black Lives: A Candlelight Vigil, this event will be held on the first of the month to kick off the month long celebration. Or if you love music and dancing join us alongside Dandha Da Hora for a conversation of Afro-Brazilian History!
We are also honored that student leaders alongside Dr. John Brown Childs will be presenting a community dialogue; "Transcommunality & Wakanda Forever".
Attached you will find our flyers, we are hoping you can help share and promote! For questions or accessibility needs feel free to contact Christina Audas.
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STEM Hub’s Self-Care Workshop:
Are You Surviving or Thriving?
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The STEM Hub is hosting a self-care and personal wellness workshop on February 7th from 5:30-7:00 PM
in the STEM Hub.
The deadline to RSVP is February 1st by 5pm
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Undergrad Activism: The Housing Crisis | |
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Join us on February 2nd for a panel-style conversation with the Student Housing Coalition, a student-led organization working to create solutions to Santa Cruz county's housing crisis. Guests will hear how these undergrad activists are advancing social justice at the campus, county, and state level. Panelists will also discuss the challenges that student housing activists face, as well as the power held by a community movement led by undergraduates."
Social Justice Issues Colloquium is a 1-unit discussion-based course surrounding different aspects of social justice and critical service learning adapted from (H)ACER’s Alternative Spring Break. Students will listen to guest speakers from Santa Cruz County and their work surrounding local social justice efforts and movements regarding the housing crisis, environmental justice, and cultural organizing. This class will allow students to increase their own conceptions and understandings of their identities, and learn effective communication skills through meaningful discussions.
For more information contact Clarissa Guevarra at cgguevar@ucsc.edu
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Our list of partners and accomplices continues to grow, to save some space in QConnect we've linked the images below to different campus resources. Click on the images to learn more! | |
Womxn's Center new FREE PRINTING PROGRAM! | |
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UCSC Affiliated Recovery Meetings | |
Contact Jorge Bru at jbru@ucsc.edu or 831-459-1417 to learn more about these recovery meetings, to get support starting a UCSC affiliated recovery meeting or to update your UCSC affiliated recovery meeting's information. | |
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Be gentle with yourselves...as Audre Lorde reminds us, self-care is part of the revolution!
Here are off-campus resources for anyone in crisis.
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