UC San Diego: Raza Resource Centro Newsletter The Raza Resource Centro is currently: CLOSED.

December 16th, 2020

RRC STAFF Gerardo Arellano (Director) gearellano@ucsd.edu Claudia Martinez (Assistant Director) claudiamartinez@ucsd.edu Omar Padilla (Associate Director) o1padilla@ucsd.edu Alison Salgado Ruiz (Student Life Development Specialist) alsalgadoruiz@ucsd.edu Helpful Links RRC Homepage Equity, Diversity & Inclusion UCSD Scholarships COMUNIDAD, Bienvenidxs! Welcome to Finals Week!  We are here at the end of the quarter! We hope Fall Quarter has treated you all well and wish you all luck in your finals! Congratulations to everyone who has already finished!! Have a fun and safe break, see you all next quarter! We hope to be able to see some of you at some of the upcoming events below if not until next quarter. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to one of our staff members. Let us know what support looks like in this new virtual environment. Con Paz, Raza Resource Centro Team

Upcoming Raza Resource Centro Events Virtual Programming

Join us every Friday from 12pm to 2 p.m. for a community space dedicated to coaching, advising, and mentoring scholars through the writing process of framing a competitive research abstract, applying to scholarships, internships, and fellowships. Questions? Contact Omar Padilla, RRC Associate Director of Academic Initiatives at o1padilla@ucsd.edu.

Schedule a 1:1 Consulta Appointment with a Learning Specialist by looking at our Consultas Calendar at bit.ly/2QzpGF6

Upcoming RRC Student Organization Affiliate Events/Programs Virtual Programming

Upcoming Community Center Events Virtual Programming

Join the Women's Center for Women Writing History: A Coronavirus Journaling Project, inspired by the National Women's History Museum's Women Writing History Project. We invite women, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people in the UC San Diego community to journal and share their experiences of life during the pandemic. Follow us on our project Instagram @ucsdwcjournal for daily journaling prompts and to stay connected to the project. Register for the project here: https://tinyurl.com/wcwritinghistory The ITRC looks forward to partnering with the UCSD Collegiate Recovery Program. They provide safe space and supportive community for students in recovery or seeking recovery from addiction. Students at any stage of recovery and at any point in their academic journeys are welcome. Students can engage with other UCSD students, come to a support group meetings, attend a sober social event or just get in the loop about volunteer opportunities and upcoming activities.

Upcoming Campus Updates Events & Resources

Sign up to find out more about CALPIRG Students’ remote internships and volunteer opportunities. CALPIRG Students is a student organization here that works to protect the environment, fight hunger and homelessness, and promote civic engagement. This year we are proud to have received the 2020 American Climate Leadership Award, and we just worked with the UCs to release new policy to phase out nonessential single-use plastics across all 10 campuses and protect our oceans! Learn skills, build your resume, and work with issues that matter. Apply today. Event Page Link: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ucsd-calpirg-interest-form/?source=WomensCenterListServ Contact information for further inquiries: Veronika Michels, CALPIRG Campus Organizer, UCSD vmichels@calpirgstudents.org

Opportunities Research, Scholarships & Internships

Campus Planning, Transportation Services, and the Young Planners’ Society would like to invite you to join our University Center Interim Mobility Plan Urban Design Challenge! The Urban Design Challenge will run from October through December and will generate ideas to create an Interim Mobility Plan for the University Center. Visit urbandesignchallenge.ucsd.edu for more information. In preparation for the kick-off of the Urban Design Challenge 2020, we are working to gather data from any experiences you’ve had in our study area. Fill it out at this link: tinyurl.com/udcsurvey2020 Event Page Link:  https://plandesignbuild.ucsd.edu/news/challenge.html If you have any questions, please visit urbandesignchallenge.ucsd.edu or contact urbandesignchallenge@ucsd.edu Undergraduates click here to see all these scholarship opportunities! The annual UJIMA Black History Month Scholarship is an award (up to $2,500) given annually to currently enrolled, full-time undergraduate students at UC San Diego, who submit work that recognizes the academic and creative achievement of African Americans, their history and culture through a research paper, publicly presented creative work, or presentation.

Graduates click here to see all these scholarship opportunities! Apply for CHCI's 2021-2022 Fellowship Programs! Application deadline: Jan.15, 2021 Interested in making an impact on your community and the nation? Want to work on public policy with the people making it happen every day, explore new ways to apply your expertise, expand your network and grow as a leader? Apply today for CHCI's D.C.-based immersive Fellowship Programs! For Current Undergraduate Students: Apply to CHCI's Congressional Internship Program! Deadline: Fall 2021 – February 15, 2021

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