UC San Diego:
Raza Resource Centro Newsletter

The Raza Resource Centro is currently:
CLOSED.
November 4th, 2020
RRC STAFF
Gerardo Arellano
(Director)

Claudia Martinez
(Assistant Director)

Omar Padilla
(Associate Director)

Alison Salgado Ruiz
(Student Life Development Specialist) alsalgadoruiz@ucsd.edu
COMUNIDAD,
Bienvenidxs!
Welcome to Week 5!

We hope you are all doing well and wish you all luck in advance for the second round of midterms! We hope to be able to see some of you at some of the upcoming events below.

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
RRC Student Organization Affiliate Spotlight
Virtual Programming
Upcoming RRC Student Organization Affiliate Events/Programs
Virtual Programming
This great opportunity is brought to you by our affiliate, Gamma Zeta Alpha. First year/ first year transfer students should email nuacademics.gammas@gmail.com for the official application question/requirements.
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.
Join us (virtually) for conversations about our experiences as Black women & femmes and connect with others on campus. We will meet even week Thursdays from 3:30-5:00pm; stop by when you can and stay for as long as you want. Register at tinyurl.com/bwcwc2020

The zoom link will be shared shortly before the program begins. For more information please contact. Cat Thompson, Ph.D at cathompson@ucsd.edu. 
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:
Contact information for further inquiries: Veronika Michels, CALPIRG Campus Organizer, UCSD
Register your event at: TINYURL.COM/NAHMEVENTS2020
Library De-Stress Activities: https://library.ucsd.edu/visit/de-stress.html

Virtual Library Resources during COVID: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/ask-us/services-during-covid-19.html
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: 
If you have any questions, please visit urbandesignchallenge.ucsd.edu or contact urbandesignchallenge@ucsd.edu
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. 
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