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The People of Color Sustainability Collective hosts events that build community and create spaces for students, staff, and faculty to engage in critical dialogues about the intersections between race, ethnicity, class, gender, culture, and the environment.

2023 BIPOC Outdoors Hike #1

The People of Color Sustainability Collective (PoCSC), El Centro, and Undocumented Student Services (USS) will be hosting a ‘BIPOC Outdoors Hike’ at Natural Bridges State Park on Sunday, Nov.19th, 2023 from 12:00-2:00pm!

*The hike will begin at 12pm sharp!

Join us for a short hike with beautiful views, butterflies, reflection, community building, snacks, & nature journaling (FREE journals & snacks provided)!
*Bring comfortable shoes & BYOWB: Bring your own water bottle!

RSVP Here: bit.ly/bipoc-outdoors1

Transportation Info:
🌱If you have your own form of transportation (metro 20 bus or personal car) - meet at the Natural Bridges parking lot @ 11:50AM.
Swipe for more details on parking available at Natural Bridges!

🌱If you are in need of transportation - RSVP asap to reserve a spot & meet at the Quarry Plaza rock @ 11:20am. We will be providing 12 seats!
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For any questions or concerns please contact the PoCSC team at pocsc@ucsc.edu or direct message us on Instagram: @pocsustainability

'Fall Garden Tour' + 'Slugs in the Sun After-Party' (October 8th, 2023):

We invited students and community members to a walking tour around all of the six gardens at each UCSC college! Then, we hosted a 'Slugs in the Sun' After-Party event with delicious food and fun activities such as frisbee, community painting, bubble-making, and much more at Oakes Lower Lawn. Starting Fall 2023, we aim to host this event annually every Fall Quarter!

Below check out our latest events that have been published on our Youtube page!

Fixit Clinic x PoCSC: Building a Reparative Future (May 13th, 2021):

We invited Peter Mui, the founder of Fixit Clinic, to share his work and vision moving us to a circular economy of repair. As scholar-activists in environmental justice, PoCSC interns helped facilitate a conversation with Peter on the implications of mass disposability. Together, we shared ideas of how to better implement a reparative culture on UCSC campus and beyond.

Leaders4EARTH x PoCSC: Agriculture and Environmental Justice in the Salinas Valley (May 20th, 2021):

This event draws from the leadership of high school youth in Salinas Valley who used their knowledge of social and environmental justice to ask farmers questions about food, health, environment, and equity. As panelists, Salinas Valley farmers shared their experiences navigating employment within CA's agricultural system. This event was originally in Spanish but this recording is the Spanish-to-English translation available.

AARCC x PoCSC: Plastic Justice with Kristal Ambrose (May 25th, 2021):

'Plastic Justice' was a webinar-style event open to the broader community. We screened a short documentary that features the Bahamas Plastic Movement and Ambrose's motivations for keeping her communities, as well as the ocean, clean. Ambrose gave us a presentation explaining her process of founding BPM and her ongoing PhD research on ocean plastic. AARCC and PoCSC grad student interns, Breanna Byrd and Chris Lang, facilitated a dialogue with Kristal Ambrose to connect the dots between plastic and climate justice and think through the uneven, racial, and transnational impacts of mass consumerism. We intermittently included Q&A from the audience.

Below you can check out more past event flyers! If you have any ideas for events you'd like to see happen, let us know -- We would love to hear from you!