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Students as Agents of Transformative Change Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis – Event 5

  • UC Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA, 95064 United States (map)

Register for either the limited-availability in-person event or the virtual event here: transform.ucsc.edu/john-lewis-college-event-series/

More than simply an institution of higher education, UC Santa Cruz has been a site of powerful student organizing and transformative engagement with the world, including struggles that have challenged the structural racism and neoliberalism of the institution itself. This event puts the spotlight on student organizers who catalyzed transformation in both the classroom and beyond.

Featured Speakers:

  • Elias Bautista

  • Chris Cuadrado

  • Mak Konefal

  • Ivan Vega

  • Ileana Waddy

Moderator:

  • Xavier Livermon

This event is sponsored by:

Center for Racial Justice | John R. Lewis College and College Nine | Institute for Social Transformation | Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | the Division of Social Sciences