What Could UCSC Be By 2050?
What Could UCSC Be By 2050?
Civic Imagination Project
Monday, May 11, 2026 5:30 – 8:00 PM Cultural Center at Merrill, UC Santa Cruz
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About the Event
Join us for a campus-wide civic imagination event to envision the future of UC Santa Cruz. Share your ideas for what UCSC could become by 2050, hear from fellow students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and help shape a collective vision for our university’s next quarter century.
This interactive event is part of the What Could UCSC Be By 2050? project, a community listening initiative using facilitated dialogue, the open-source Pol.is platform, and AI-assisted synthesis to surface shared priorities and meaningful differences across our campus community.
Free dinner from India Joze is included with registration. Open to all UCSC students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
What to Expect
This is a participatory event — not a lecture. You’ll have the chance to submit your own ideas about UCSC’s future, vote on proposals from other community members, and join facilitated conversations about the themes that emerge. Whether you care about sustainability, housing, curriculum, campus culture, research, or something else entirely, your perspective matters.
All responses in the Pol.is conversation are anonymous. No one can see who submitted, agreed with, or disagreed with any idea. The more people participate, the clearer the picture becomes.
Campus Units & Student Organizations
Interested in tabling at the event? We’re inviting UCSC campus units and student organizations to set up a table and connect with attendees. Fill out the form below to reserve your spot.
Part of the 2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
This event is part of the 2026 Right Livelihood International Conference at UC Santa Cruz. If you’re interested in more opportunities to get involved, join us on Friday, May 15 for the Global Open Space — a day of participant-led dialogues about what matters to you, open to the entire campus community.
Co-Sponsors: UCSC Right Livelihood Center · UCSC Foundation
Contact: rightlivelihood@ucsc.edu