Changemakers with Dr. Cornel West
May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Free
We are engaging education and we are honored to host Dr Cornell West as a Keynote speaker for this year’s Changemakers: Resisting Hopelessness, Shaping Our Future Through Love!
This event will take place on:
Date & Time: Thursday May 21st, 2026
Doors open: 6:30pm
Location: Merrill Cultural Center
In order to attend the event all participants must RSVP!
RSVP by: Thursday, May 21st at 3pm
engaging education (e²) is a student initiated outreach and retention center at UCSC for student engagement and academic excellence. e² provides a supportive and dynamic space for programming that addresses the low rates of recruitment, retention and graduation that historically underrepresented and under resourced communities face within higher education.
A respected leader and intellectual, Dr. West is currently the Bonhoffer chair and professor at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He is dedicated to engaging diverse audiences and advancing the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a focus on truth-telling and the pursuit of love and justice.
This event is sponsored by:
Arab Student Union, Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APISA), Bayanihan, Black Student Union, Hermanas Unidas, MEChA de UCSC, South American Student Association, The CoCo, Cultural
Arts & Diversity Resource Center, Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), Student Media Council, Student Union Governance Board (SUGB), SUA Office of the Chair, SUA Office of Internal Affairs, SUA
Office of Academic Affairs, African American Resource Cultural Center, Lionel Cantú Queer Center, College 9, John R. Lewis College, Crown College, Merrill College, Stevenson College, The History of Consciousness Department, The Politics Department, The Sociology Department, The Institute for Social Transformation, & The Committee on Ethnic Programming (CEP).
Arts & Diversity Resource Center, Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), Student Media Council, Student Union Governance Board (SUGB), SUA Office of the Chair, SUA Office of Internal Affairs, SUA
Office of Academic Affairs, African American Resource Cultural Center, Lionel Cantú Queer Center, College 9, John R. Lewis College, Crown College, Merrill College, Stevenson College, The History of Consciousness Department, The Politics Department, The Sociology Department, The Institute for Social Transformation, & The Committee on Ethnic Programming (CEP).
We will be giving away 15 SIGNED COPIES of Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr’s book in a randomized drawing.
You Belong Here: This program is open to all and designed to be inclusive, accessible, and welcoming. Learn more at: bit.ly/dsas_youbelonghere. If there are any questions or accommodations needed please contact: engaging@ucsc.edu
We look forward to seeing you there!Thank you,
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