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SUMMARY:2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Right Livelihood International Conference is a five-week global conference exploring how education can strengthen democracy\, collective intelligence\, and just futures. Bringing together Right Livelihood Laureates\, students\, faculty\, and community partners across continents\, the conference combines asynchronous learning with participatory dialogue and collaborative action. Rather than advocating specific outcomes\, the conference positions education as a democratic practice and the Right Livelihood College as a steward of dialogue\, student voice\, and long-term institutional learning. \nRegistration is free and open to the public. Sign up to receive conference updates\, session links\, and participation opportunities.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/2026-right-livelihood-international-conference/
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SUMMARY:What Could UCSC Be By 2050?
DESCRIPTION:What Could UCSC Be By 2050? \nCivic Imagination Project \nMonday\, May 11\, 2026 5:30 – 8:00 PM Cultural Center at Merrill\, UC Santa Cruz \nRegister for the Event | Learn About the Project \n\nAbout the Event \nJoin 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. \nThis 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. \nFree dinner from India Joze is included with registration. Open to all UCSC students\, faculty\, staff\, and alumni. \nWhat to Expect \nThis 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. \nAll 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. \nCampus Units & Student Organizations \nInterested 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. \nRequest a Table \nPart of the 2026 Right Livelihood International Conference \nThis 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. \nCo-Sponsors: UCSC Right Livelihood Center · UCSC Foundation · Institute for Social Transformation \nContact: rightlivelihood@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/what-could-ucsc-be-by-2050/
LOCATION:Cultural Center – Merrill College\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Building Belonging Program Student Showcase 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Institute for Social Transformation’s annual student showcase\, celebrating the incredible work of our Building Belonging Fellows! This special event highlights the achievements of undergraduate research fellows. Each student will give a 2-minute lightning talk about a research project they worked on with a Social Sciences faculty mentor. \nThe event will be held in person on Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026\, from 3:00–5:00 p.m. in the Seymour Center La Feliz Room\, followed by an outdoor reception with light refreshments on the Oceanview Terrace from 5:00–5:30 p.m. \nAll are welcome—students\, faculty\, staff\, family\, and friends—we look forward to celebrating together! \nRSVP HERE \nSponsored by:\nThe Institute for Social Transformation and the Division of Social Sciences \nFor questions\, you can reach us at transform@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/building-belonging-program-student-showcase-2026/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Privacy’s Defender: Fight Against Digital Surveillance with Cindy Cohn
DESCRIPTION:Privacy’s Defender\nElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Executive Director Cindy Cohn’s Journey Inside the Privacy Battles That Shaped Today’s Internet\nCindy Cohn has devoted her life to the fight for digital rights. She’s tangled with federal officials to keep our online conversations secure from the government’s prying eyes\, fought to ensure that you are told when your information has been turned over to the government\, and argued before judges to protect our right to speak and to share science and knowledge on the internet. \nIn Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance (MIT Press)\, Cindy weaves her own personal story with her role as a leading legal voice representing the rights and interests of technology users\, innovators\, whistleblowers\, and researchers during the Crypto Wars of the 1990s\, battles over NSA’s dragnet internet spying revealed in the 2000s\, and the fight against FBI gag orders. \nDuring this national book tour\, Cindy will be at UC Santa Cruz to give a book talk on May 19\, 2026 from 12:00-1:30 pm. \nFree and open to the public with registration.  \nRSVP HERE to attend in-person or on Zoom. \nIn-Person location: UCSC Humanities 1\, Room 210 (map link) \nVirtual: Zoom link will be sent separately \nCindy Cohn is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, which works to ensure that technology supports freedom\, justice and innovation for all the people of the world. Before becoming Executive Director a decade ago\, Cindy was the organization’s Legal Director from 2000-2015\, and led the organization’s impact litigation work on bringing balance to copyright law\, stopping mass spying and protecting freedom of expression online. She’s won many awards for her work and even more court decisions. \n \nUCSC co-sponsors: \nInstitute for Social Transformation\, The Humanities Institute\, Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas\, The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS)\, and the Security Research Lab.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/privacys-defender-fight-against-digital-surveillance-with-cindy-cohn/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Social Justice in Climate Finance Symposium
DESCRIPTION:December 4\, 2026 at UC Santa Cruz\nThe Social Justice in Climate Finance Symposium brings together global communities within and beyond academia to envision how to mobilize climate financing for the benefit of frontline communities. To meet our collective climate challenges\, we must reimagine how billions of dollars are invested into building resilient societies. We welcome climate and environmental justice leaders across sectors to propose their priorities and approaches for inclusive climate investments from public\, private\, and individual sources. The goal of the symposium is to identify pathways for adaptation and mitigation funding to protect and empower those experiencing the most acute climate impacts by aligning investment strategies with academic approaches and governmental policies\, while centering community voices. \nThe in-person\, one-day symposium at UC Santa Cruz will include two keynote addresses from Dave Jones\, former California Insurance Commissioner and a community leader to be identified through the nomination detailed process below (TBC). We will also feature presenters\, including local and global leaders from CBOs\, Environmental Justice (EJ) and Climate Justice (CJ) practitioners\, policymakers\, and academics. \nWe are currently accepting: \n\nNominations for keynote community speaker\nCall for presenters\n\nVisit our website to learn more \nSponsored by University of California Santa Cruz: Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN)\, Institute for Social Transformation\, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience\, and Center for Reimagining Leadership.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/social-justice-in-climate-finance-symposium/
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