• Beyond Men & Masculinity: Film Screening & Conversation

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    As part of Sexual Assault Awareness & Action Month (SAAM), join CARE & The Cantú for dinner and a screening of Beyond Men & Masculinity. After the film, we’ll have guided conversation and crafting! Dinner provided, and no RSVP required! For questions or accommodations, please email CARE or The Cantú Center. You Belong Here: The […]

  • Planting Oceania and Healing Communities

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Planting Oceania is a Oceanian/Indigenous Pacific Islander community organization that plants traditional foods in two gardens located at Filoli Historic House and Gardens in Woodside and at the UC Giltract Farms in Albany. Members of Planting Oceania will share stories about growing plants and stewarding the Land as an important cultural practice for building Oceania/Pacific […]

  • Ways to Wellness

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center on Wednesday 3/4 from 5:30-7:00pm at Namaste Lounge to learn about Tai Chi and Yoga, as we highlight Asian wellness tools that can be used to help relieve stress and discuss how cultural wellness practices can help us connect to our communities. Feel free to bring your own yoga mat, towel, or blanket! RSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-wellness […]

  • Reframing the STEM Classroom: Justice as Pedagogical Practice

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In this conversation, Jabari Jones, Emily Murai, and Kriti Sharma reflect on their experiences integrating justice into teaching and curriculum design. They discuss why this work is critical for STEM fields and share lessons learned, concrete approaches, and the institutional and disciplinary transformations needed for justice to become core pedagogy across fields. Click here for additional […]

  • Fetishized Book Talk with author Kaila Yu

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join AA/PIRC on Wednesday, February 18th from 5-7pm at Namaste Lounge for a conversation with Kaila Yu, former model and author of Fetishized, to discuss her experience being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contribute to the oversexualization of Asian women. AA/PIRC will be giving out 20 copies of Fetishized at our event, where you […]

  • Meet a Roomie: College Nine/John R. Lewis

    Meet a Roomie
    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Looking for roommates for next year? Hoping to add a roommate to a group or to join a group? Attend a Meet a Roomie event to connect with other continuing students who are interested in living in the College Nine or John R. Lewis College communities for the 2026-27 academic year. This is a casual, […]

  • Decolonizing Education with Annamarie Chavez

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join our conversation with, fourth-year UCSC student Annamarie Chavez as she aims to spread awareness around colonial practices within higher educational systems like universities while challenging those institutions to bring indigenous perspectives and practices to the forefront.

    Free
  • IEW Kickoff Fair

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

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  • Bring Them Home: Film Screening

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for a special screening of Bring Them Home—a powerful documentary by Thunderheart Films about the Blackfeet Nation’s buffalo program and its role in restoring culture, healing generational trauma, and reconnecting people, animals, and the land. Enjoy free food and beverages, a raffle, and community conversation following the film. RSVP in advance. You Belong […]

  • “Bring Them Home” Screening

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    The American Indian Resource Center will be screening "Bring Them Home" at the Namaste Lounge this November 7th. "Bring Them Home" is more than a film; it is a movement aimed at raising awareness around the Blackfeet's buffalo program, a cornerstone in their fight against the lingering shadows of colonization, oppression, and trauma. Through this […]

  • Bridging Practices: Deepening Collaboration in Community-engaged Research and IRB Process

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Building on last April’s Bridging Perspectives: Navigating Community-Engaged Research and IRB Requirements, this Building Practices colloquium event continues the conversation between researchers, administrators, and the IRB with a focus on answering the pressing questions raised by our community. Together, we will explore: Involving undergraduates in community-engaged research Navigating IRB requirements in ways that respect cultural, social, […]