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UCSB'S STUDENT HOUSING CRISIS IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, & HEALTH

 

UCSB’s Blum Center Student Leader Team and the Environmental Justice Alliance (EJA) are co-sponsoring an Isla Vista Housing Information and Q&A Session to address public safety and health concerns amidst an era of Climate Change. This event is part of broader series of workshops and forums stemming from our People’s Guide to UCSB’s Housing Crisis that is dedicated to addressing the crisis of affordable housing affecting our campus and surrounding community.

Date & Time: Monday, April 21st from 4-6pm

Location: McCune Conference Room, HSSB

COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS CALL FOR PROPOSALS

We are pleased to announce that our annual Cooperative Economics Call for Proposals is NOW OPEN. This funding supports research projects that engage with cooperative economic methods for UCSB undergraduate/graduate students and faculty. Access the Funding section of our website for application and Zoom Info Session details.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 30th

Next Zoom Info Session: Monday, April 14th @1pm

WINTER 2025 NEWSLETTER

The Winter Quarter newsletter spotlights the Blum Center's recent developments in addressing poverty, inequality, and democracy. The newsletter covers several key updates: the publication and release of our Equity Matters 2024 report, housing advocacy efforts across campus and the wider Santa Barbara community, the Associated Students' Housing Bill calling for increased transparency on forthcoming campus housing projects and updates to Phase II and Ocean Road housing construction, opportunities to join our housing committees, and the opening of our Cooperative Economics Call for Proposals.

To access the newsletter, please use this link.

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Event Archive

PISJ Minor Capstone Project Presentations Today at 4pm
  1. June 12, 2023 - 4:00pm
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Featuring UCSB Student & Faculty Central Coast Regional Equity & Cooperative Economics
  1. May 22, 2023 - 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Cooperative Economics Workshop, Friday March 10th @12:30pm
  1. March 10, 2023 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice
  1. September 29, 2022 - 12:00pm
  2. September 30, 2022 - 12:00am to October 1, 2022 - 12:00am
Happy Juneteenth
  1. June 19, 2022 - 12:00am
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  1. June 14, 2022 - 12:00am to June 30, 2022 - 11:45pm
May 16th: Cooperative Economics Symposium
  1. May 16, 2022 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Pop-Up Discussion: Scott Ellsworth's The Ground Breaking on Monday, May 9th @5pm, Girvetz Hall, Rm. 2320
  1. May 9, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
2nd Blum Center Housing Crisis Workshop, Thursday April 28th @5:30-7pm on Zoom
  1. April 28, 2022 - 5:30pm
April 27th: Advancing Equity and Justice in California's Central Coast
  1. April 27, 2022 - 3:30pm

News Archive

2025

UCSB'S STUDENT HOUSING CRISIS IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, & HEALTH
April 15, 2025 - 10:23am
COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS CALL FOR PROPOSALS
April 3, 2025 - 10:58am
WINTER 2025 NEWSLETTER
March 19, 2025 - 3:19pm
NEW REPORT: EQUITY MATTERS 2024
March 6, 2025 - 11:41am
Discussion: J. Mijin Cha, "Energy Equity for All: What do Central Coast Workers & Communities Need to Thrive?"
February 3, 2025 - 1:36pm

2024

Dr. U.S. Awasthi Receives the 2024 Rochdale Pioneer Award in Cooperative Economics
December 11, 2024 - 10:41am
2024 FALL QUARTER NEWSLETTER
December 6, 2024 - 12:04pm
NOW HIRING: BLUM CENTER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR
November 8, 2024 - 11:18am
Now Hiring: Blum Center Executive Director
June 12, 2024 - 3:06pm
BLUM CENTER ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
May 13, 2024 - 11:10pm
May 14th - Renters' Crisis Housing Forum
May 6, 2024 - 7:54pm
April 26th - Cooperative Economics Workshop
April 24, 2024 - 6:39pm
April 18th - DISCUSSION: End Poverty in California (EPIC)
April 5, 2024 - 1:54pm
April 16th - Screening documentary POVERTY & POWER
April 5, 2024 - 12:42pm
2024 WINTER QUARTER NEWSLETTER
March 20, 2024 - 4:00pm