2020 Small Grants Award Recipients

Contact
Sponsoring Unit
Project Title
RRi Areas of Emphasis
Adrienne Harrell
harrell@ucsc.edu
Learning & Development, Staff Human Resources
Engaging Senti-Pensante for Community Healing
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Amber Parker
ammparke@ucsc.edu
Student Health Center - Student Health Outreach and Promotion
Party Like a Slug’s Primer on Social Life at UCSC! (Alcohol and Other Drug Magazine)
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Aracely Aceves Lozano
aaceves5@ucsc.edu
EOP/USS
UndocuResilience
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Aysha Peterson, Clara Qin,
Justin Luong, Azucena Lucatero, Edith Gonzales, Chris Lang
kapeterson@ucsc.edu
Environmental Studies Department Diversity Committee
Students of color solidarity amidst pandemic-inspired anti-Asian racism
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Cassie Isaacson
clisaacs@ucsc.edu
Merrill College
How do I Tell My Family? A Resource for When Academics Don’t Go as Planned
Harnessing Strengths, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion
Erin Aiello
eaiello@ucsc.edu
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
#gradlife
Collective Care and Support, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging
Irene Reti
ihreti@ucsc.edu
University Library--Special Collections and Archives--Regional History Project
Witnessing and Documenting COVID-19 at UC Santa Cruz through Oral History
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Jemzi Ortiz-Franks
jortizfr@ucsc.edu
Resource Center
The Body, Mind and Spirit Connection: Health and Healing from a Native Perspective
Social and Healing Justice
Kirsten Rudestam
krudesta@ucsc.edu
Sociology
Resilience and Reconnection Workshops – Community, Belonging and Healing in Times of Uncertainty
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Ky Borunda
kborunda@ucsc.edu
Disability Resource Center
Queer, Trans, Disabled Resiliency Project
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Maya Wax Cavallaro
mwaxcava@ucsc.edu
Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP)
Recovery Discussions: Demystifying 12-step Recovery
Collective Care and Support, Community and Belonging
Nicole Hack
nhack@ucsc.edu
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Spotting the signs and creating a safe space: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging
NormaAlicia Pino
npino@ucsc.edu
Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Healing and Social Justice: Creating Critical Consciousness and Scholarship Supporting Wellness, Action, and Building Community
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Paulette Garcia Peraza
padegarc@ucsc.edu
Psychology Department
Women of Color CommUNITY Group
Collective Care and Support, Community and Belonging
Rebecca Covarrubias
rebeccac@ucsc.edu
Student Success Equity Research Center
Working toward educational equity: A student-led participatory action research project
Harnessing Strengths, Purposeful Action, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Regina Day Langhout
langhout@ucsc.edu
Psychology Department
Student Veterans and Critical Resilience
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Sage Alucero Juarez
anjjuare@ucsc.edu
LIONEL CANTÚ QUEER CENTER
Project Nourish: Self-Care Gardening Kits For Queer and Trans Students
Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice
Sylvanna Falcón
smfalcon@ucsc.edu
Research Center for the Americas in the Social Sciences Division
Resiliency Needs for Human Rights Research
Harnessing Strengths, Community and Belonging
Ursula Oberg
uoberg@ucsc.edu
Latin American and Latino Studies / Undergraduate Advising
LALS Community Arts Project
Harnessing Strengths, Collective Care and Support, Purposeful Action, Self-Compassion, Community and Belonging, Social and Healing Justice