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Philanthropy in action: Alumna Roberta Gordon invests in students for Earth’s future
Roberta Gordon bridges science, law, and philanthropy for environmental progress
UC Santa Cruz-based center leads system-wide commitment to White House food security initiative
The Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) at UC Santa Cruz will lead the University of California’s participation in the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities.
UC Santa Cruz will lead new systemwide basic needs consortium to bring together researchers and practitioners
UC Santa Cruz’s Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, and Participatory Governance will become the UC Santa Cruz Center for Economic Justice and Action, taking on a new leadership role in University of California basic needs efforts that enhance students’ access to food, housing, and other essential resources.
Santa Cruz County faces significant gap in food security, study finds
As the season of holiday feasting approaches, a new study reveals that Santa Cruz County residents who are most at risk of food insecurity may be missing an average of five meals a week.
Blum Scholars present preliminary results of community-based research
Four graduate students discussed their research on jail health care, Latina resistance, Central Valley youth, and feminism in the farmlands.
Reich delivers stinging indictment of ‘crony’ capitalism
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discussed the problems of contemporary capitalism and politics before a full house at the Rio Theatre Tuesday (April 5), an event hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Blum Center for Poverty, Social Enterprise and Participatory Governance.
Center updates
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Bioneers: The Dark Secret of Student Hunger: An Interview of Tim Galarneau of the University of California
Tim Galarneau serves as the essential needs training and education co-director for the UC Essential Needs Research, Training, and Promising Practices Consortium at the Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) at UC Santa Cruz. His work strives to advance systemwide basic needs efforts across campuses, intersegmental engagement, and nationally through Education and Training efforts.…
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Chancellor’s innovation awards honor excellence in research, creativity
April 15, 2024 By Sandra Messick, Rose Miyatsu, Emily Cerf UC Santa Cruz announced the recipients of the 2023 Chancellor’s Innovation Impact awards, recognizing the outstanding research and creativity taking place across the university. Awards for Innovator of the Year, Lifetime Achievement in Innovation, and Community Changemaker were presented at a celebration on April 11. The…
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UC Santa Cruz-based center leads system-wide commitment to White House food security initiative
February 29, 2024 By Allison Arteaga Soergel The Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) at UC Santa Cruz will lead the University of California’s participation in the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities. The challenge was a nationwide call for stakeholders across society to make commitments that could help to end hunger and…
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UC Santa Cruz will lead new systemwide basic needs consortium to bring together researchers and practitioners
November 16, 2023 By Allison Arteaga Soergel UC Santa Cruz’s Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, and Participatory Governance is being awarded $1.5 million annually from the UC Office of the President (UCOP) for the next five years to grow the center’s focus on students’ basic needs. The center will lead a new UC Essential Needs Research, Training,…
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Community-Engaged Research for Economic Justice: Reflections on Concepts and Practices (2023, September)
The growing practice of community-engaged research (CER) creates new opportunities for practitioners, both to affirm the importance of critical approaches to CER and to strengthen our work by reflecting on the concepts and practices of our research. We offer reflections on the meanings of “community,” “engagement,” and “research” in the context of on-the-ground community–university collaborations…