Center for Racial Justice

Established in 2018, the Center for Racial Justice (CRJ) brings students, faculty, local community members, and invited guests together around the work of racial justice. Our work is grounded in a commitment to structural transformation and grassroots change on the UC Santa Cruz campus, throughout the state of California, and beyond. On a campus where, since 2008, a majority of undergraduates have been students of color, the CRJ addresses persistent student demand and institutional need for a central arena of study and collective organizing on racism and structural injustice. During this budgetary crisis and heightened state violence, our communities are most vulnerable.

We kindly ask for your support in helping us continue to do this work.

In the face of a systemwide budget crisis, attacks on ethnic studies and public education, and federal repression, the CRJ is committed to life-affirming community organizing and political education. We need your help to continue sustaining this work. Consider donating today! Contributions will go toward events and programming, general operating costs, honorariums, stipends, and more.