UCI Public Policy Student Association

Join us for a virtual happy hour tomorrow ✨7 PM-8 PM

Registration is still open! Join us tomorrow at 6pm to hear MPP Alumni share their career paths & experience in the MPP Program! Link in bio to RSVP & submit questions

Please join us for PPSA’s first professional development event of fall quarter! Meet UCI MPP alumni who will share their very own experiences in the public policy field! 🗓📍Thursday, October 21st, at 6:00 PM

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🎓CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UCI M.P.P. CLASS OF 2021! 🎓
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No words can truly express how thankful we are to have met you all over the last two years! This is your moment, so go out and do good!
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And finally, to leave you with one last quote….

“It’s not about how fast I get there. it’s not about what’s waiting on the other side…. It’s the climb”
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Between the cost of tuition, rent, and dealing with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity is becoming way too familiar for undergraduate and graduate students.

To help address the issue of hunger and food insecurity that graduate students face on UCI's campus - the UCI Public Policy Student Association and the UCI MPP Alumni Association have put together a list of some local resources to help ensure that no student goes to bed hungry.

Check out our website to find direct links to a few trusted local and state organizations and resources - along with descriptions of provided services.

If you require further assistance or would like to share additional resources with us, please fill out the request form on our located on our resource webpage or feel free to reach out to any PPSA board member.



Link to resources:

Student Resources | PPSA @ UCI Over the past several years, food insecurity and hunger have become a growing problem for students and college campuses across the nation.2 Between the cost of tuition, rent, and dealing with the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity is becoming way too familiar for undergraduate...

Did you know that the food served in prison has become an additional form of punishment for people who are currently incarcerated, and that it continues to punishes those who have experienced incarceration even after they are released?

More often than not, this additional form of punishment has serious impacts on physical health, mental well-being, and sense of human dignity last long after a sentence has been served.

PPSA would like to congratulate Heile Gantan, a first-year MPP student at UCI, for joining Farm to Institution New England to take part in very special panel discussion on the Prison Food Experience - uncovering the depths of the impacts of eating in confinement, the relationship between food and trauma, and the connection between food and substance use.

🏡🏡🏡Interested in Health and Housing Policy?!?! STOP SCROLLING!!! 🏡🏡🏡

We are so excited to announce that we have partnered with American Family Housing - along with the UCI Master of Public Policy Program and the UCI School of Social Ecology - to bring together experts to discuss the integration of health and housing. With housing as a clear social determinant of health, we must rethink ways to provide access to quality housing with an increased component of health.

Join our conversation on Friday, April 16th. Featured speakers include Richard Sanchez, CalOptima; George Searcy, Jamboree Housing, Senator Josh Newman. Our Keynote Speaker: Dr. Margot Kushel of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and the Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative. Plus stay tuned as we announce our Second Panel: "Practical Experience and Applications." ⠀
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This event is FREE to the public.

RSVP Link: http://ow.ly/YyJq50DXBW4
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Speaker Bios: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zZJ_p_7yPxd11Sa-CzV1XMCyn4uwWud/view

Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. Everyday.

the limits of the past and stand up with PPSA to celebrate the amazing women - past and present - who have dedicated their lives to paving the pathway to a more inclusive future for ALL.

WANNA WIN A $20 TARGET GIFT CARD?!?!? 🤑🤑🤑

Help up celebrate the end of Winter Quarter with a very special PPSA SPIRIT WEEK! Put on your favorite PJs, Disney/Marvel wear, and bring you pet (or plant) to class for a chance to be featured on our Instagram page and be entered to win a $20 Target Gift Card.

Winners will be announced during our Spirit Week HAPPY HOUR on March 5th, 2021 at 6 PM via ZOOM! Please see rules and regulations for more info on how to win.

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