UCSD Intertribal Resource Center

The 2025 UC San Diego Annual Powwow Princess application is NOW OPEN! 👑
📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025
This is your chance to be a leader, share your culture, and inspire others as a symbol of pride and unity.
🔹 Eligibility:
-Member or lineal descendant of a Native American tribe (must provide proof)
-Must be 17-25 years of age on the day of the powwow
-Must be a current student (high school or college) in good standing
-Must be knowledgeable about tribal traditions and powwow protocol
-May not be a UCSD Student due to payment policies
🔹 What You’ll Get: A unique opportunity to serve your community, gain leadership experience, and represent UC San Diego at events.
🔗 How to Apply: Visit HTTPS://LINKTR.EE/UCSD_ITRC to complete your application!

It’s (almost) Powwow time! Save the Date for UCSD’s 13th Annual Powwow on Sunday May 18th, 2025! Updated flyer and more information coming soon!

Apply to become a mentee in our Kinship Mentors Program! This program hopes to pair incoming first-year and transfer students with experienced students for the academic year as part of our kinship focused programming at the Intertribal Resource Center. Peer Kinship Mentors will assist incoming student mentees during their transition to UCSD and help connect them to campus resources. The program will also incorporate Native American and Indigenous cultural approaches to mentoring and programming. Incoming students will have the opportunity to have regular meetings with their mentors, connect with Native American and Indigenous faculty and staff, and attend culturally focused programs and events.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/i61S5kTHYJYZf8ER9

The Kumeyaay Heritage Preservation Committee (KHPC)'s Ocean Gathering event will be June 21-23 at Silver Strand State Beach, Coronado, CA.

The UCSD School of Medicine will be hosting the 9th Annual American Indians Accessing Health Professions Program. The program will feature health professionals from Stanford, Kaiser, UCSF, UCLA & other programs. The deadline to apply is June 21.

Important announcement from the UCSD Intertribal Resource Center & Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance regarding our 2024 UC San Diego Powwow. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

🌊❕Are you a student who loves California’s coast and ocean? Then keep reading for an AMAZING sponsorship opportunity courtesy of 🌊❕

CA Ocean Day on May 7th, 2024 in Sacramento, CA is an annual lobby day which brings together ocean advocates, marine scientists, and California decisionmakers. Coach Jules Jackson of the Coastal Defenders has generously offered to sponsor ONE student for the CA Ocean Day lobbying at the State Capitol in Sacramento! Interested? Email [email protected] for more information by April 1st!

More information about the Coastal Defenders and CA Ocean Day:
https://coastaldefenders.org/
https://californiaoceanday.org/

⚠️Finals Refuel Event happening Week 10⚠️ On Monday, March 10th we will be having 📚study hours/study jam 📚during our usual hours (10am-4pm) at the ITRC (SSC room #187)!

There will be Einstein bagels and coffee! We will also be having 📦Finals Care Packages 📦! Get ready for finals week and come join us! 😊

We were heartbroken and devastated to learn about the death of Nex Benefict, a Choctaw nonbinary teen whose life was taken in Oklahoma. We are partnering with CAPS and LGBTRC to offer a community space for healing and grieving. The space will be facilitated by CAPS, LGBTRC, and ITRC staff.

To our community members who are struggling and have been impacted by this senseless tragedy, we are here to support you. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to ITRC staff or CAPS (24/7 line: 858-534-3755).

Happy Black History Month! The ITRC is proud to announce our new social media takeover: Celebrating Black Native & Afro-Indigenous Relatives Series! For the rest of February, we will be highlighting Black Native individuals to share their story of what it means to be a part of the Black and Native American communities.

This week’s feature is Kara Roselle Smith! Swipe through to read and learn more about her 🪶