The Kresge Multicultural Education Committee (KMEC) strives to provide a safe and inclusive space for students to share each other’s culture.
Our meetings are from 7-8:30pm Wednesday nights in the Kresge Student Lounge.
12/12/2019
Pay graduate students a living wage!!
UC Santa Cruz grad students on grading strike over pay raise, university says action is illegal "We only have one demand. An ongoing payment of every graduate student that would bring us out of rent burden and wage parity at UC Riverside."
12/01/2019
11/21/2019
TDOR In Memoriam We remember the names of the transgender people whose lives have been lost to anti-trangender violence over the years.
11/01/2019
Día de los Difuntos is in ONE DAY!!! Join us Friday for tamales, pan dulce, aguas frescas, dancing, and more at the Porter/Kresge Dining Hall (8:30-11pm)!! Let’s celebrate the legacies and stories of our family members, friends, and past loved ones together, to always remember and honor how much our chosen families have meant to us 💖
And a big thank you to and for helping us put on this event!
05/12/2019
Photos from Kresge Presents PRIDE 2019
May 11, 2019
*please send us a message if there is a photo you want taken down*
05/08/2019
PRIDE is happening this Saturday May 11! Our guest speaker this year is ✨Yosimar Reyes✨!! He will be speaking at the start of the festival in Kresge Lower Street🎉
PRIDE 2019, Saturday May 11
March starts in the Quarry Plaza at 12pm
Festival starts in Kresge Lower Street at 2pm
Email us at [email protected] for questions/accommodations
About Yosimar Reyes
Yosimar Reyes is a nationally-acclaimed Poet and Public Speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work. The Advocate named Reyes one of "13 LGBT Latinos Changing the World" and Remezcla included Reyes on their list of "10 Up And Coming Latinx Poets You Need To Know."
His first collection of poetry, For Colored Boys Who Speak Softly… was self-published after a collaboration with the legendary Carlos Santana. His work has also been published in various online journals and books including Mariposas: An Anthology of Q***r Modern Latino Poetry (Floricanto Press), Q***r in Aztlán: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out (Cognella Press), and the forthcoming Joto: An Anthology of Q***r Xicano & Chicano Poetry (Kórima Press). Reyes was featured in the Documentary, "2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry."
He is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow as well as the recipient of the Undocupoets Fellowship. Reyes previously served as Artist-in-Residence at the media and culture organization, Define American.
Reyes has toured and presented at university campuses across the United States. He is currently working on his one-man show, "Prieto," to premiere in the near future. Reyes holds a B.A in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
04/10/2019
Hello everyone!
This years Pride will be on May 11, 2019. The march will start at 12pm Quarry and the festival will begin at 2pm Lower Street!🎉
Sign up to table: https://forms.gle/9TYvaNhJ37QhL8Pf6
Sign up to volunteer: https://forms.gle/NLuk9YfpgfqewpSe7
More information to come! Email us at [email protected] for questions/accommodations
01/17/2019
Come help plan Pride! Meetings are Wednesdays in the Kresge Student Lounge, Pride Planning starts !
For more info email [email protected]
10/11/2018
Come join us in celebrating National Coming Out Day at Kresge Upper Street from 12-3pm, whether you're only out to yourself or out to everyone! We'll be making buttons✨
10/03/2018
Our first meeting is today at 7pm in the Kresge Student Lounge! Bring a mug for tea☕
05/17/2018
10 (Un)documented Black And LGBTQIA+ Activists You Need To Know - BGD Growing up Black, q***r, and undocumented in the United States was an isolating and frightening experience for me.