ACTIVATING COMMUNITIES THROUGH
INITIATIVE, VISION, & EMPOWERMENT
WHAT IS ACTIVE?
ACTIVE stands for Activating Communities Through Initiative, Vision and Empowerment. It is a two quarter 4-unit course through the UCI Cross Cultural Center in which students are trained to facilitate workshops centered on diversity, social justice, and critical consciousness.
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Winter Quarter is dedicated to learning social justice theory, history, and other related concepts on top of learning how to facilitate the offered workshops. In Spring Quarter, requests for workshops can be submitted for the ACTIVE students to facilitate.
THE CROSS CULTURAL CENTER
STUDENT ACTIVISM
Access to academic knowledge on activism, social justice, and systems of oppression can be difficult. With this website, the 2019 ACTIVE cohort hopes to create a resource not only for creating better access to ACTIVE workshops and information, but also for students looking to become more active and educated about social justice issues.
Established as a space for social-cultural support for students of color in 1974, the Cross Cultural Center was the first of its kind in the entire UC System. The Cross Cultural Center offers a wide variety of resources, programs, and involvement opportunities and is home to many of the student cultural organizations on campus.
ACTIVE is one of the several programs facilitated through the Cross Cultural Center. For more information, visit the Cross Cultural Center website.
SOCIAL
IDENTITIES
Run through an intro to identity, power, and privilege.
STUDENTS OF COLOR TOUR
Learn the history of activism and representation of People of Color at UCI.
COMMUNITY
CULTURAL
WEALTH WALK
Empower yourself by reflecting on your identity and personal experiences.
IDENTITY
CORNERS
Share your personal narrative and understand others' diverse backgrounds.
Request a peer dialogue workshop for your organization or group on diversity and social justice topics! Students of the ACTIVE program are trained to facilitate the workshops shown above. Click the "Read More" to learn more about what each workshop offers! Workshops are highly interactive, engaging and heavily discussion-based. You can submit your request at the button to the right.
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For any questions you may have, email the ACTIVE coordinators at active.cccuci@gmail.com.
