THE FU TUREIS OURS

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UC STUDENT

CONGRESS 2015

#UCCongress

#FutureIsOurs

2015-16 Board of Directors

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2015-16 Board of Directors

On behalf of the UC Student Association, welcome to

Irvine for the 17th Annual Congress!

Every summer since 1998, UC students from all over the

system have come together to develop skills, select

campaigns, and celebrate our organizing achievements.

As the first major event of the term, Congress plays an

instrumental role in kicking off and setting the tone for

the next year.

If we needed any evidence that student power can make

a difference, let this last year be proof enough. Whether

it was the throngs of students who demonstrated at the

November Regents meeting or the highest engagement

of lawmakers in Sacramento we’ve seen in years, student

organizing had a visible impact on decision-making this

year. Together, we made administrator and legislator

alike hear our voices and make room for students at the

table.

For our more seasoned Congress delegates, you may notice a number of changes that have been

made to the program which we hope will improve the Congress experience. Through some

restructuring, a more rigorous development of campaigns will produce more refined options for your

consideration. We’ve also adopted a more equitable system of voting for campaigns to level theconsideration. We’ve also adopted a more equitable system of voting for campaigns to level the

playing field and balance the benefits of democracy with input from smaller associations.

Congress is an unmatched opportunity to meet other student leaders who share your interests and

expose ourselves to something new. While campuses experience some unique challenges, we largely

face the same obstacles of achieving the principles of accessibility, affordability, and quality

regardless of where we are in the system. The diversity of our experiences, the richness of our

passions, and the depths of our imaginations bind us together and make possible the chance to

create positive change for the University of California. create positive change for the University of California.

We hope the conference’s theme serves as a call to action and a reminder of the importance of our

work for current and future UC students. The future is ours - what are you going to do with it?

We hope this year’s Congress will give you a few ideas.

In solidarity,

Kevin Sabo

Acting President

Welcome!

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THURSDAY AUGUST 1310:00 am – 12:00 pm

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

2:00 pm – 4:45 pm

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

6:15 pm – 6:45 pm6:15 pm – 6:45 pm

7:00 pm – 12:00 am

FRIDAY AUGUST 148:00 am – 9:15 am

9:15 am – 11:45 am

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

3:30 pm – 6:15 pm

6:15 pm – 6:45 pm

7:00 pm – 12:00 am

RegistrationRegistration window is located directly across from the Grand Ballroom

Lunch, Conference Welcome, Opening, & OverviewGrand Ballroom

Community, Safety, & Consent WorkshopGrand Ballroom

Congress Training ICongress Training IBlue Group: Berkeley /Anaheim Room

Green Group: Irvine/Los Angeles Room

Orange Group: Marina Del Rey/Newport Beach Room

Red Group: Rancho Las Palmas/Santa Barbara Room

Workshop Session I For workshop descriptions & locations, see pages 10-11

Roundtable Discussions, Day I ClosingRoundtable Discussions, Day I ClosingGrand Ballroom

DinnerOn your own, see page 27 for nearby locations

Board of Directors Meeting & Nominations Board Members should pick up dinner in Salon C and then go to the

Rancho Las Palmas/Santa Barbara/Santa Clara Room

BreakfastBreakfastGrand Ballroom

Day II Opening, Open Space MarketplaceGrand Ballroom

Identity Caucus SpacesFind caucus locations or add a caucus to the list on the poster located

near the registration window

LunchLunchPick up a boxed lunch from the Grand Ballroom

Take Action: “Congress Call-In”See page 9 for call-in details & locations

Congress Training IIBlue Group: Berkeley /Anaheim Room

Green Group: Irvine/Los Angeles Room

Orange Group: Salons B1/B2 (Note: different room than yesterday)Orange Group: Salons B1/B2 (Note: different room than yesterday)

Red Group: Rancho Las Palmas/Santa Barbara Room

Roundtable Discussions, Day II ClosingGrand Ballroom

DinnerOn your own, see page 27 for nearby locations

Board of Directors Meeting & ElectionsBoard Members should pick up dinner in Salon C and then go to theBoard Members should pick up dinner in Salon C and then go to the

Rancho Las Palmas/Santa Barbara/Santa Clara Room

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Attention Graduate & Professional Students

Check at the registration window for the room number

of the Graduate Student Lounge located on the 17th floor

SATURDAY AUGUST 15

8:00 am – 9:15 am

9:15 am – 11:45 am

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

3:45 pm – 6:45 pm

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

10:00 pm – 1:00 am

SUNDAY AUGUST 16

8:00 am – 9:30 am

9:30 am – 11:30 am

11:30 am – 12:00 pm11:30 am – 12:00 pm

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Breakfast

Grand Ballroom

Day III Opening, Open Space Session I

Grand Ballroom

Workshop Session II

For workshop descriptions & locations, see pages 12-13

Lunch, Student Regent Meet & GreetLunch, Student Regent Meet & Greet

Pick up a boxed lunch from the Grand Ballroom, and welcome guests

Student Regent Avi Oved & Student Regent-Designate Marcela Ramirez

Open Space Session II

Grand Ballroom

Overview of Decision Making Process

Grand Ballroom

Presentations of Proposed CampaignsPresentations of Proposed Campaigns

Grand Ballroom

Dinner Banquet

Grand Ballroom

Live Band & Entertainment

21+ Cash Bar

Tuscany Ballroom

BreakfastBreakfast

Grand Ballroom

Delegation Caucus Spaces

Delegation leaders from undergraduate associations should choose a

breakout room to meet in, write it on the poster located near the

registration window, and notify delegation members of the location

Voting

UCSA Staff will bring ballots to the locations listed for the delegationUCSA Staff will bring ballots to the locations listed for the delegation

meetings; leaders are responsible for returning ballots to the registration

window no later than 12:00 pm

Lunch & SAGE Townhall

Grand Ballroom

Announcement of Graduate Agenda & Undergraduate Campaign

Grand Ballroom

Campaign BrainstormCampaign Brainstorm

Grand Ballroom

Conference Closing

Grand Ballroom

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***Many thanks to Meghan Warner at UC Berkeley for her support in bringing consent curriculum to Congress this year.

Together, we share a collective agreeement to promote open-minded dialogue, listening, and respect.We acknowledge our responsibility to make the most out of Congress by building a safe and supportivecommunity and taking the skills we learn back to our individual campuses. We do this by agreeing to:

By attending Congress, you are committing to value the safety of your fellow attendees and lookout for each other, especially in regards to drinking or partying. Please consider choosing a buddyif you are going somewhere unfamiliar, and a designated driver if appropriate. UCSA maintains azero tolerance policy for sexual harrassment and assault, and will remove attendees who fail toabide by this policy. If you witness this, please notify a UCSA staff member. We are here for you.

Much of this conference is photographed or broadcasted live online. If you do not want to haveyour image shared publicly, please notify UCSA staff to arrange for the deletion of these images.

All Lost & Found items should be turned in to the Registration window. Items will be held thereuntil the end of the conference. After that time, contact the Irvine Marriott to pick up lost items.

We invite you to dress casually for all sessions and business casual for the Banquet on Saturday.

Give & Take Challenge ideas, not individuals Use inclusive langaugeAssume positive intentions Give attention to speakers Give respectful feedback

Keep what is said here here, take what is learned here with you

If you need help from UCSA Staff, callMarcy Straw, Executive Director, 510-409-7855

Anais LaVoie, Communications Director, 714-316-9412Or text the Congress Hotline, 916-407-5542

If you need help from the hotel, callthe Front Desk, 949-553-0100

In case of emergency, call 911In case of emergency, call 911

Community

Safety

Consent

Other Things to Note

Thank you for your cooperation!

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S UCSA is a membership organization of approximately 240,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Of our three conferences, Congress is most focused on the intersection of activism and student issues, creating conversation and teaching skills that students need to be powerful student organizers on their campuses.

It is also when students vote to select the issues UCSA will add to its agenda for the nexttwo years. Undergraduates will vote on a new issue-based campaign on Sunday, which willwill join UConsent as the main focus of their campus action. Throughout the weekend, graduate and professional students will discuss issues affecting graduate education andproduce an agenda of items to address alongside their current GRADE campaign.

At the July Board of Directors Meeting, the Board adopted a new voting structure that isintended to level the playing field when it comes to selecting undergraduate campaigns.In the past, large delegations determined the campaign based on their number of votes,but now, associations will cast a single ballot. One association, one equal vote.

The Board also adopted ranked-choice voting. Rather than only voting for the campaignyou most want to win, you will be invited to give feedback to all campaigns. In the end,thethe association will rank all of the proposed campaigns on its ballot. The campaigns thatreceive the smallest number of votes will see their votes redistributed until only one ofthe campaigns is remaining. This will be the new undergraduate campaign.

Graduate and professional students have also reconsidered their campaign selection.They have opted to select an agenda of issues to advocate for, not a single campaign.

Finally, UCSA staff has worked hard this year to update the curriculum presented at thisconference. The goal is that each delegate receives the most valuable information UCSAcan offer. As our organization’s capacity to organize grows, so must our knowledge.can offer. As our organization’s capacity to organize grows, so must our knowledge.

Starting on Friday, students are given the opportunity to present and develop campaignideas. Undergraduates participate in Open Space proceedings to do this, while graduateand professional students retreat to the Graduate Student Lounge to discuss the ideasthey want to see on their own agenda.

Open Space Marketplace is the time to announce your idea and pitch it to students whomight be interested in working on the same issues. You will be asked to identify a fewfoundational aspects of your idea and the values behind it that drive you to action.foundational aspects of your idea and the values behind it that drive you to action.

Later, in Open Space Session I, everyone will have the opportunity to visit several ideasand give constructive feedback. Those who want to pursue that idea will review all of thefeedback and put together a presentation to the full body. Those presentations will befinalized during Open Space Session II.

On Sunday, after hearing every campaign’s presentation and having the night to think itover, students will gather with their delegation to discuss the benefits of each campaign.TheyThey will vote on each, and delegation leaders will complete a ranked-choice ballot thatreflects the number of votes each campaign received by the delegation.

These ballots are tallied by the UCSA Executive Director and a student observer and anautomatic runoff will be held until only one campaign remains. The winning campaignwill be announced along with the graduate agenda at lunch on Sunday.

What is UC Student Congress?

What is new this year?

How are decisions made?

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Marcela earned her bachelor’s degree in economics and French from CSU Fullerton, and her master’sin counseling, with an emphasis in student development and higher education, from CSU Long Beach.She’s expected to complete her graduate program at UC Riverside in June 2017.

distributes and awards $1.7 billion annually in Cal Grant aid to California college students. In 2015, theMexican American Opportunity Foundation named Michele Woman of the Year. Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) named Michele their HOPE Treasure in 2014. La Opinion has awarded her boththe Hispanic Leader Award and the Los Angeles’ Mujeres Destacadas (Outstanding Woman) award. Shereceived a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies and Chicano/a Studies from Pitzer College and a Masterof Arts in Urban Planning from UC Los Angeles.

About Our Speakers

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Are you enjoying Congress

so far? Could it be better?

Help us keep track of good

things & bad by filling out a

quick evaluation form at:

bit.ly/UCSAeval

Stay Active after Congress!

Take Action! Congress Call-In!

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Thursday Workshop Presentations

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Thursday Workshop Presentations

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Saturday Workshop Presentations

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Saturday Workshop Presentations

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Sam Alavi

Perla Amaya

Phil Coba

Sofia Franco

Momo Hussein

Art Motta

Yanira PinedaYanira Pineda

Guillermo Rogel

Kevin Sabo

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Patron Sponsor - $125CalPIRGCalPIRG

UCSA’s Mission & Story

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Recent Victories for Students

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UCSA Acronym Glossary

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campaign ideas proposed by your peers. Come back

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Criteria for Choosing a Campaign Goal

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Breakout Exercise: Getting Commitment

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Breakout Exercise: Getting Commitment

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Check outthe Photo

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Nearby in Irvine

Hotel Information

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