Affiliates Program and Student Leadership

Affiliates Program and Student Leadership Social Justice Leadership Academy

The Cross-Cultural Center Affiliate Program provided direct support to over 100 student members from 18 Affiliated Student organizations, 6 of which are new this year. The CCC Affiliate Team provided direct support to student leaders through one to ones for goal planning and coaching, mixers, workshops, and trainings. Activities and events focused on providing opportunities for leadership development, career preparation, and skill-building, while also promoting collaboration and networking between different student organizations. New benefits included virtual drop-in office hours hosted by CCC staff, Affiliate highlights on Instagram stories, and an Affiliate group forum on Discord with over 50 members. Attendance at Affiliate events was particularly high this year, with a total of 136 participants across all events.

The Leadership for Engagement and Advocacy Programs (LEAP) provided student leaders from affiliated student organizations with opportunities to meet with staff on goal planning and receive coaching on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory and CliftonStrengths. LEAP was recognized on the Co-Curricular Record which provided the 5 enrolled students an opportunity to feature their involvement on their academic transcript.

Affiliate Programs

Fall Affiliates Mixer: Spooky Community Building 21

Fall Affiliates Meeting: December Updates 10 Fall Affiliates Workshop: Virtual Tools 19 Winter Affiliates Mixer: Online Engagement Tips and Tricks 12 Winter Affiliates Meeting: February Updates 6 Winter Affiliates Workshop: Collaboration and Community 12 Spring Affiliates Mixer: Current Events & Us 18

Senior Send Off Transition Meeting 18 20

Total: 136

The Social Justice Leadership Academy, a Co-Curricular Record (CCR) program, met with undergraduate students, and one graduate student this year to strengthen these learning outcomes and their application of social justice concepts:

1) Foundational skills using a social justice framework and knowledge 2) Leadership development and self-awareness 3) Interpersonal communication skills

Two cohorts met in Winter and Spring Quarters for six sessions each, building up to their final teach-back group presentations of their chosen social justice topics. A total of 17 students participated in our 2021 Social Justice Leadership Academy.

SJLA Winter Quarter Teach-back Presentations

Climate Change and Justice Prison Justice Reform Mental Health & Inequity Racial Diversity in STEM

SJLA Spring Quarter Teach-back Presentations

Environment and Human Rights Racial and Health Inequities Climate Justice “ I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this. I learned a lot from the readings, conversations and teachback presentations. I’m interested in future opportunities like this, so I can learn more about social justice to see what I can do to help.”

-SJLA participant