Year: 2020
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Two UC Santa Cruz programs win funding for public interest technology
The Human Rights Investigations Lab and Everett Program are being recognized for their socially-conscious tech leadership Originally published by the Campus Newscenter on November 16, 2020 by Allison Arteaga Soergel The University of California, Santa Cruz recently received funding through the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) to advance two innovative social change programs that are…
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UC Santa Cruz Human Rights Lab investigates social unrest in Chile
Originally published on the Campus Newscenter on October 13, 2020 by Matthew Renda Before she began her last year as an undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Monica Estrada Arias had been reading voluminously about human rights issues in the United States and beyond. While she says her mind was afire with the theoretical underpinnings of human…
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Student Profile: Monica Estrada Arias
Originally published on the Campus Newscenter on June 01, 2020 by Peggy Townsend Monica Estrada Arias never met the young man. An activist, he was killed during the 2019 protests in Chile. Yet, as part of a team of UC Santa Cruz students researching the demonstrations, which erupted over cost-of-living increases and economic equalities, Estrada said…