UCSB Black Student Union Newsletter

Week 2 Updates

January 16, 2023

Happy Week 2 BSU family! We hope your transition back into classes after our break was smooth and seamless. Please read below for our BSU Updates!

Black Student Union News

Heart & Soul Case Sign-Ups

Get excited for our 7th annual Heart & Soul Case on February 24th from 7 PM to 9 PM!UCSB BSU’s Heart & Soul Case is the place for Black students to share their Business, Arts, or Live Expressions, aimed at embracing and celebrating the beauty and history of the Black community.Interested in performing at this year's Heart & Soul Case or know anyone that might like to perform? Please sign the interest form below.

First Winter Quarter GBM - New Year Academic Planning

Join us on Tuesday, January 17th from 5 PM to 7 PM in Santa Rosa Lounge for our first GBM of the year! Come plan out the new year as we set our goals for Winter Quarter and build on our ideas from Fall Quarter's Academic Workshop with LaDonte King. We hope to see you there!

ABC Conference Recap

This weekend, our Black Student Union delegation attended the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference at the University of Nevada: Las Vegas. Our delegation had the most memorable weekend, full of growth, edification, and enrichment. We would like to thank ABC (IG: @afrikanblackcoalition) and UNLV (IG: @bso_unlv) for hosting us and giving us the opportunity to embrace the power that comes with our Blackness. We would also like to thank the organizations that sponsored us and made it possible for us to attend this year's ABC conference:

Healing Justice SB (HJSB)

Student Commission of Racial Equity (SCORE)

Office of Black Student Development ( OBSD)

Finance and Business ( F&B)

Associated Students EVPSA Thank you for your continual support of our organization and for your constant work to cultivate a safe space for all black students on our campus. We are so excited to bring back everything we learned this weekend and apply it to our community here at UCSB!

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, January 17thNew Years Academic Planning - GBMTime: 5:00pm - 7:00pmPlace: Santa Rosa Lounge

Tuesday, February 24thHeart & Soul CaseTime: 7:00pm - 9:00pmPlace: The Hub (tentative)

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Quote of the Week

The time is always right to do what is right.

Martin Luther King Jr.

And as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best Regards,Larine OsmanBlack Student Union Communications Director, 2022-2023University of California, Santa Barbara