A Conversation on Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities in Higher Education
2022-06-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
UCOP Pride encourages all colleagues to attend a special event in UC Berkeley’s Critical Voices in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program — Living Authentically: A Conversation on Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities in Higher Education. This event is designed to expose employees, students and the broader educational community to the frameworks, perspectives and expertise of thought leaders and social justice practitioners. Featured speakers include:

Reverend Angel Kyodo Williams — author, activist and Zen priest
Genny Beemyn, Ph.D. — author, LGBTQ+ educator and director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Ph.D. — founder of the Activist Theology Project, author, researcher and LGBTQ+ activist
Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. — author, activist, psychology professor and researcher whose work focuses on microaggressions directed at racial/ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ people

Billy Curtis, director of the Gender Equity Resource Center, will moderate the experience.
Advance registration is required. Register online here.

Rev. Dr. Martha Taylor on the Influence of the Black Church
2022-06-16 13:00 - 14:00
Rev. Dr. Martha Taylor will speak about the significant influence of the Black Church in California and the Bay Area from the 1800s through today.

OPSA Follow-up Session on Employee Engagement Survey Town Hall
2022-08-30 14:00 - 15:00
Staff are invited to this session to discuss or share feedback with OPSA regarding the Employee Engagement Survey results.
Join via Zoom; no advance registration is needed: Zoom link
Read about the recent town hall regarding the survey results

Latinx Staff Association Meeting
2022-10-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-12-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-02-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-03-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-04-20 12:00 - 13:00
Join the UCOP Latinx Staff Association (LaSA) for their monthly membership meeting, typically held the third Thursday of each month from 12-1 p.m. (PT).
Zoom info:
https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/93715068634
Meeting ID: 937 1506 8634
For questions, contact Belinda.Vea@ucop.edu.

OPSA Virtual Bingo
2022-10-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-10-21 18:00 - 19:30
Join the OP Staff Assembly for a friendly game of virtual bingo, along with colleagues from all UCOP locations, as well as UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UCSF. There will be two virtual sessions: A matinee session, from 12 – 1 p.m. (PT), and an evening session, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. (PT).
The registration deadline is 5 p.m. (PT) on Oct. 20: Register online here.

Healing Meditation with LeNaya Crawford
2022-10-25 09:00 - 09:15, 2022-10-27 09:00 - 09:15
By popular demand, LeNaya Crawford will return to offer healing meditation sessions in honor of BSFO’s Health Wellness Week.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/92519957081?pwd=[REDACTED]

WISDOM Study: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
2022-10-26 13:00 - 14:00
Join BSFO for a special Health Wellness Week event featuring UCSF scientists involved in the WISDOM study, which brings together 100,000 diverse women from across the US to find the safest and most effective way to detect breast cancer for every woman.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/94608271981?pwd=[REDACTED]

Prostate Cancer Survivor Harold Leffall
2022-10-27 12:00 - 13:00
Join BFSO for a special Health Week event featuring, Harold Leffall, prostate cancer survivor and owner of Good Living Now – a premium supplements and wellness company.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/99464711574?pwd=[REDACTED]

Breast Cancer: Expert Presentation and Survivor Experience
2022-10-28 12:00 - 13:00
Join BSFO for this special Health Wellness Week presentation featuring

Dr. Ryland Gore, Breast Surgical Oncologist, Board Certified, General Surgery
Breast Cancer Survivor Ayanna Brewton

Join Zoom Meeting: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/92200846733?pwd=[REDACTED]

Latino Staff Association Meeting
2022-11-10 12:00 - 13:00
Join the UCOP Latino Staff Association (LaSA) for their monthly membership meeting, typically held the third Thursday of each month from 12-1 p.m. (PT).
Join by Zoom: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/92002215075
For questions, contact Alina.Tejera@ucop.edu.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Webinar
2022-11-29 12:00
Join the UCOP Native American, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander Staff Association and Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services team for a webinar on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Come learn about how the new UC Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Policy, CalNAGPRA, and the federal NAGPRA law impact UC.
Attend via Zoom (no pre-registration is needed): https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/95161971807 (Meeting ID: 951 6197 1807)

UC Staff: Looking Ahead
2023-01-11 12:05 - 12:50 | Zoom
Please join UC Administrative Management Professionals, the UC Staff Advisor to the Regents, and the Council of UC Staff Assemblies on January 11th at 12:05 pm. During the midyear updates, leadership from each organization will provide priorities for the year and opportunities to engage.
To register for the event, please visit: https://bit.ly/ucstaffjan22

BSFO Recites MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
2023-01-12 14:00 - 14:45
To celebrate the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, members of the Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) will convene virtually to recite Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Join colleagues in celebrating King’s legacy.
Zoom link: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/97164123787?pwd=[REDACTED]
– Meeting ID: 971 6412 3787
– Passcode: [REDACTED]

LaSA Charla de la Tarde: Lisa García Bedolla
2023-01-23 12:10 - 13:00
Join the Latinx Staff Association for a Charla de la Tarde, afternoon chat, featuring Lisa García Bedolla, Ph.D., UC Berkeley graduate dean and vice provost for graduate studies. Lisa will discuss inter- and intra-cultural racism in the Latino community and how these forms of racism impact interactions within our community and with other communities of color.

APISA Healing Circle and Open Forum on Monterey Park
2023-01-25 15:00 - 17:00
In light of the senseless shooting in Monterey Park, California, over the weekend, APISA is postponing the screening of the documentary “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words.”
Instead, we will use this time for a healing circle and open forum to discuss the tragic incident that occurred on the Eve of the Lunar New Year.
Join via Zoom: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/97249850270
Attend in Oakland: We will meet in the Broadway Building, Room 5001. Be sure to follow all COVID-19 protocols.

Tsai & Yang at the Movies — “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words”
2023-02-08 15:00 - 17:00
Join the Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA) for another installment of the popular Tsai & Yang at the Movies event series! We will be showing the documentary “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words,” followed by a discussion.

Join via Zoom: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/91476572016
Attend in Oakland: We will meet in the Broadway Building, Room 8001. Be sure to follow all COVID-19 protocols.

Staff Advisor Meet and Greet
2023-02-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Oakland, Franklin Room 5305
Join the OP Staff Assembly for a meet and greet with Staff Advisor to the UC Regents Priya Lakireddy (UC Merced) and Staff Advisor Designate Jo Mackness (UC Berkeley). Refreshments will be served.

PACSW Women We Admire: Provost Katherine Newman
2023-03-02 12:00 - 13:00
Join the President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW) for a Women’s History Month kick-off event featuring UCOP Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman.
This is a hybrid event:

Lobby 1, Oakland Franklin building
Zoom (pending link)

One on-site attendee will receive a signed copy of Provost Newman’s new book.

PACSW Open House
2023-03-22 10:40 - 11:30, 2023-04-19 12:10 - 13:00
PACSW members enjoy unique opportunities to participate in professional growth and networking activities, interact with high-level UCOP leaders, demonstrate leadership, and advance women and family-friendly policies benefitting UCOP staff.
If you’d like to learn more about joining PACSW, sign-up here to attend an open house. Registering in advance gives you access to the Zoom link, agenda and meeting materials.

CUCSA Staff Assembly Involvement Roundtable
2023-03-28 11:05 - 12:00
Are you interested in finding a way to get involved at your campus or location? Consider joining your local Staff Assembly! Participation provides you with a range of benefits including networking, professional development and fun.
The Council of UC Staff Assemblies will be holding an information session where you can learn more about the Staff Assembly elections coming up at most locations. Bring your friends and your questions!
Register online here

LaSA Charla de la Tarde, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz
2023-03-28 12:10 - 13:00
Join the UCOP Latinx Staff Association (LaSA) for a Charla de la Tarde, afternoon chat, featuring Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, director of Chicanx Latinx Student Development at UC Berkeley.
Director Diaz has more than 30 years’ experience at UC Berkeley, where she is also a lecturer in Chicanx Latinx Program/Ethnic Studies Department. She was instrumental to unifying UC’s ten-campus Chicano Latino alumni networks for the establishment of the Chicano Latino Alumni Association (CLAA). She has demonstrated decades of commitment to developing and supporting Chicanx and Latinx students as leaders, as well as to advising and advocating for the racial, educational and economic needs of Chicanx Latinx students and communities of color.
Zoom: https://UCOP.zoom.us/j/91978806850
Meeting ID: 919 7880 6850

CUCSA Latinx Staff Leadership Panel
2023-04-28 11:05 - 12:00
All UCOP staff are invited to a roundtable discussion featuring four distinguished Latinx staff leaders in the UC community. The panel will include:

Edward Abeyta, Staff Advisor Emeritus to the Regents
Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, Co-Chair, Berkeley Staff Assembly
Juliann Martinez, Staff Advisor Emerita to the Regents
Crystal Petrini, Immediate Past Chair, Council of UC Staff Assemblies

The panel will be moderated by Dennis McIver, Chair of the Council of UC Staff Assemblies.
Register online here: https://ucop.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsf-2vrTovGdFLOd3n50Z5ULQNF93ODLpJ
