Guided by UCSC students, faculty, and staff, this collection endeavors to showcase narratives that amplify marginalized voices, celebrate cultural richness, and foster empathy and understanding.
We collect recommendations for books about equity, diversity, and inclusion, and create opportunities to share these recommendations, hold conversations, and promote discussions as a whole campus community. Slug Selections for Equity provides a unique way for the UCSC Library to generate a constructive dialogue with UCSC students, faculty, and staff.
Does it meet format requirements? We are collecting books in both physical and electronic formats.
What about subject matter? We’re interested in books that feel important to you. They may have sparked conversations, changed the way you see a topic, or shaped your understanding through a lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion. The book may have made you feel understood or reflected in the subject matter.
What about genres? If you read it, it's probably okay. We’re collecting across genres, including:
Biographies, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Poetry
Still have questions? Ask at edi@library.ucsc.edu, or submit a recommendation here.
The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.
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