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In this Issue:

• Register for Diversity Graduation 2025
• Diversity Graduation Award Nominations
• NEW Workshop! Register for Spill the Disabili-Tea!
• Disability Justice Pop-Up Library
• Digital Accessibility Monthly Tip: Plain Language
• Community Outreach Events

Diversity Graduation

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Millberry Union Conference Center, Parnassus Campus

Register: Diversity Graduation Registration

On behalf of the Resource Centers for Climate & Belonging, we invite you to celebrate and honor our graduating students at UCSF! All UCSF learners are welcome to participate in the ceremony.

Accessibility: UCSF welcomes everyone, including people with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact resourcecenters@ucsf.edu as soon as possible.

The Diversity Graduation Awards recognize graduating students for their leadership and dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout their academic journeys at UCSF. The awards are sponsored by the Resource Centers for Climate & Belonging within the Office of Diversity & Outreach.  

Selected by a committee of UCSF staff members, four students are chosen as recipients for their exceptional contributions in the categories listed below. Award recipients are also granted a $250 stipend. All graduating students may be nominated for the award.  

Nominations can be submitted by UCSF community members via this form: tiny.ucsf.edu/DivGradAwards | Nominations are due Sunday, March 16, 2025. 

Awards will be presented to recipients during the 2025 Diversity Graduation celebration on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 5:30-7:00 PM at the Millberry Union Conference Center (Parnassus campus). 

Award Categories 

Disability Leadership Award 

This award recognizes a UCSF graduate who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to advancing disability access and inclusion within the university community. The award celebrates the exemplary leadership efforts and contributions of a recipient who has promoted a culture of access and inclusion for disabled people and communities at UCSF and beyond. 

LGBTQ+ Leadership Award 

This award recognizes a UCSF graduate who demonstrates outstanding leadership, advocacy, activism, and unwavering dedication to promoting equity for LGBTQIA+ communities within the university. This award celebrates the profound impact of recipients who have worked to advance LGBTQIA+ rights, visibility, and inclusion on campus. 

MRC Leadership Award 

This award recognizes a UCSF graduate who centers relationship building and embodies equity, justice, inclusion, and service to the UCSF community throughout their academic journey. The recipient of the award has demonstrated exceptional leadership and contributed significantly to the advancement of BIPOC and other traditionally marginalized communities at UCSF and beyond. 

Accessibility: UCSF welcomes everyone, including people with disabilities to our events. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact Cecile Puretz by emailing Cecile.Puretz@ucsf.edu as soon as possible.

Guest Speakers: UCSF endeavors to create greater understanding and supports the exchange of diverse ideas. Views and opinions of guest speakers on campus are their own and may not reflect the perspective of the University.

Come stop by the DRC's Pop-Up Library and pick up a free book centered around disability narratives! Our books explore a wide variety of disability experiences as well as disability rights, activism, and theory.

Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, from 10:00 – 4:00 PM

Location: UCSF Disability Resource Center 500 Parnassus Ave., Millberry Union, 102 West, San Francisco, CA 94143

Accessibility: To request a book in an alternate format (audiobook or e-book), please email Cecile.Puretz@ucsf.edu.

Each month, the Committee on Disability Inclusion Digital Accessibility Subcommittee will share a key tip to help you make digital content more inclusive and accessible at UCSF.

Let’s work together to create a more accessible digital environment!

From drafting emails to creating written communication, plain language is a way to communicate that helps your target audience quickly and easily understand the information. Learn how to use tools like UCSF Versa to make your content more inclusive.

Learn how to make written communication easy to understand

SF Disability Cultural Center Town Hall

Thursday, March 13, from 5:30 - 7:00 PM (Virtual)

RSVP: https://thehavenofhope.tfaforms.net/4&sid=a0zVL0000068s1N

Learn about what's in store for the SF Disability Cultural Center, including what's next for their virtual space, updates on their future home at 165 Grove Street, job openings, and other opportunities!

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Sustaining Us: Fiscal Sponsorship

Tuesday, March 18, from 12:00 1:00 PM (Virtual)

RSVP: https://thehavenofhope.tfaforms.net/4&sid=a0zVL0000069Vh3

In this Sustaining Us workshop, Dr. Darcelle Lahr, founder and Executive Director of L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope and Professor of Business Practice, will be guiding attendees through the structure, best practices, and common pitfalls of fiscal sponsorship.

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Cafe Crip: RAGE

Friday, March 28, from 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Virtual)

RSVP: https://thehavenofhope.tfaforms.net/4&sid=a0zVL000003ON1o

Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. Facilitator Bianca Laureano will lead the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout focused on this month's topic on rage.

UCSF Office of Disability Access and Inclusion

Wendy Tobias, Ed.D., LPCC, CRC

Chief Accessibility and Inclusion Officer

ADA Coordinator

Wendy.Tobias@ucsf.edu

Cecile Puretz

Assistant Director, Disability Access and Inclusion

Cecile.Puretz@ucsf.edu