Celebrate! Native American Heritage Month

If you are Native or Indigenous at Scripps, we encourage you to contact the Scripps communications office to be featured in their upcoming story on Native Excellence at Scripps. Please reference the email sent by Director Margaret Leinen on November 3rd for information on how to be featured.

A message from the Office of the Chancellor to UCSD staff: "In recognition of this month-long celebration, two hours of administrative leave with pay have been approved so that employees may participate in the Native American Heritage Celebration events."

Click to listen!: "Why" by Supaman (born Christian Parrish Takes the Gun) of the Crow Nation (Apsáalooke). Supaman, a phenomenal hip-hop artist and Pow Wow dancer, was last year's NAHM speaker.

The Land We Live On

UC San Diego and surrounding territories occupy Kumeyaay land, which extends from San Diego and western Imperial counties to further south, beyond Ensenada, Mexico. The Kumeyaay people have been present in the San Diego area for more than 10,000 years. The majority of Kumeyaay land today is continually used as private property by non-native people and as government property of the United States. Today, the Kumeyaay Nations lead extensive environmental efforts to reforest native trees, stop commercial grazing, monitor air quality, restore wetlands, and produce clean wind energy on tribal land, mirroring a long tradition of land stewardship. Always remember that you are a guest here and should honor and respect the land and histories of her first people. Acknowledge the first stewards of this land through a song, prayer, good energy, or good thoughts to say thank you.

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This year (2020), the day marks a rather special moment for Native American veterans with the opening of the Native American Veterans Memorial, located in Washington DC. In a piece published by Indian Country Today, artist Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne, Arapaho and Sioux), a veteran of the Vietnam war, explains his design for the monument, which he calls the “Warriors Circle of Honor”.

(Above) "A Conversation with Harvey Pratt, Designer of the National Native American Veterans Memorial"

BLACK IN MARINE SCIENCE: "is a group of Black Marine Scientists and allies organizing and coordinating an online event to engage all Black Marine Scientists and our supporters." Click to learn more.

A community for underrepresented minorities in the Marine Sciences at all career stages, to share experiences, resources, and support one another. Please email [email protected] if you'd like to be added to the Latinx in Marine Sciences email listserv or slack space. You can also follow along on twitter @LatinxMarSci!

Application opportunity! Women of Color (WoC) who Code

The [WoC]Code program seeks to unite Black, Indigenous and Latinx women, as well as other marginalized groups, to battle feelings of isolation prevalent in academic and industrial settings. This program will create groups of 4-5 people within a Slack space to design a peer mentoring network for members to engage, receive feedback and troubleshoot issues surrounding open source software communities.

All are welcomed to apply and join [WoC]Code using the google form here. See the flyer for more details using this link.

Applications submitted before November 24, 2020, will receive full consideration.

Please join the WMIS group for a night of games via Zoom. To RSVP please visit our registration page here to receive a custom link & password.

If you'd like to participate in planning WMIS meetings, please RSVP for the planning meeting here.

Have you ever wanted to try embroidery but need some tips and tricks on getting started? Fret no longer, join Kayla for this WMIS Skill Share activity where she will talk you through the ins and outs of embroidery! Date and time are to be determined according to the availability of those interested. Please RSVP here if you'd like to join.

Join in to listen to Rob Lampe and Angus Thies present in this month's edition of the Student Seminar Series. Please use this Zoom link to join the audience.

If you are interested in presenting at future editions of the this presentation series, please fill out the google form here.

WMIS Working Group with Accountabili-Buddies

Fridays at 10:00am.

If you're working from home and are looking for a buddy to work alongside you, look no further. Every Friday WMIS will be paring up attendees with an accountabili-buddy to both network and work towards your goals in that one-hour stretch of time via Zoom. To register, make sure you are signed up to the WMIS listserv ([email protected]) and keep and eye out for the sign up sheet!

Join Matt Valleja, CRPC® Retirement Planner, for a workshop on the basics of when and how to claim social security. Register in advance here to ensure you receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Learn how to incorporate mindfulness meditation into your daily work life by joining this monthly group meeting. We will introduce the experiential approaches to the practice of mindfulness meditation that are successful and meaningful to attendees both new and well experienced in meditating. To register, please email Daisy Do at [email protected]

If you're a staff or faculty and are interested in establishing a network of support and accountability to flourish in your personal and professional lives, which is needed more than ever during these uncertain times, please join us for this month's Triton Flourish meeting. Register here before 8am on November 19th to join.

Assessing You Transferrable Skills

This Core Curriculum workshop will help you identify and assess your transferable skills to enhance your marketability in pursuing career opportunities. To register for this webinar, please visit here, search using keyword "transferrableskills" and look for facilitator Cynthia Short.

Apply! The Staff Equal Opportunity Enrichment Program (SEOEP)

SEOEP provides training and career development funds for individuals and departments. On the individual level, the program provides up to $500 for training activities to eligible staff employees seeking a promotion or career change at UC San Diego. On the departmental level, the program provides up to $5,000 for training activities to eligible departments supporting their employees who are seeking a promotion or career change at UC San Diego. Individual and department proposals for SEOEP funds must be received by November 30, 2020 at 11:59pm.

If you'd like to join, please register here.

If you are fighting food insecurity, please fill out a sign up form for the food recovery network here: OMS Form | The Hubs Form

SACNAS is an organization that supports Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans on their journey from college to professional careers and leadership positions in STEM. SACNAS believes that if the STEM field isn't diversified, huge amounts of potential will be lost. If you are interested in joining or supporting, click here.