Student Commission on Racial Equality

SCORE was active on several fronts this year.

To start the year SCORE collaborated with the Office of the External Vice President for Local Affairs to inform students about California SB 185, which would have reintroduce some measure of affirmative action into UC admissions. Although it was passed by the State Senate, it was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown.

As in past years, SCORE sent a delegation to the annual Student of Color Conference. This year’s conference was held at UC Davis in November. In preparation for the conference SCORE hosted and open mic, “SOC (Student of Color) It to Me.” The three day conference featureded public speakers, workshops, and community meetings that specifically aimed to bring participants together to acknowledge issues and awareness of community, identity and solidarity.

SCORE hosted the Facing Race Conference at UCSB during Winter quarter. Speakers included, A.S. Associated Director for Community Affairs Aaron Jones, UCSB Department of Asian American Studies Chair Diane Fujino, Flacks Intern Miguel Angel, and Human Rights Board Chair Sophie Armen. The conference also featured a variety of workshops.

SCORE also endorsed the 13th Annual Queer Pin@y Conference (QPC). The conference created a space to discuss issues that affect the Filipino community.

SCORE co-sponsored a Department of Asian American Studies sponsored event at the Multicultural Center featuring Carlos Torres, a Puerto Rican speaker and activist. Torres spent 30 years as a political prisoner in the United States for his role as leader of the Puerto Rican independence organization Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN), which claimed responsibility for numerous bombings. Although sentenced to 78 years, he was paroled in 2010 after serving 30  of those years. He returned to Puerto Rico to a hero’s welcome.

Working with Womyn’s Commission, the commission co-sponsored the 3rd Annual “I AM BEAUTIFUL RUNWAY SHOW” a celebration of all types of beauty. The show, which took place in Corwin Pavilion is a challenge to socially accepted standards of beauty and the way these standards lead to both womyn and men being dissatisfied with their bodies.

 SCORE helped fund the honorarium for Andrew Jolivette to speak as part of the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Awareness’s World AIDS Week. Jolivette is acclaimed for his activism and for speaking in support of various underrepresented communities, including people of color and the LGBTQ community. As a Native American-identified person he also spoke from the perspective of a community that is not only under-represented at UCSB, but also in the nation.