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Cantu Queer Resource Center
Solidarity with LGBTQIA2s+ Students!

The Spring Give 2023 is here! This is your opportunity to join us in building and supporting a community where Queer and Trans people thrive!

 

The Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center envisions and works towards creating a campus that connects, retains, and sustains Queer and Trans students, staff, faculty, and alumni. We envision communities where Queer and Trans people are fully liberated, valued, and celebrated.  


Over the years, the number of students experiencing financial hardship has tragically increased.  Often these students have been cut off from their families and communities of support after coming out (and sadly, some having been outed to their families by others). Students experience grief and isolation due to the loss of their support system—feelings that are intensified by also dealing with financial instability.  This can lead to high levels of stress, inability to focus on their studies, and other harmful impacts on their well-being.   


One way the Cantú Center has been able to help students in crisis is by providing emergency grants that help students pay for their academic fees, rent, utilities, food, school supplies, and therapy expenses. We also work to connect them to other resources such as Slug Support, Slug Cents, Financial Aid, and CAPS. Funding also helps support our other basic needs programs such as our food pantry, clothing closet, and sexual/menstrual health pantry. Our goal is not just to offer financial support; our hope is to remind students that they are not alone and that they have a community of solidarity that supports, affirms, and celebrates them in their wholeness.  


Please join us in continuing and expanding this work. We appreciate your support—today and every day!  

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Kickoff Challenge
The group with the most unique donors on April 3rd between 4 and 6 PM will win $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 26
2 $500 Acquire A Cappella 16
3 WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) 14
4 Women's Lacrosse Team 8
5 Sol Ultimate Frisbee 6
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Closeout Challenge
The project with the most unique donors will win $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 iGEM 47
2 $500 alpha Kappa Delta Phi 26
3 Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program 12
4 Acquire A Cappella 9
5 Men's Club Lacrosse 8
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Hundred Dollar Dash
The project team with the most donations $100 or greater will receive an additional $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Lick Observatory 33
2 $500 Gary Griggs Fund: Earth Sciences Student Research 19
3 KZSC 88.1FM 19
4 iGEM 15
5 Men's Club Lacrosse 12
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The Spring Give Challenge
The project with the most unique donors throughout The Spring Give will win $3,000. Second place will receive $2,000 and third place will win $1,000.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $3,000 iGEM 124
2 $2,000 alpha Kappa Delta Phi 81
3 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 75
4 Lick Observatory 67
5 Acquire A Cappella 44
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Scholarships and Student Basic Needs Challenge
The group with the most donors will receive $1,500, with second place receiving $1,000.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,500 WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) 41
2 $1,000 Gary Griggs Fund: Earth Sciences Student Research 29
3 Slug Support 26
4 Slug Bike Life 17
5 Cantu Queer Resource Center 12
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Surprise Challenge
Surprise! The project with the most gifts between 4 and 8 p.m. on April 6th will receive $1,500. Second place will receive $1,000 and third will get $500.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $1,500 Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Club (SCAI) 16
2 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 13
3 $500 Acquire A Cappella 10
4 Lick Observatory 7
5 KZSC 88.1FM 6
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