| |  | | Dedication to dance | | Kaahani dance troupe, a Bollywood dance team, has tackled obstacles with creativity and commitment as it works toward getting noticed in the collegiate dance world—and its hard work is paying off. | |  | | At the forefront of a movement | Alumni Weekend keynote speaker Carmen Perez, national co-chair of the Women's March on Washington, will discuss the role and importance of protest with a purpose on April 28. (For more on Alumni Weekend, see Featured Events, below.)
| |  | | Planting seeds, growing confidence | | Doron Comerchero, founder of the nonprofit FoodWhat, uses sustainable food and farming as a way to empower struggling and low-income youth. | | | | | Alumni Regional Events | | San Diego – Wednesday, March 22 | Banana Slugs at the San Diego Latino Film Festival at the Fashion Valley Mall
| Chicago – Tuesday, March 28
| | Chicago Happy Hour at Highline Bar + Lounge | Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, March 29
| | Happy Hour at The Laughing Man Tavern | | Silicon Valley – Thursday, April 13 | | UC Santa Cruz Live in Silicon Valley: Water at Scale at UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus | | » More Regional Events | |  | Reef madness: A coral grows at UC Santa Cruz
| Hundreds of students and community members are contributing their handiwork to the Crochet Coral Reef, a massive participatory art project that combines higher geometry with handicraft while calling attention to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.
| | The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz | | |  | | A quiet place to learn | | Gift from Narinder Kapany will establish Sikh book collection and study room at McHenry Library. | | |
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