Director of Strategic Equity Initiatives
UC Berkely, United States
Ruben E. Canedo (He/They), born & raised in the border areas of Coachella, Imperial, and Mexicali. Ruben’s career focuses on public higher education and transformative justice. Ruben serves as Director of Strategic Equity Initiatives within UC Berkeley’s Division of Equity & Inclusion. His responsibilities include research, organizing, and advocacy. Additionally, he was appointed to the dual roles of Chair of the UC Berkeley Basic Needs Committee (2012) and Co-Chair of the UC Systemwide Basic Needs Committee (2013). Last academic year 2021-2022, the UC served 72,213 unique undergraduate and graduate students across their basic needs efforts. This was the highest student population served in 8 years. Beyond UC, Ruben is a co-founder and facilitator of the California Higher Education Basic Needs Alliance (CHEBNA) that unites and coordinates basic needs efforts across all campuses and statewide offices of California’s public higher education segments: California Community Colleges (CCC), California State Universities (CSU), University of California (UC). CHEBNA co-led a successful multi-year process in partnership with student associations, local and statewide coalitions, and advocates for college students to establish ongoing state funding for Basic Needs and Rapid Rehousing.
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