Everett Program

Everett Program Innovative Social Entrepreneurship program at UCSC

https://everettprogram.ucsc.edu/

The Everett Program (formerly GIIP) is a highly innovative educational and service-learning program sponsored by the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies (CGIRS) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Since 1998, hundreds of Everett undergraduate student interns have worked to democratize globalization, support world peace, raise environmental awareness, and promote gender

equity by upgrading the informational capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community groups around the world. The world is becoming smaller every day, but rapid globalization has contributed to an insidious inequality: informational exclusion. To ensure that all peoples have adequate access to the dynamic power unleashed by the information technology revolution, Everett aims to prepare a new generation of students to bridge the digital divide and put their studies into action while supporting social justice advocacy. Everett’s goal is create a new generation of “info-savvy” advocates using information technology to overcome informational exclusion–based barriers to civic participation and social justice. The learning goes both ways: While advancing the larger public good, Everett students accumulate valuable technical knowledge, while sharpening their leadership and project management skills. Everett interns join NGOs across the globe to help shape their information infrastructure and train local groups to maintain and expand their use of technological tools. From human rights organizations in Namibia to coffee farm collectives in Central America, Everett interns partner with their hosts to build the NGOs’ technological capacity to promote communication, support their mission, and raise awareness of their causes. Everett applies “learning by doing” as the best method to teach non-profit management and the transfer of information technology. Accordingly, Everett is managed by student Fellows, who constitute a self-governing body of “stakeholders” to collectively manage the Everett program with the advice of faculty, sponsors, and staff mentors. All curriculum, resource, and planning decisions are reviewed and approved by the Everett Fellows, who recruit and interview new members annually.

2026 Spring Retreat CollectionNew, Current, & Older Cohorts 2022 - 2026
05/20/2026

2026 Spring Retreat Collection

New, Current, & Older Cohorts

2022 - 2026

05/20/2026
05/20/2026
2026 Spring Retreat Collection⭐️⭐️⭐️Top to bottom:Fernando A. Gallardo(2024-2026 Executive Fellow, 2022-2024 Fellow Coor...
05/20/2026

2026 Spring Retreat Collection
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Top to bottom:

Fernando A. Gallardo
(2024-2026 Executive Fellow, 2022-2024 Fellow Coordinator, 2024 MVI Project Guide)

Bella Chairez
(2026-2027 Executive Fellow, 2024-2026 Fellow Coordinator, 2024 MVI Project Member, 2025 MVI Project Guide)

Sofia F. Donaldson
(2025-2026 Fellow Coordinator, 2025 MVI Project member)

2026 Spring Retreat Collection ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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2026 Spring Retreat Collection

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Meet our Office Committee, Danie, Andrea, Dharmesh, and Ale!
05/12/2026

Meet our Office Committee, Danie, Andrea, Dharmesh, and Ale!

Meet our Fellow Coordinators, Bella and Sofia!These amazing student leaders have been instrumental to the success of Eve...
05/12/2026

Meet our Fellow Coordinators, Bella and Sofia!

These amazing student leaders have been instrumental to the success of Everett day-to-day operations!

We are so excited to introduce this year’s cohort of fellows who bring their passion, hard work, and enthusiasm to every...
05/12/2026

We are so excited to introduce this year’s cohort of fellows who bring their passion, hard work, and enthusiasm to every role they take on!

Scroll through the following posts to meet the fellows and learn more about them!

Join us for a panel TODAY from 4PM- 6PM to hear from past Everett students about their careers in nonprofit, public serv...
04/15/2026

Join us for a panel TODAY from 4PM- 6PM to hear from past Everett students about their careers in nonprofit, public service, education, law, and more!

Food will be provided! Hope to see you there!

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