About GASA

Land and Labor Acknowledgment

We begin by honoring the land on which we gather.

Cal Poly Humboldt is located on the unceded ancestral territory of the Wiyot people. This land has long been a site of life, culture, resistance, and care. We recognize the ongoing presence and contributions of the Wiyot and neighboring Indigenous nations, including the Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok peoples, and we affirm their sovereignty and the sacred relationship they hold with this place.

We also acknowledge the labor— past and present— that sustains our institutions and movements.

This includes the enslaved African people whose stolen labor built much of the wealth and infrastructure of this country, the Indigenous peoples who were displaced and dispossessed, and the immigrant and migrant workers—often undocumented—who continue to work in fields, factories, kitchens, and classrooms under unjust conditions.

We recognize that universities are not neutral spaces. They are shaped by histories of colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism. And so we gather today in resistance and in remembrance, but also in collective responsibility, to imagine and build a more just world.

Let this acknowledgment be more than words. Let it be a call to action:

To center Indigenous and Black voices, to fight for the dignity of all workers, to challenge the systems that harm, and to be relentless in our pursuit of liberation.

May our activism be rooted in this truth: 

We are not separate from the land, from labor, or from one another.

Global Awareness and Student Activism (GASA) is a grassroots collaboration of students, faculty, and members of the campus community committed to celebrating the diverse forms and contents of activism.

Born out of a shared desire to foster dialogue, action, and reflection, GASA creates space for events and conversations that are shaped by people from a wide range of ideological and sociopolitical perspectives. The individuals who lead and participate in these events bring their own lived experiences, values, and commitments, which we see as strengths, not limitations.

GASA is not a centralized organization but a collaborative effort. Events are the result of partnerships among different—though not always comprehensive—campus groups and individuals. This distributed model honors the horizontal and organic nature of activism itself.

We recognize that activism is never neutral, and we do not pretend it is. Instead, GASA strives to cultivate a multiplicity of approaches, voices, and tactics. 

What you encounter here—whether at a gathering, on this website, or in the public statements—is not representative of all perspectives, nor is it an official stance of the university. It is, rather, an evolving collection of contributions from those moved to show up, speak out, and create together.

GASA invites you to engage, challenge, listen, and act—together and in difference.