The Food Sovereignty Lab is an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort that is student-designed and community-informed to create a cultural workspace for students to explore the theme of Indigenous Food Sovereignty at Cal Poly Humboldt. The Food Sovereignty Lab will renovate and locate in BSS 168, and sit adjacent to the Native Fourm and Goudin'i Gallery in the Behavioral and Social Sciences building. 

This project entails the creation of an interactive map that has pins on campus showing locations of plants that have ethnobotanical characteristics and relationships. This phase of the project has been completed, and has shifted into a project titled "Place Based Learning Practices Project". See project page here.

The Food Summit 2022 is a food justice focused event that took place during the first 3 weeks of April 2022. The primary goal of the Food Summit was to generate awareness of the BIPOC contributions and knowledge of food and discuss how the HSU community can build food resiliency and equity. The total Spring 2022 budget approved for this event is estimated to be $29,100 in addition to a $2,000 match funding given by Food Summit partner, La Comida Nos Une. $10,000 of the Food Summit Budget was allocated to the Indigenous Foods Festival, organized by the Rou Dalaguur Food Sovereignty Lab.

This project proposes updating theater lighting in the John Van Duzer Theater, as follows: replace stage lights with new color options, replace gallery fixed position and face light special lights, replace cyclorama lights and high sides, and cabling. Cost should not exceed $80k and the Theatre/Film/Dance department will coordinate the work.

OhSNAP!'s Pop-Up Thrift store takes items donated through donation dash and sells them to students for cheap prices. Funding for this project was used to support student wages and other program needs for the 2022-2023 2023 year.

The above photo demonstrates the migration of the rubber crumb turf off of the field and into the drains and sidelines. This project proposed transitioning from harmful rubber crumb turf on campus fields to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative turf. Implementing this proposed idea will help to limit campus community members' exposure to the harmful chemicals and microplastics that are found in rubber turf. Additionally, it will help to mitigate the turf from entering our campus’ local creeks and drains.

The CCAT M.E.O.W. (Mobile Energy Operation Wagon or Mobile Energy On Wheels) is a trailer that currently resides in the CCAT driveway. Inside the trailer are four pedal-power bikes, four 12v batteries, and three solar panels on the top of the trailer powering the system. CCAT wants to use the M.E.O.W. to power small student-led projects/events, act as an emergency clean power generator in times of blackouts, and supply a space for students to charge phones, laptops, etc. while in use. Lastly, CCAT wants the M.E.O.W.

The objective of this project was to update and organize the existing CCAT Reclamation Station, a place where students can get free resources (ike upcycled wood), to make it easily accessible, safe, and welcoming for student use. This project will create a space that will increase the availability of reclaimed building materials to the campus and Arcata community. Goals of this project are to increase the feasibility of using reclaimed materials, as well as to increase the ease of use for both donations and users.

In spring of 2023, Michelle Long submitted a proposal for general funds for the continued support of OhSNAP!. Upon the committee requesting a more specific project, OhSNAP! requested funding for a new, hybrid vehicle to allow them better transportation of resources around the greater humboldt area. Over the summer 2023, OhSNAP!

This idea requested funding for the second Indigenous Foods Festival (IFF) at Cal Poly Humboldt, which previously had 350 attendees. The Indigenous Foods Festival is focused on uplifting Indigenous Food Sovereignty across many regions. This inspiring event centered around the important work that folks across communities are doing to elevate Indigenous knowledges and foodways.