RACIAL JUSTICE AT UCLA

In Spring 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic and a national uprising catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, UCLA faculty and administrative leadership of color joined together to call upon the UCLA Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost to make firm commitments to supporting faculty and students of color. Demands include diversifying faculty at UCLA, expanding resources for students of color, and divesting in state, local, and UC police and security in order to invest in resources that will advance racial justice on campus and throughout the UCLA community.

Letters, statements, and responses:

• Statement for Justice (June 2, 2020)
• Letter from Concerned Faculty Regarding the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium by LAPD to detain public protestors and process arrests (June 2, 2020)
• Response to Concerned Faculty from UCLA Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck (June 2, 2020)
• Concerned Faculty Response to UCLA Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck's Communication regarding the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium (June 3, 2020)
• Open Letter to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive  VIce Chancellor/Provost Emily Carter from the chair of the Department of African American Studies and the director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies (June 10, 2020)
• Letter from the Ethnic Studies leaders at UCLA supporting the call to act from the Bunche Center for African American Studies and the African American Studies Department (June 11, 2020)
• DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective letter to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block (June 11, 2020)
• DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective letter to UC Regents and President Janet Napolitano (June 15, 2020)
• UCLA Chicana and Chicano Studies Faculty Statement in Support and Solidarity with the Bunche Center and the Department of African American Studies (June 15, 2020)
• Letter from UCLA Arts Community to UCLA Arts and Architecture Dean Brett Steele to support DIVEST/INVEST Faculty Collective (June 18, 2020)
• Open Letter to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Emily Carter to support the Black Feminist Initiative (June 18, 2020)
• Letter from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Emily Carter to UCLA Faculty proposing initial commitments to Black life at UCLA (June 18, 2020)
• Second Letter from Ethnic Studies leaders at UCLA concerning UCLA's commitment to Black life at UCLA (June 19, 2020)
• Open Letter to UCLA to End Ties with LAPD and Divest from UCPD written by UCLA undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni and staff in solidarity with the Black Graduate Student Association and Afrikan Student Union at UCLA (June 22, 2020)
• Letter from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Emily Carter to UCLA Faculty regarding racial discrimination, bias, and policing at UCLA (June 26, 2020)
• DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective Response to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Emily Carter's Bruinpost “Rising to the Challenge” (July 7, 2020)

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