Annual Report
July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
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Annual Report
July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion — Together We Rise, Divided We Fall
While we were still adjusting to working from home, the death of George Floyd ignited historic protests and a nationwide reckoning on race and policing that accelerated the need for community conversations around equity, diversity and inclusion - not just for the Black Lives Matters movement but for Bruins of all abilities, cultures, ethnicities and gender identities. Programming throughout the year sought to console and guide with kindness and strength.
The World Through the Lens of Race
UCLA Alumni Scholars Club
Award: Circle of Excellence Category: Student Advancement | Student-led Engagement Initiatives
This series focuses on addressing racial inequality and the impacts it has created in our communities. The simple goal is to provide Bruins with tools and resources to continue on the path of becoming anti-racist and to be able to partake in difficult conversations with friends, family and respective communities.
The concept of affirmative action
Black communities need to own up to anti-Asian actions
Chinese exclusion act, Mexican Americans deported
Being white or affluent does not mean you had a better life
A Candid Conversation of Race and Privilege With Jane Elliott
UCLA Black Alumni Association and UCLA Diversity Programs and Initiatives
In 1968, in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise." Now famous, the exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority. Since then, Elliott has dedicated her life to exposing prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors.
There are not three or four races — we are all members of the same race
What can we do to combat racism?
Changemakers Summit: Racial Equity in the Workplace
UCLA Alumni Career Engagement and UCLA Diversity Programs and Initiatives
The Changemakers Summit combined the objectives of both the Alumni Career Engagement and Diversity Initiatives teams, engaging more than 200 mid- and senior-level Bruin leaders from variegated industries. As a result, participants discovered strategies and best EDI practices to empower and equip them to have courageous conversations at work.
The thirty speakers making up the well-rounded panel of EDI professionals represented Amazon, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Deloitte Consulting, Emory University, the Fire Department of New York City, the Girl Scouts, Google, Los Angeles County, Netflix, the UC Office of the President, UCLA, The Walt Disney Company, WarnerMedia and more.