“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.“
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are no words to describe the recent acts of horrific and racially-motivated violence in our country. As we mourn the tragic deaths of Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other innocent, unnamed African American lives, we find ourselves asking: What can we do? How can we help? And how can we take action? 

To help us heal, to help us learn, and to help us process and take action together, we have put together this page for the UCLA community. This resource hub will point you to reflection spaces, heartfelt statements from campus leadership, advocacy work, and relevant literature from UCLA and across the web. We realize there are no easy answers here. But we hope this can at least be a starting point — as we all work together towards possible solutions and genuine reform. 

We will update this page as new content becomes available. If you know of a valuable resource that we have overlooked, please let us know at WeListen@equity.ucla.edu. 

last updated 2021 04 20

Key Message

• Statement from Chancellor Block: The Chauvin Verdict and Beyond (April 21, 2021)
• Statement from Chancellor Block and VC Spain Bradley: Supporting One Another in Difficult Times (April 14, 2021)
• Statement from Campus Leadership (May 30, 2020)

Key Guidance

• Acknowledging the Moment
  • Guidance for Faculty: Acknowledging the Current Racial Crisis in the Classroom (June 1,2020)
  • Guidance for Managers and Staff:  Acknowledging the Current Racial Crisis in the Workplace (June 11, 2020)
• Essential workers on campus after Curfew
  • See Policing Equity page (June 3, 2020)

Transparent Progress

Committing to our promise of transparency and keeping ourselves accountable to our professed ideals, below please find a list of actions UCLA has taken in light of the current racial crisis. We will continue to regularly update this list as new information becomes available.

1. The following campus units have held reflection spaces for their communities:

• UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: “Building and Facilitating Reflective Spaces” (held June 5, 2020)
  • ➡ A recording of this session and presentation notes are available upon request. Please e-mail rklibaner@equity.ucla.edu if you would be interested in copies of those materials.
  • Attended by over 380 UCLA Faculty and Staff members
• UCLA Anderson School of Management
• UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
• UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

➡ new & highlighted content:

• UCLA Social Sciences: Movements for Social Justice (video, April 27, 2021)
• Statement from UC President Drake: UC Commends Chauvin Murder Trial Verdict (April 20, 2021)
• UC Diversity: Anti-Racism Resources
• UC Diversity: Resources to Address Anti-Black Racism
• Resources on Juneteenth
• Resources on Policing Equity
• UCLA International Institute: Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives
• Event Series: The Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) Anti-Racism Discussion Group (for Faculty, Lecturers, and Senior Staff, meeting on Fridays from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm PT)
• Event Series: The UCLA Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL@UCLA) Anti-Racism Discussion Group (for Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Early-Career/Young Professionals, meeting on Wednesdays from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT)
• UCLA Staff Assembly: Call to Action: #BlackLivesMatter (June 3, 2020)
• UCLA Newsroom: Protests for Racial Justice: Faculty Share Insights on Responses to the Killing of George Floyd (June 1, 2020)
• Tweet from Chancellor Gene Block (May 28, 2020)
• CrossCheck Live: Police Killings of African Americans: What’s Law Got To Do With It? (October 19, 2016)
• CrossCheck Live: Sa-I-Gu: The Los Angeles Uprisings 25 Years Later – Witnessing the Past, Envisioning our Future (April 28, 2017)