Two wrongs don't make a right!
"Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter sent the following message to the UCLA campus community today.
The ongoing principled protests around the nation — and around the world — calling for racial justice have been inspiring and humbling. In this moment we rightfully have been moved to ask what more we can do to make UCLA a community where all will know that Black lives, Black intellects, Black aspirations and Black experiences matter. ...
We hope the following steps will ensure lasting change that will have a positive impact on our campus:
- We will appoint a special faculty advisor in the chancellor’s office to advise on issues of concern to Black faculty, staff and students. ...
- We will create a Black Student Resource Center ... We will be meeting and working with student leaders from the Afrikan Student Union and Black Graduate Student Association to review these options.
- We will expand the intellectual community devoted to Black life and racial equity issues ...
- We will provide 10 summer graduate fellowship awards each year beginning in 2021 for research, teaching and service related to Black life. ...
- We will create a postdoctoral community focused on Black experience. ...
- We will recruit 10 additional faculty members over the next five years whose scholarly work — teaching, mentoring and/or research — addresses issues of Black experience. ...
- We will allocate a dedicated staff member in External Affairs to provide development support focused on issues related to Black life. ...
- We will commit $250,000 for seed research grants on racial inequities and racial justice ...
- We will allocate a dedicated staff member in Strategic Communications to amplify the voices of faculty, staff and students of color ...
- We will bolster the leadership roles that the ethnic studies centers ..."
UCLA introduces steps to create a more inclusive environment for Black Bruins | UCLA Plans include a Black Student Resource Center, new faculty positions, fellowships, fundraising and research support
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