UCLA Department of African American Studies

Join us in welcoming the Black Bruin Resource Center's "Game Changers" series. The series highlights people, companies and innovation evolving the tech industry. These session topics include: Black Male App Developers Paving Their Own Way: Breakr-ing the Mold Tue, Jan 26 6:00 pm PST - 7:00 pm PST Register | Details... Black Female Entrepreneurs Driving Change with Startups Wed, Jan 27 5:30 pm PST - 7:00 pm PST Register | Details Creating Change in HealthTech: A Guide to Discovery, Career, and Impact in Health & Medicine Thu, Jan 28 5:00 pm PST - 6:00 pm PST Can't wait to see you there this Tuesday January 26, 20221 at 6! register: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/login

Join us February 2nd at 4:00pm and February 17th at 6:00pm for the Bunche Fellows Program Information Sessions. The Bunche Fellows Program (BFP) funds undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars to study the conditions of Black life. This event is a great opportunity to learn more about all that the Bunche Fellows Program has to offer! To register visit: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScjZ3VCzBys2IgJCH/viewform

Starting this Friday January 22nd! from 3-4pm the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program will be hosting the Brown Bag Series! Use the zoom link located on this flyer to join us for these Zoom meetings every Friday from 3-4pm until March 5th! We know you are as excited as we are!

Join us on the evening of Tuesday, April 6th, for "Join the UCLA Legacy 2021", a virtual event honoring our African American admits for the Fall class of 2021. Save the date to connect with faculty and staff to learn more about the many benefits of becoming a Bruin! Hear from students who attended our past "Join the UCLA Legacy": "I especially enjoyed being able to discuss with the department chairs and their willingness to make sure that we constantly understood the entire ...college-going process." "The Legacy event was the icing on the cake that I needed to feel valued as an African American student in such a large university." Mark your calendar April 6th 2021 5:30-7:30pm Stay tuned for more details coming soon. You don't want to miss this!

Join us on January 20th and January 27th at 6pm for UCLA's first Black Bruin Resource Center focus groups! For us to ensure we are providing the resources that the community truly needs and desires we will be hosting three Focus Groups within the month of January. These sessions will allow us to gather insight from the greater Black Bruin Community. To participate in a focus group, please use the registration links below. Please note that you are welcome to attend more than one session! https://afam.ucla.edu//join-us-for-the-ucla-black-bruin-r/