UCLA Beloved Community Initiative

14/04/2023

Join us as we celebrate the legacy of UCLA alumnus C. Bernard Jackson and the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center which he co-founded with a free reading by Tony nominated actor Rocky Carroll, of celebrated playwright August Wilson's classic play "How I Learned What I Learned" at the Los Angeles Theater Center. The reading will be followed by a panel featuring UCLA Theater Arts Professor Dominic Taylor, and UCLA alumnus Dr. Oscar Edwards '78. MBA '81, and others. This event is being co-sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor, Woodruff-Nelson Family Foundation, UCLA Black ALumni Association (UBAA), UCLA Black Staff & Faculty Association (BSFA), UCLA Ralph Bunche Center for African American Studies, the Latino Theater Group@Los Angeles Theater Center and more.

Los Angeles premiere of Wilson’s final play; 25th anniversary celebration of the Town Hall he inspired re: African American Theater in L.A.

14/04/2023

Join us as we commemorate the centennial of Bruin legend Don Barksdale, with a free screening of 'Bounce: The Don Barksdale Story', at 6pm, Saturday, April 18. Attendees will gather at the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame to view the Dion Barksdale exhibit. Then walk over to the Acosta Training Facility for the screening. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring NIUL award winning current UCLA student-athlete and MEd candidate '23, Chase Griffin '21, and UCLA alumna and women's basketball All-American, Anita Ortega, to gether with Dom Barksdale son and granddaughter DErek Barksdale and Breanna Barksdale, who is a UCLA MBA candidate '23. This event is co-sponsored Office of the Chancellor, UCLA Black ALumni Association (UBAA), Black Staff & Faculty Association (BSFA), Woodruff Nelson Family Foundation, UCLA Ralph J. Bunche CEnter for African American Studies, UCLA Office of REsidential Life, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, DEpartment of Social Sciences, and more.

"Bounce", a film by Doug Harris, is about a young man from Oakland, CA recruited to UCLA by Jackie Robinson who became a basketball pioneer.

01/12/2021

Here is a story about a certain aspect of history that some would soon forget, at our own peril. Colonialism is the antitheses of the Beloved Community. And the people of Barbados are reminding us that the quest to bestow upon the world a more human face is alive and well. #2029

After nearly 400 years under the British monarchy, Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the state of the island nation early Tuesday […]

03/10/2021

Dear colleagues, family and friends,
Join us in support of the UCLA Black Staff & Faculty Association as they kickoff the 2021-2022 academic year with a BSFA Forum on The Mother of Humanity Monument & MotherLand Center for Humanity. Their special guest will be artist, sculptor Nijel Binns. The event takes place on zoom from 12-1pm, Monday, October 4.
Register here: https://bsfa.link/forum-OCT2021

18/06/2021

High fashion meets social justice with Walk A Mile In My Shoes collection inspired by MLK. #2029

Idris and Sabrina Elba are giving back in the name of high fashion. The couple and luxury shoe designer Christian Louboutin launched a collaboration

16/06/2021

BCT Presents The Power of Unlearning Part I Donate Now Join The King Center on June 22nd at 6PM on Facebook Live, Twitter and YouTube for a conversation between Dr. Bernice A. King and award winning m

10/05/2021

Dear Beloved Community,
Join the UCLA Black Staff & Faculty Association for their BSFA Forum on the Reckoning of Bruce's Beach. This is a discussion you don't want to miss.

Register at https://bsfa.link/forum-MAY2021.

10/05/2021

is not passive. It is and . It is -centered with evil. Study nonviolence with The King Center via the next series, May 3rd-6th. Register, find out about , and take the BE LOVE : www.thekingcenter.org/belove.

05/05/2021

Ever imagine some walls of the Beloved Community covered with a Judy Baca Mural? Something like the Great Wall or Los Angeles. What a story they would tell. Like the Great Wall of Los Angeles does. Hopeful and transformative. #2029

“The work has become timely, but it has always been important,” said Baca of “The Great Wall of Los Angeles.”