UCLA in the Community

UCLA digital humanities students built a website and database that sparked a curator to develop “Center Stage: African American Women in Silent Race Films.”

Kaylin Wesley plans to use her knowledge to alleviate major challenges facing black youth as they struggle to attain an education and health care, among other objectives.

Once the lingua franca of Mexico, Nahuatl was eventually overtaken by Spanish. Today, the Aztec language is spoken only by 1.5 million people in Mexico, many of whom live in the state of Veracruz on the western edge of the Gulf of Mexico.

Social welfare adjunct professor Jorja Leap has launched a 10-year project, the Watts Leadership Initiative, to deepen the indigenous leadership in the South L.A. community.

The third annual Jumpstart UCLA Literacy Fair, entitled “Historical Figures: One World, Many Stories,” celebrated local preschoolers’ achievements and featured various interactive literacy activities run by UCLA students.

"“Dementia is an isolating disease that can bring on loneliness and is often void of opportunities for social interactions,” says Dr. Zaldy Tan, UCLA gerontologist and director of TimeOut @ UCLA.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the L.A. riots, UCLA faculty, artists, authors and community leaders will reflect on this flash point and the aftermath in a series of talks and programs.

UCLA School of Law is joining the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department and two other law schools to help establish a policy for the release of body camera footage by the police department.

Dean Gary Segura sees parallels between California history and current national debate over immigration.

UCLA and neighborhood volunteers gathered at Horace Mann UCLA Community School in South Los Angeles for a spring cleaning on Saturday.

In L.A. and other cities, inequities persist not just in the ability to get around, but in access to parks and open spaces that are conducive to outdoor activity.

More than 50 UCLA students, staff, faculty and alumni visited legislative offices on March 8 to share their stories about how the university changed their lives for the better and to call for additional state funding.

The program started in 2001 with 36 participants from disadvantaged homes in Los Angeles. Eight years later, Martin was at the White House to receive the nation’s highest honor for an arts-based youth program.

The Companion Care Program provides specially trained volunteers who offer individualized companionship to older adult patients while they are hospitalized.

Twenty-three high school students are getting a unique opportunity to launch their future careers in the health care field, thanks to a new hands-on internship program.

Now in its 20th year, the UCLA Law Fellows program, run by UCLA School of Law, demystifies law school for undergraduates from various colleges and universities, who aspire to law careers.

To build support for its outreach efforts, UCLA Extension Dean Wayne Smutz is reaching out to alumni to provide necessary assistance and partnership.

The public school is envisioned as a cornerstone for a rigorous, personalized college-prep education, tailored to the needs of its neighborhood and drawing on expertise from UCLA.

Sarah Bang was once the liaison connecting K-12 UCLA Community School and UCLA. Now at UCLA, she supports UCLA Community School graduates as UCLA students.

More than 300 health care workers from UCLA Health volunteered their time and expertise at the free Care Harbor health clinic in Los Angeles.

The UCLA Sephardic Archive has acquired one of the most significant collections ever assembled chronicling Los Angeles Sephardic Jewish history.

The Good Food for Local Schools website features resources from UC and other sources that reflect innovative thinking and practices related to healthy and sustainable pre-K-12 school food options.

The programs in the works include a legal clinic; a center to help with or prevent homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness; a revived Veteran’s Garden; and a family resource center.

UCLA alumnae Funmilola Fagbamila and Lisa Hasegawa are both veteran community organizers who will work with students and faculty.

Local high school students learn about the life of a UCLA scientist and practical uses for nanotechnology.