We want to take this moment to amplify some UCLA resources at the intersection of our work, Black policy, and anti-racism:

Million Dollar Hoods
Innovative research project that maps and documents the fiscal and human costs of mass incarceration in Los Angeles

UCLA Black Policy Project
A multidisciplinary initiative housed within the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies

UCLA Black Male Institute
Housed at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies addressing concerns around equity and access for Black males in education

South Los Angeles Since the Sixties
A UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK) report examining the socioeconomic changes in South Los Angeles since the ‘60s to shed light on what, if any, progress has been made toward addressing issues of access, equity, and justice

Struggling to Stay Home
A brief by CNK and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative on how the pandemic’s shelter-in-place policies impact Black and Latino neighborhoods

Black, Brown and Powerful: Freedom Dreams in Unequal Cities
A collection of works and calls to action from the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin

Jobless During a Global Pandemic
State’s Black, Latino workers less likely to be covered by unemployment insurance amid COVID-19

Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health
Promoting health equity through rigorous research, innovative teaching and community engagement

The African American Policy Forum
A New York-based think tank led by Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA School of Law professor

UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Resources for racial trauma, including on anti-racism

Hollywood Diversity Report 2020
An annual UCLA series that examines the relationship between diversity and profit in the entertainment industry

Podcast with Darnell Hunt, Dean of UCLA Social Sciences and professor of sociology and African American Studies

Additional Resources

Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be An Antiracist

People’s Budget LA