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We are a
We are a
student-run, student-led, student-initiated
student-run, student-led, student-initiated
multicultural resource center comprised of seven Recruitment & Retention Centers (RRCs).
multicultural resource center comprised of seven Recruitment & Retention Centers (RRCs).
We aim to recruit and retain first-year, transfer, re-entry, and continuing low-income, underserved students of color in higher education.
We aim to recruit and retain first-year, transfer, re-entry, and continuing low-income, underserved students of color in higher education.
bridges Organization Chart 2020.pdfbridges grew out of students’ (of color) struggle for representation as a response to the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996
bridges grew out of students’ (of color) struggle for representation as a response to the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996
Proposition 209 banned affirmative action, prohibiting the government from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting, and public education.
The Univeristy followed suit with their own policy, ending the use of race, ethnicity, and gender admissions (Special Policy 1), contracting, and hiring (Special Policy 2).
This effectively banned institutional support for marginalized students of color.
Under Proposition 209 and SP-1 & SP-2, RRCs could not support their specific communities of color.
In response to this, existing RRCs joined forces and thus, out of a politic of needs and resisitance, bridges Multicultural Resource Center was born.
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bridges is intentionally lower-cased and italicized
bridges is intentionally lower-cased and italicized
It's not a mistake. It all goes back to our values.
The lower-case represents how we don't believe in top-down values of hierarchical institutions. Instead, we value collaboration in community.
The italicized represents how we value progress, how we always believe in moving forward as a community.
No hxstory, No Self
No hxstory, No Self
Know hxstory, Know Self
Know hxstory, Know Self
Spring 2001
In frustration of the lack of recognition and support from the University, bridges held a formal strike on our largest yield event: Senior Weekend. The strike drastically affected student of color admission rates and demonstrated to the University the power of the bridges coalition when we organized.
16 May 2001
The UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to rescind SP-1 & SP-2 and reaffirmed the University's commitment to a diverse student body.
Hxstory has taught us more often than not that these institutions, specifically academic insitutions, are not made for people of color. That we must rely on each other, our community, to support one another.
As full-time students of color doing this work, we know how it feels to be unseen and unsupported by hierarchical institutions. We also know how it feels to support and be supported by community.
Since 1996, bridges has been fighting to continue empowering students of color.
The fight continues.
With this being said, never forget that you are valid. You are magic. You are fierce. You matter. You belong here.
With this being said, never forget that you are valid. You are magic. You are fierce. You matter. You belong here.
-bridges 2016 letter reigniting #fight4space
-bridges 2016 letter reigniting #fight4space
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