Concerned UCLA Alumni Letter to Chancellor Gene Block

From the Daily Bruin, July 20, 2020 1:17 pm

Faculty collective pushes for university police divestment, criticizes UCLA's plan forward - Daily BruinA group of UCLA faculty says the university’s plan to address police violence represents a renewed commitment to policing and fails to work meaningfully toward divestment.

"At least 36 UCLA faculty formed the Divest/Invest UCLA Faculty Collective, which demands the university fully divest from law enforcement agencies. A June 11 letter, signed by more than 200 faculty members and sent to the UCLA administration, stated that UCLA should divest from the Los Angeles Police Department, defund UCPD and invest in racial and gender justice teaching, research and community initiatives."

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"Calls for divestment also came from alumni and students.

A June 9 letter signed by more than 3,700 alumni asked the UCLA administration to be more transparent about its involvement in the LAPD’s June 1 use of the Jackie Robinson Stadium as a field jail to detain protestors. The letter also demanded UCLA to stop collaborating with the LAPD.

Similar demands came from the UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Student Advisory Board, which echoed faculty demands to divest while asking the university to reform UCPD policies and make anonymized UCPD data available to the public."

Relevant News from UCLA Faculty:

Letter Regarding Response to Divestment Now Demands by UCLA Faculty

JUNE 19, 2020 – Letter to Chancellor Block and EVC Carter from the DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective reiterating divestment demands that were not addressed by Juneteenth deadline as requested in letter sent on June 11, 2020 with more than 200 UCLA faculty signatories.

Divestment Now Demands by UCLA Faculty

JUNE 11, 2020 – Letter to Chancellor Block from the DIVEST/INVEST UCLA Faculty Collective and co-signed by more than 200 UCLA faculty, demanding the immediate commitment from UCLA leadership to divest from policing and reinvest in research and teaching in the areas of racial justice, and to supporting Black students, faculty, staff, and workers at UCLA

Follow-up Letter from Executive Committee of Concerned UCLA Faculty to ‘A Violation of Our Values’

JUNE 4, 2020 – Letter in response to the BruinPost on June 3, 2020 that was issued by the Office of the Chancellor

‘A Violation of Our Values’

JUNE 3, 2020 – BruinPost issued by the UCLA Office of the Chancellor and distributed campuswide regarding the LAPD’s use of the Jackie Robinson Stadium

Follow-up Letter from Executive Committee of Concerned UCLA Faculty

JUNE 3, 2020 – Letter in response to communication on June 2, 2020 from UCLA Vice Chancellor Beck that outlines specific demands by UCLA faculty which include: the issuance of a public letter to LAPD Chief Michael Moore, transparency in disclosing documents which led up to the incident, and a public pledge to work towards divesting from the police state

Response to UCLA Faculty Letter on UCLA LAPD Collaboration

JUNE 2, 2020 – Letter from UCLA Vice Chancellor Beck, on behalf of UCLA leadership, in response to the use of UCLA facilities by LAPD

UCLA Faculty Letter on UCLA LAPD Collaboration

JUNE 2, 2020 – Letter to UCLA Chancellor and Executive Vice-Chancellor & Provost demanding an immediate cessation of the use of any UCLA facilities by LAPD and other police forces co-authored by Institute faculty researchers and allies

From the Daily Bruin, June 2, 2020 9:26 pm

UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium facilities used by LAPD to detain protestors - Daily BruinThe Los Angeles Police Department held dozens of detained protesters in the parking lot of a UCLA-leased athletics facility Monday. The detainees sat handcuffed in cramped cages inside buses for hours without access to water, food or bathrooms.