We Stand With Our Students

UCLA Faculty and Staff Speak Out


Collective Statements

UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies Statement on 2024 UAW Strike, May 30, 20204

Collective Statement of UCLA Gender Studies Graduate Students on the UAW Strike Authorization Vote, May 14, 2024

Statement to Students and the Campus Community, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, May 12, 2024

Statement of the undersigned members of UCLA’s IoES in response to the administration’s failures regarding student protests on campus, May 10, 2024

Luskin Students Demand an Aye Vote for No Confidence, Censure of Chancellor Block, and Stand in Solidarity with UCLA Student Demands, May 10, 2024

A Message from The Staff of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP), May 10, 2024

UCLA Black, Latinx, and Native American (BLNA) Faculty Collective of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) Letter in Support of Students, Faculty and Broader Bruin Community Subject to Emotional and Physical Violence During the Past Week’s Events, May 10, 2024

Center for the Study of Women Statement on Palestine Solidarity Encampment and Protests, May 9, 2024

Statement of undersigned members of the UCLA Department of Education in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 9, 2024

Department of Art Faculty Response to Violence on Our Campus, May 9, 2024

Statement of the undersigned members of the UCLA Mathematics Department on the actions of the administration in response to recent student protests, May 9, 2024

Statement from undersigned Luskin School of Public Affairs staff members in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment and the continued police presence on campus, May 9, 2024

“Voices from the Frontline: Medics at the UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment Expose Serious Harms Inflicted by Zionist Mob, Police, and UCLA Administration,” May 9, 2024

UCLA Law Faculty and Staff Statement on the Events of April 30–May 2, May 8, 2024

Statement of Undersigned Faculty in UCLA’s Department of Comparative Literature on the University’s Response to Campus Protests, May 8, 2024

Statement from undersigned members of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures in response to the UCLA administration’s failures over the Student Encampment and Protests, May 8, 2024

Statement from undersigned Luskin School of Public Affairs faculty members in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 8, 2024

Council of University Faculty Associations Statement On Campus Protests, May 7, 2024

Statement from Library staff on the suppression and mistreatment of student protesters, May 7, 2024

Letter to UCLA Health / DGSOM Leadership Regarding the Attack on and Forced Clearance of Palestine Solidarity Encampment, May 6, 2024

Statement by Members of the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies (ELTS) and the Program in Digital Humanities on the University’s Failure to Protect Student Protestors, May 6, 2024

Statement of Faculty in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in response to the attack on and removal of the Palestine solidarity encampment, May 6, 2024

UCLA Gender Studies Department Statement on Mob and Police Violence against Students and Faculty, May 6, 2024

Statement of Faculty in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in response to the attack on and removal of the Palestine solidarity encampment, May 6, 2024

Concerned Black Bruins and Alumni, Statement in Solidarity with the Students for Justice in Palestine, May 6, 2024

Statement of Support for the UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment, UCLA Center X, May 6, 2024

UCLA Chapter of UC-AFT Local 1474 Condemns Arrests of Contingent Faculty and Librarians for Protecting Students, May 6, 2024

American Indian Studies Department Solidarity Statement, May 6, 2024

Solidarity Statement of the Department of African American Studies, UCLA, May 6, 2024

Statement of Graduate Students of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures in Response to the Attacks on the Encampment and the University’s Failure to Protect Students and Faculty, May 6, 2024

An Open Letter to the UCLA Community from UCLA Jewish Faculty and Staff

The Bunche Center Supports Free Speech and Student Activism for Peace, Human Rights, and Social Justice, May 6, 2024

Statement from members of the Philosophy Department re: The university’s response to peaceful protest

Statement on Recent Events at UCLA, Chicano Studies Research Center, May 5, 2024

Statement of members of the UCLA Department of Anthropology Faculty in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 4, 2024

Letter to the UCLA Community in Response to the Encampment Attack on April 30, 2024 from a subset of the faculty within the Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health 

Statement of undersigned members of the UCLA Department of Design Media Arts Faculty in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 4, 2024

Statement of the Undersigned Members of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design Faculty in Response to Recent Events on Our Campus, May 4, 2024

Statement On the Clearing of the UCLA Encampment on 2 May, 2024, UCLA Department of Political Science, May 4, 2024

UCLA Department of Sociology’s Response to the Administration’s Failures over Gaza Solidarity Encampment, May 4, 2024

Statement from the Chair of the UCLA Master of Social Science Programs , May 4, 2024 

CityLab at UCLA Statement in Support of Student Protests

Statement of Members of the UCLA Disability Studies Program on the Right to Protest Peacefully without Fear of Violence, May 3, 2024

Statement from undersigned Social Welfare faculty members in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 3, 2024 

Statement from Members of the UCLA TEP Faculty and Staff, May 3, 2024

Statement of Faculty of the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics faculty in response to the attacks on the encampment and ensuing police violence, April 30 to May 2 2024, May 3, 2024

Statement of the Undersigned Theater, Film, and Television Faculty, May 3, 2024

World Arts and Cultures/Dance Response to Violent Removal of Student Encampment, May 3, 2024

Jewish Voice for Peace statement on the attack on the UCLA student encampment, May 3, 2024

Statement of the Department of Information Studies on the University's Handling of an Avoidable Tragedy, May 3, 2024 

Chicana/o & Central American Studies Faculty Statement of Solidarity, May 3, 2024

Statement of the Undersigned Art History Faculty in Response to the Attacks of April 30th-May 2nd, May 3, 2024

Asian American Studies Department Solidarity Statement, May 3, 2024

Statement of the UCLA Labor Center, May 3, 2024

Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events, May 2, 2024

Statement of Members of the Department of History in Response to Clearing the Encampment, May 2, 2024

Statement of undersigned members of the UCLA Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Writing Programs Faculty in response to the forcible removal of the Student Encampment, May 2, 2024

Statement of Members of the Department of Classics on the University’s Failure to Protect Student Protestors, May 2, 2024

Latino Policy and Politics Institute Statement, May 2, 2024

California Federation of Teachers Leaders Call on UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to Resign Following Violence on Campus, May 1, 2024

Statement of Members of the UCLA Department of History Faculty in Response to the Attack on the Encampment on 30 April 2024, May 1, 2024

UCLA Gender Studies Department Statement on Mob and Police Violence Against Student and Faculty, May 2, 2024

Faculty and Staff Speaking Out


“Protesters walk out, block traffic to oppose Israeli military’s invasion of Rafah,” Daily Bruin, June 3, 2024

“Students, faculty attend vigil honoring Palestinians killed in ongoing war,” Daily Bruin, June 2, 2024

“Op-ed: Negotiate with students, workers first – faculty decline private invite from Hunt,” Daily Bruin, May 31, 2024

“UCLA threatens to withhold degrees from pro-Palestinian student protesters,” The Guardian, May 30, 2024

 “UCLA Chancellor Gene Block heads to D.C. for grilling on campus antisemitism,” Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2024

 “Criticism from campus to Congress: A dark end to UCLA Chancellor Block’s tenure,” Los Angeles Daily News, May 21, 2024

“UCLA’s Unholy Alliance,” Boston Review, May 18, 2024

“UCLA Academic Senate rejects censure and ‘no confidence’ vote on Chancellor Gene Block,” Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2024

 “Op-ed: UC offers deceptive claims about illegality of strike in letter to union members,” Daily Bruin, May 16, 2024

“UCLA Professor Emerita Recounts Decades of Activism Against War and Injustice,” Al Jazeera, May 16, 2024

“Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment,” CNN, May 16, 2024

“Outsiders left UCLA protesters beaten and bloody,” CNN, May 16, 2024

“Medics at UCLA protest say police weapons drew blood and cracked bones,” USA Today, May 14, 2024

Report of Task Force on Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Muslim, and Anti-Arab Racism, UCLA, May 13, 2024

“Despite warnings of violence at UCLA, police didn’t step in for over 3 hours,” Washington Post, May 11, 2024 [pdf]

“UCLA chancellor faces growing faculty criticism, no-confidence vote, after weeks of turmoil,” Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2024 [pdf]

“UCLA: Whose Violence?”, New York Review of Books, May 11, 2024

“For Whom Is Campus to Be Safe?”, Los Angeles Review of Books, May 10, 2024

“U.C.L.A. Meeting to Consider Rebuking Chancellor Ends Without Vote,” New York Times, May 10, 2024 [pdf]

“More than 800 faculty and staff at UCLA call for chancellor’s resignation,” The Guardian, May 9, 2024

 “UC faculty group calls for dropping charges against protesters, wants UCLA chancellor to resign,” ABC 7 Eyewitness News, May 9, 2024

“UC faculty call for UCLA chancellor’s resignation over protest response,” Jack FM 93.1, Los Angeles, May 9, 2024

“UCLA faculty and staff denounce university’s handling of student Gaza protest,” The Canadian Press, May 9, 2024

“We deserve clarity on Gene Block’s failure to maintain a safe campus environment,” Daily Bruin, May 6, 2024

“Under the Jumbotron,” London Review of Books, May 6, 2024

“After Mass Arrests, UCLA Faculty Protest at Hammer Museum Gala,” Hyperallergic, May 6, 2024

Op-ed: A Message to Our Students from UCLA Lecturers and Librarians, Daily Bruin, May 5, 2024

“News Conference: Professors protecting their students,” NBC 4 Los Angeles, May 5, 2024

“UCLA faculty protest at Hammer Museum gala, decrying treatment of pro-Palestinian students,” Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2024

“How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours,” New York Times, May 3, 2024

 Fernando Pérez-Montesinos on Enfoque Noticias, “What happened at UCLA? An expert tells us,” May 3, 2024

“UCLA History Department Denounces University Actions Surrounding Pro-Palestinian Encampment,” CBS News, May 3, 2024

“ ‘People Could Have Died’: Police Raid UCLA Gaza Protest After Pro-Israel Mob Attacked Encampment,” Democracy Now!, May 2, 2024

“Campus Unrest,” CNN Newsroom with Max Foster, May 2, 2024

“Police fire rubber bullets at student crowds as UCLA Gaza camp torn down,” MSN.com, May 2, 2024

 “Taking Cues From Students, U.C.L.A. Faculty Members Join the Protests,” New York Times, May 2, 2024

“UCLA Chancellor defends operation to clear protest camp,” KNX News, May 2, 2024

“ ‘Their Blood Is on Gene Block’: UCLA Students Injured in Violent Police Raid,” Common Dreams, May 2, 2024

“UCLA faculty supporting student protests are expecting to be arrested this morning, professor says,” CNN, May 2, 2024

“ ‘Unacceptable’: Why it took hours for police to quell attack at UCLA pro-Palestinian camp,” Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2024 [pdf]

UCLA Faculty and Staff Press Conference on Zionist Violence Against Students, May 1, 2024 

“I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?”, The Forward, May 1, 2024

“UCLA professor calls violent clash on campus a ‘tragic development,’ ” KNX News, May 2, 2024

A Pro-Israel Mob Invades the UCLA Campus to Beat up Pro-Palestinian Students While the Police Look On,” Background Briefing, May 1, 2024 

“After violent night at UCLA, classes cancelled, UC president launches investigation into response,” Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2024 [pdf]

 “Are USC and other universities afraid of anti-Semitism accusations?,” KNX News, April 24, 2024