Who We Are

How We Got Here

The Black Bruin Resource Center is the culmination of efforts of Black students on UCLA's campus for decades. Students involved with the the Afrikan Black Coalition, a coalition of Black Student Unions across the UC and CSU systems, began calling for Black resource centers at all of their schools in 2015. UCLA first put funding in renovating the Black Forum space in Haines Hall - a collaboration with the Bunche Center. In 2018 Student Affairs then created the Black Community Center in Rieber Hall that was used as a programming and study space. After further advocacy for a space more central in location on campus by organizations like the Afrikan Student Union and Black Graduate Students Association at UCLA, the Chancellor established the Black Bruin Resource Center as a part of his Rising to the Challenge statement in June of 2020.

Mission