A UCLA group created to fight for women’s rights before UCLA was even established will be celebrating its centenary this year. The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club is holding several programs for its members over the next few months, including dinners and galas, to celebrate the centenary. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club will celebrate its centennial in March 2018 and has planned a series of celebratory activities for the upcoming year. (Courtesy of the UCLA Faculty Women’s Club)
As a child, Karen Coronilla would get upset when her father would come home after a day’s work in construction or gardening without any pay. “He’d say, ‘Well I didn’t get paid today, I’m undocumented so there’s nothing I can do,’” Coronilla said. Read more...
Photo: Yael Pineda, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who graduated in the spring, spoke to the Daily Bruin about her concerns for the future after President Donald Trump ended the program. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Aomar Boum said his research on Jewish history in his home country of Morocco brings local attention to that history and helps people reconnect with their historic roots. Read more...
Photo: Associate professor Aomar Boum conducts research on Jewish history in his native country of Morocco, providing insight into today’s Moroccan Jewish communities around the world. (Pablo Munoz/Daily Bruin)
When Mishelle Oh wanted to join her high school basketball team, the family she lived with urged her not to play. Because Oh was undocumented, she could not get health insurance and would have had to pay to treat injuries out of pocket. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students have protested in support of undocumented students after the election of Donald Trump as president. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 11 at 9:18 a.m. Clementine Bordeaux, a member of the Rosebud Lakota tribe, said she was surprised when the Los Angeles City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with a holiday honoring indigenous peoples. Read more...
Photo: Native American students and activists said they think Los Angeles’ decision to create an Indigenous Peoples Day will bring more attention to Native American issues, such as the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Jorge Herrera migrated to the United State at the age of 4, and he did not think he would go to college. “In my head I would (ask) myself what was the point of me going to college if I couldn’t put my degree to work,” he said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA faculty and staff joined hundreds of others in marching in support of undocumented individuals at a protest in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.(Sharon Zhen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA students joined thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it will end a program that deferred the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
