Events on Campus: Jan. 12 – Jan. 18

Photo by Lia Cohen

UCLA is a campus full of diverse events, art exhibitions, and speakers. Here are some upcoming events that FEM’s Campus Life staff is looking forward to!

”Social Justice Summit 2019”

• “UCLA’s Black Alumni Association will host an Action Summit event featuring panels, live musical performances, a pop up art gallery, social impact activations and more. Artists, thought leaders, industry insiders, activists, students and more will join together for the special signature event centered at the intersection of art, community and activism.”
• When: Saturday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• The Summit Schedule:
  • 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m “Mental Health Matters”
  • 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m  “Hip Hop & Public Policy”
  • 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m “The Movement Matters”
  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m  “2nd Annual Conversation with Common & Angela Davis co-hosted with Imagine Justice”
  • 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. “Winston C. Doby Legacy Fund: After Summit Reception”
• Register

“Waste Awareness Week”

• “Waste Awareness Week is a week-long sustainability event that specifically tackles the impact of waste mismanagement on the environment. The week will consist of a large variety of events that will appeal to all corners of our diverse campus. From interactive games, workshops and panels, to collaborative art shows, movie screenings and a gala dinner, Waste Awareness Week hopes to engage all students and push them to think more critically about their waste generation habits, the single-use culture and linear economic systems that enable them, and the out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality that blinds them to the true consequences of this global crisis.”
• Monday, Jan. 14
  • World Waste Quiz and Decomposition Game
    • Bruin Walk
  • Environmental justice photo exhibition and poetry night
    • Kerckhoff Art Gallery from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 15
  • Talk to Athens Services, a local, waste collection and recycling company in the greater Los Angeles community, and the UCLA Zero Waste Coordinator, Kikei Wong, to learn more about UCLA’s Zero Waste to landfill by 2020 initiative.
    • Bruin Plaza 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Waste Stream Game
    • Bruin Walk
  • Bring Your Own Cup for coffee and cookies at the Trashed Movie Screening
    • The Hill 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, Jan. 16
  • Prizes given out at the Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops
    • Court of Sciences from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    • Bring Your Own Cup for coffee and cookies at the STRAWS Movie Screening
      • The Hill at 7 p.m. on The Hill
• Thursday, Jan. 17
  • SWAP Meet
    • Bruin Plaza 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Bring Your Own Cup for coffee and cookies at the Albatross Movie Screening
    • The Hill 7 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 18
  • Zero Waste Gala with representatives from LA Sanitation, 5Gyres, and Plastic Pollution Coalition, as well as Kikei Wong, UCLA’s Zero Waste Coordinator.
    • Tennis Club House 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• All week events Jan. 14 – Jan. 18
  • Art Installations on Bruin Walk
  • Passports: Check in through iPads at each event to be entered to win prizes at the end of the week
  • Collect & Carry: See how much trash you produce by carrying your waste throughout the week

“UCSF Regents Meeting Protest”

• “Join the Student Labor Advocacy Project of UCLA delegation to the winter UC regents meeting. After many months negotiating with AFSCME and UPTE, the UC has failed to offer a contract that will provide fair compensation and benefits to workers and address racial and gender inequities in pay.” Transportation will be provided.
• When: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Where: UC San Francisco
• Register