Thank you to everyone who supported the UCLA Lambda LGBTQ Alumni Association in 2018. Whether you attended an event, shared our social media posts, volunteered or donated, we appreciate you.
2019 is going to be filled with ongoing celebration at UCLA and within the Lambda community. In May, UCLA will turn 100 and will kick off a yearlong celebration highlighting Bruin history, past achievements and more. Our network will join in on the celebration and also host a series of festivities and programming events to honor UCLA's Centennial.
First and foremost, please join us for our Annual Lambda Gala on Sunday, April 28 honoring iconic politician, Sheila Kuehl '62, and Coolhaus CEO and co-founder, Natasha Case, M.A. '08. On Saturday, May 18, Bruins will be coming back to campus to celebrate UCLA Alumni Day. This fall, UCLA will co-host a human rights forum on the eve of National Coming Out Day in Royce Hall for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. And there’s so much more – including some events coming soon in Northern California.
To stay up-to-date on our latest events, keep an eye on your inboxes and social media. If you’ve ever considered getting more involved with the board as a volunteer or board member, helping to cultivate the next generation of LGBTQ+ Bruin leaders, there’s no better time than the present.
Questions? Concerns? Want to get involved? Email us at lambda@alumni.ucla.edu and read about our upcoming events/opportunities, below. To learn more about the general UCLA Centennial Campaign, please visit lettherebe.ucla.edu.
Go Bruins,
Kaya Foster '10 & Devon Dickau '07, MBA '15
Co-Presidents, UCLA Lambda LGBTQ Alumni Association
Upcoming Events
Help Recruit LGBTQ First-Year & Transfer Students By Sharing Your UCLA Experience
Co-hosted by UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center, Queer Alliance and Lambda Alumni Association, we are seeking alumni volunteers to connect with incoming freshmen, transfer and current undergraduate students during Pride Admit Weekend (PAW). Sign up to volunteer as a dinner table host or keynote speaker, or simply write a letter to a freshman or transfer student sharing your UCLA experience.
Make plans to return to campus for the kickoff of UCLA's Centennial Celebration at UCLA Alumni Day 2019. There will be timely speakers, engaging discussions, enlightening tours and yet-to-be-imagined surprises.
Continue celebrating UCLA’s 100 years as we host an afternoon reception and interactive history-making art project highlighting LGBTQ’s history. View historical LGBTQ UCLA photos, take the opportunity to tell your LGBTQ UCLA story and meet with fellow LGBTQ alumni and Lambda’s inspiring scholarship recipients. More details to come.
Past Event Highlights
Annual FunDRAGer at Hamburger Mary's
Lambda hosted the 3rd Annual Drag Bingo Fundraiser at Hamburger Mary’s in West Hollywood to raise money for our scholarships and operations funds. With your help, Lambda raised over $2,500.
Congratulations to Our Lambda Scholarship Recipients
Due to the generosity of our donors and financial support from the UCLA Alumni Association, Lambda awarded $2,500 in scholarships to three undergraduate students and two graduate students. We received a record number of applications this year. These awards mark the first time in several years that Lambda has been able to provide scholarships to continuing students. All applications were carefully reviewed by eight scholarship readers. Thank you to all who participated.
Featured Graduate Scholar
Hilary Bowman exp. M.D. '21
B.S., Neuroscience, Duke University
Research Associate, UCLA Health
Lambda is thrilled to award our very first graduate student continuing student scholarship to Hilary Bowman. Bowman grew up in Huntington Beach, and is a second-year student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
She graduated from Duke University in 2015 and worked as a student programming coordinator and discussion group leader for the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. She was also active on the board of the student LGBTQIA+ advocacy group, Blue Devils United.
Bowman serves as co-president of MedGLO, the LGBTQIA+ organization for medical students, residents and faculty, and was on the board of the Southern California LGBTQIA+ Health Conference, "Empowered We Stand: Uniting Communities, Providers, and Allies," which took place on Jan. 20. She is interested in addressing LGBTQIA+ health disparities and creating active allies in the medical profession. When not in school, Hilary enjoys going to the beach, exploring Los Angeles and spending time with her family.
Leadership at UCLA: Board Member, UCLA Young Alumni Development Council Bay Area; Past Assistant Director, L.A. Area Networks, UCLA Alumni Association; UCLA Alumni Mentor; Past Alumni Relations Director, Alumni Scholars Club; Past UniCorp Team, UCLA UniCamp; Past Philanthropy Chair, UCLA Pi Kappa Phi.
Favorite UCLA Memory: Our epic, rainy day football victory over 'SC to take back the Victory Bell after a six-year drought, which was my final game at the Rose Bowl as a student.
Cleve Wong '12
B.A., Sociology
Senior Marketing Analyst, UCLA Health
Pronouns: he/him/them
Other UCLA Leadership: Planning Committee, UCLA Health's LGBTQ Initiative - Pride Parade in WeHo; Counselor, BruinCorps; Associate Producer, UCLA Film and Television Society; Program Representative, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.
Favorite UCLA Memory: Working with Coldplay and Deepak Chopra at health and wellness events we coordinated.
About Us
UCLA Lambda Alumni Association was founded in 1989 by Doug Walters and Corinne Lightweaver and is one of the oldest and most well-established LGBTQ+ alumni organizations in the country. Led by a dedicated group of LGBTQ+ alumni volunteers, Lambda sustains a network of LGBTQ+ alumni and friends to support one another, UCLA students and the greater LGBTQ+ community.
How You Can Support
Lambda’s success depends on the generous philanthropic support of alumni and friends like you! Please click here to learn more about our scholarship programs and how your contribution to Lambda makes an impact. Visit our giving site at giving.ucla.edu/lambda.
Visit the LGBT Center
You are always welcome to visit the UCLA LGBT Resource Center to see our 4000+ volume Rae Lee Siporin LGBT Library, our David Bohnett Cyber Center and the 1600 square foot home to our LGBTQ students at UCLA.
For more information about how to get involved, please contact us at lambda@alumni.ucla.edu.
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