We wish everyone in our alumni community a happy and healthy holiday season. Thank you for supporting The Diversity Digest throughout this year. We'd love for you to read the
UCLA Alumni Association 2020 Year-End Review to see the other highlights from our virtual year and complete our
unconventional survey to help us continue to build a bright future with our community.
We look forward to continuing to bring you content relevant to our diverse alumni community in 2021. Until then, enjoy this week's offerings and have a happy and healthy holiday season.
Celebrate Life
In the new year, we would like to celebrate the lives of those we lost in 2020. If you would like to celebrate the life of a loved one with us, please submit their name and relation to you, along with a story or memory (you may include a photo), to diversity@alumni.ucla.edu so they may be included in our future "In Memoriam" issue of The Diversity Digest.
Create
Join UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association (PAA) for a parol-making workshop led by Michelle Magalong, M.U.R.P. '03, Ph.D. '17. The parol is the Pilipino symbol of light of the Christmas holiday, and this event marks the first in celebration of PAA's 30th anniversary in 2021.
Play
Play Bingo, win prizes and have fun with UCLA Lambda Alumni Association at its
5th Annual Drag Bingo Fundraiser on Dec. 20 at 5 p.m.
Learn
Join the Fowler Museum at UCLA and the UCLA Department of African American Studies for
Festivals in the City of Angels: Kwanzaa in Leimert Park Village. Hear from culture bearers and figures from the Leimert Park Village community who are organizing for Black liberation and self-determination in this online event.
Understand
Get a state-level perspective on UCLA's role in California's civil, economic and pandemic recovery at Wednesday's UCLA Alumni Town Hall, featuring California State Senator Ben Allen and Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager.
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THE BRUIN PROMISE
is a commitment from UCLA Alumni Affairs and UCLA Extension to provide access to lifelong learning to Bruins — and all who seek knowledge — through thousands of affordable courses and more than 100 certificate and specialization programs.
Winter quarter enrollment begins Nov. 2.
In response to current challenges, a broad selection of virtual professional development and personal enrichment seminars are being offered at no cost. Search the list and take your future further with these educational resources and tools.
