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Apply for the 2025 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Program

Apply for the 2025 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Program

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The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, cityLAB-UCLA, and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center are proud to invite applicants for the eighth annual cycle of the UCLA Activist-in-Residence program.

Apply for the 2025 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Program

The UCLA Activist-in-Residence program seeks to strengthen the infrastructure of social transformation by supporting local movement leaders, community organizers, and artists with university resources. Conceptualized as a sabbatical, the residency allows for time and space to reflect upon complex challenges, envision new campaigns and projects, and connect with university faculty, students, and staff. This program provides opportunities for activists to engage with the UCLA community to develop and strengthen their capabilities, work, and commitment towards social justice

Goals of the program:

  • Provide movement leaders, community organizers, and artists with the opportunity to undertake power-shifting scholarship, reflect upon complex challenges, and envision new campaigns and projects.
  • Build an inter-institutional space connecting UCLA to social movements and community organizations.
  • Encourage mutual learning and shared pedagogy between activists, students, and scholars that create new models of public scholarship and community engagement.

We welcome applications from those individuals who live and work in the Los Angeles region and who are available to be in residence from January-May 2025.

Click here for more information about the UCLA Activist-in-Residence program, eligibility requirements, and the application.

  • Application deadline: Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 11:59pm PT.
  • Selection decision: By the end of December 2024.
  • Award amount: A gross salary of $7,500 over the five-month period, and up to $2,500 in research support.

Eligibility or application procedure questions may be directed to: