Bruins vote
BruinsVote is a non-partisan coalition of students, student organizations, and campus partners that is led by the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) and the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and supported by Student Affairs.
October 15 • 3:30 p.m.
“Understanding Key 2024 Local Ballot Measures“
Presented by the UCLA Alumni Association and UCLA Government and Community Relations
A moderated discussion with UCLA experts on key local ballot measures in the November 2024 election. Jim Newton, veteran journalist and Blueprint Editor, will lead a discussion with Professor Michael Lens, Professor Gary Segura and Zev Yaroslavsky. The discussion will focus on three measures local to Los Angeles city and county, including one that addresses potential corruption:
- Charter Amendment DD, which would create an independent redistricting commission, preventing city council members from favorably drawing their own districts. Born out of a 2022 scandal in which leaked audio recordings caught Los Angeles City Council members scheming to gerrymander council districts, proponents argue that Charter Amendment DD would help prevent such corruption in the future.
- County Measure G is similarly intended to target corruption by creating a county ethics commission, an independently elected executive, and expanding the Board of Supervisors to nine, shrinking Los Angeles County’s supervisorial districts.
- County Measure A would repeal the Measure H tax, approved in 2017, and raise the county’s sales tax by a half-cent to fund homelessness services.
https://giving.ucla.edu/Standard/NetDonate.aspx?SiteNum=5326
October 15 • 7:30 p.m
Hammer Forum | From November 5 to January 6: Are We Ready for a Fair and Legitimate Election?
Presented by the Hammer Museum and the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law
October 22 • 12:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion “What Moves an Electorate? Political Narratives in a Polarized World“
Presented by UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
https://www.international.ucla.edu/burkle/event/16793
October 23 • 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Latina Futures 2050 Lab | Panel Discussion “Community Power in the 2024 Election” (Online via Zoom)
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and Latina Futures 2050 Lab presents an online conversation featuring Latina mobilizers discussing the fight for a multicultural democracy that works for everyone. As we approach the final leg of the 2024 election cycle, you will hear from community leaders at the forefront of grassroots efforts to promote community power through voter education, mobilization and engagement.
https://www.chicano.ucla.edu/events/panel-community-power-2024-election
October 28 • 12 p.m.
Dialogue across Difference | Resetting the Table’s “Speaking Across Conflict” Workshop for Students
An interactive workshop for UCLA students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences.
https://community.ucla.edu/event/c6ec8621-fb13-4cf7-ba62-9bdd4360363b
November 19 • 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Marschak Colloquium | The 2024 Presidential Election and the State of American Democracy
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences
Registration required
