University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish. The award supports the creation of the Center on Race and Digital Justice (the Center) at UCLA, which focuses on deep and lasting public impact that foregrounds accountability and repair from extant and emerging harms from digital technologies. The Center informs policymaking, builds strong networks of coordinated work at the intersection of race and digital justice, collaborates with grassroots organizers, conducts academic and legal research, hosts public lectures, and supports new thinkers and leaders.

The Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity is a University of California, Los Angeles-based organization that undertakes analyses and provides technical advice to improve law enforcement. In a collaboration with Foundation-funded researchers at Northwestern University who are undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of major reforms in the Chicago Police Department, the Consortium will examine one aspect of this broader reform effort--whether police reform results in changes in police officers’ treatment of citizens and whether improved police-minority community relations result.

In support of the Network on Youth Mental Health Care (over four years).

To analyze the treatment of depression in disadvantaged populations (over two years).

To increase the use of scientifically validated psychological and pharmacological treatments for children and adolescents.