Overview and Mission

The Center for Community Partnerships is the embodiment of UCLA in LA. The goal of the Center is to nurture and develop partnerships between community groups and UCLA that produce joint efforts to improve the quality of life for area residents. The Center has three main areas of focus:

Addressing these issues is accomplished with programs and activities that value the exchange of ideas and resources between the campus and the community. For example, the Center provides funding to partnerships between UCLA and the community; supports research to help tackle regional and local issues; sponsors forums and events; and convenes meetings of forward thinkers and practitioners. In short, the Center serves as a portal through which information, human capital, and services flow out to the community and in to the campus.

Engaged universities, according to the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities, are "institutions that have redesigned their teaching, research, extension and service functions to become more sympathetically and productively involved with their own communities." The Center for Community Partnerships engages the greater Los Angeles area by carving out new public space to move beyond the conventional models associated with a university's extension and outreach activities.

The programs and links found in this website offer you a path to learn more about the rich array of programs, classes, centers and activities that engage UCLA with the community and vice versa.

We encourage you to explore-and to get involved.