We got to meet with guest speakers from a bunch of different organizations and the one that really stands out in my memory is when Chris Smalls was invited to speak to our class. We learned about the history of Black labor organizing, and we also got involved with current projects around the City of Los Angeles. You’re either learning about the history or you’re learning about the future but the We Gon Be Alright class was very much a blend of both. Most of them are very classroom heavy and lecture oriented. It was very different from other courses I’ve taken at UCLA.
What was your experience participating in the We Gon’ Be Alright Class? So when I found out about the course, I thought this is a perfect opportunity for me to learn and get experience so I enrolled in the course. It was something that had been kind of like sitting in the back of my mind for a while but I hadn’t really had the opportunity to find myself getting involved in it. There were only a few spots in each class and one of the only courses left was the We Gon’ Be Alright course, which I hadn’t even heard of up until that point.īut when I read the course description, I saw that we were going to be A) learning about the history of labor organizing and B) actually becoming involved in the process, meeting with community leaders, and getting involved in projects that they’re working on – I was pretty much immediately hooked. I was a fourth-year student preparing to graduate with a minor in African American studies, and I just needed two classes left to meet the unit requirement and I was really struggling with what to pick because most of the classes that caught my eye initially were taken up. What made you want to apply for the We Gon’ Be Alright: Developing the Next Generation of Black Organizers class?
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