Bruin Entrepreneurs Statement RE: Events on Campus
In light of recent events on UCLA's Campus, Bruin Entrepreneurs has made updates to its upcoming events and released a statement for delivery on May 2.
Due to the recent ongoing events on campus, the Bruin Entrepreneurs Office of the President released the following statement today, May 2, regarding these events as well as updates to upcoming events hosted by Bruin Entrepreneurs and its affiliates:
Bruin Entrepreneurs Members and Board,
As many of the UCLA Community is aware, our campus was impacted by a series of events in the past week, particularly the past three days. We witnessed violence take place on Royce Quad where many non-UCLA affiliates violently entered, intimidated, and harmed members of our community who were peacefully protesting. We also witnessed LAPD advance on the student encampment, a space for peaceful protesting and thoughtful, respectful dialogue. The events of what happened April 3 to today, May 2, leaves our community in deep pain and I hope that we can prioritizing taking care of each other.
The University, according to its most recent BruinAlert, has moved to modified operations, including classes being required to pivot online, and campus events being encouraged to be moved to remote/rescheduled. In light of everything going on, I have decided to inform event directors to cancel/reschedule events that were to take place until May 8, with an extension pending based on circumstances. This includes the 1000 Pitches Demo Day, which was initially scheduled for Friday, May 3. Other events beyond this time frame are still scheduled and being planned by event directors.
I plan to coordinate with the rest of Bruin Entrepreneurs Leadership, including Directors, to monitor University status reports, both via BruinAlert and BruinPost. I emphasize not only the safety of our events, but also the wellbeing of the Bruin community and our fellow students, staff, and faculty to determine what the remainder of the year events look like.
During this time, as our community finds healing, we ask for your understanding as we navigate what our future events for the year look like. We greatly appreciate the pitches our students have submitted for 1000 Pitches, as well as the voluntary commitments from our esteemed judges and guests. We are aware in our organization that our mission is to inspire those to BE the Next Big Thing. However, in order for us to create that inspiration, in times like this, we must help each other in our communities - helping those who are in pain.
Sincerely,
Nathan Lim, President
president@bruinentrepreneurs.org