From the Daily Bruin: UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, the chair of the department of Chicana/o studies, said in an emailed statement that the department made the decision at an emergency meeting Wednesday. However, only Chancellor Julio Frenk and UC President James Milliken have the authority to rename UCLA properties and programs, according to University policy.
The Chicana/o studies department removed César E. Chávez from its name on its website as of Wednesday evening. However, Chávez remains on the website’s URL. The department also removed his name from its Instagram and plans to take it off any other online domains and places it has control over, Hinojosa-Ojeda said in an interview...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/03/19/uclas-chicana-o-studies-department-votes-to-remove-cesar-e-chavez-from-its-name.
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See our post about this matter of yesterday: https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2026/03/maybe-leaving-name-would-be-best.html.
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There is a not-so-nice history of making people who are out of favor disappear from history.* Maybe Chancellor Frenk and President Milliken would like to reflect on previous purges before making decisions.
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And there is George Orwell's view of the future to help them reflect:
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UNC-GBSHuVg.
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