About Us
Name our four committees
What are navigator, referrals, advocacy, and care package?
True or False: People experiencing houselessness have the same life expectancy as housed individuals.
What is false?
Life expectancy is significantly shorter. Unhoused individuals die on average 12–20 years earlier.
What does DHCS stand for?
Department of Health Care Services
What is one UCLA student organization we've previously partnered with?
Bruin Shelter, GCGP, CaHPSA, UNICEF, IHO, ACE Free Clinic, IMS, SGUO, HCAT, ...
This is the official mascot of UCLA.
Joe Bruin
When was Project Lux founded?
What is 2020?
What U.S. state has the highest number of unhoused individuals?
California
Volunteers should use this kind of language when speaking with clients to avoid judgment or assumptions.
What is person-first language? (Example: saying “person experiencing houselessness” instead of “homeless person”)
What is one past event the Advocacy Committee had?
Servocacy Fest, Election Propositions Event, ECHO's My Health Matters Fair, presentations with SGUO and UNICEF, ...
Which school did the UCLA football team just beat this past Saturday?
University of Maryland
Name three board members and their positions
Zoe (president), Jessica (evp), Neha (ivp), Alyssa (enrollment coord), Mark (lead navigator), Niku (advocacy director), Ryan (care package coord), Raghu (finance director), Manahil (publicity director)
What are diabetes and infectious diseases?
This word describes a volunteer’s duty to keep client information private.
What is confidentiality?
What is the organization that the referrals committee works with to distribute free bus passes?
Life Limited
UCLA’s official motto, “Fiat Lux,” is Latin for this phrase.
What is "let there be light"?
Name two other Project Lux chapters
USC, UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UCSD, Case Western
What percentage of undergraduate college students in the US are unhoused? (get within 5%)
8%
When preparing care packages, volunteers should include items that meet these two basic human needs.
What are hygiene and nutrition?
What are five items we put into care packages last year?
Toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, nail clippers, hydrocortisone cream, flip flops, sunscreen, vaseline, bandaids, ...
This UCLA basketball coach led the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships in 12 years.
Who is John Wooden?
Name five other Project Lux members
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This percentage of people experiencing houselessness in the U.S. are unsheltered (i.e., not in shelters).
What is about 40%?
What does the acronym “NGO” stand for, commonly used for service organizations?
What are the three documents that are required when enrolling someone into Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and/or Cash Aid?
proof of ID, proof of income, proof of California residency
These are two celebrities who graduated from UCLA.
Who are James Franco, Will Ferrell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and more?