Mission The UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation's mission is to promote social change and inspire the next generation of leaders to action with research on poverty alleviation.
By collaborating across disciplines with students, faculty and practitioners, the UCI Blum Center rigorously explores systemic, geopolitical, technological and climate forces affecting poverty. The UCI Blum Center's innovative education programs, basic and applied research, and work in community development and policy-making engage future leaders to reduce the risks of poverty for vulnerable populations and improve humanity and its institutions.
Undergraduate students are invited to participate in experiential opportunities, online courses, social enterprise competitions such as: • Global Service Scholars • Small Change, Better World • Online Education • Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship • InSight Magazine