Who We Are 

​The Black Recruitment and Retention Center, also known as BRRC, is a student-initiated, AND entirely student run organization at the University of California, Berkeley that was founded in 1983.

The purpose of the BRRC is to supplement, expand, and create efforts on campus and within the community toward the recruitment and retention of Black students. We are one of 7 Recruitment and Retention Centers (RRCs) in the bridges Multicultural Resource Centers -a coalition of 8 organizations. We serve as one of the three pillar organizations that advocate for Black students on and off the campus of UC Berkeley along side the African American Student Development Office, and the Black Student Union.

Our ​Mission:
We seek to serve our community by recognizing the struggle of Black students pursuing higher education, assessing their needs, and providing resources that will support in their academic, professional, and personal development.

​We hold ourselves accountable for:

• The active recruitment of prospective Black students from diverse academic backgrounds
• Maintaining strong connection with our communities, while retaining ourselves academically and socially
  • Advocating for institutional support and resources for Black students
  • Planning and executing programming to academically and socially retain Black students
  • Upholding the tenets of intersectionality in our work