UC Berkeley faculty discusses intersectional feminism
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Over the past 150 years, UC Berkeley has made efforts to support women through its curriculum and school resources, but many still feel there is work to be done.
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‘Is the university prepared to teach us something new?’: June Jordan and the roots of Poetry for the People
When you walk into UC Berkeley’s Poetry for the People, or P4P, class (African American Studies 156AC) you are walking into a revolutionary landscape that has cultivated and nurtured young student poets since its 1991 conception.
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Legacy of Third World Liberation Front continues today
While the Third World Liberation Front’s goal of creating an independent Third World College on campus was not realized during the height of this activist movement in 1969, the movement had resounding impact on future movements and impacted the legacy of ethnic studies on campus.
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‘Creating that future where we all belong’: UC Berkeley symposium commemorates 400 years since beginning of US slavery
A daylong symposium was held at UC Berkeley on Friday recognizing the 400 year anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves forcibly brought to the English colonies and what would later become the United States.
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Ethnic studies, multicultural studies offer nuanced perspective on campus
CAMPUS ISSUES: UC Berkeley needs to continue to invest in its ethnic studies programs while also creating new courses related to mixed and multicultural identities
The UC Berkeley ethnic studies department and multicultural major programs have historically struggled to maintain their funding in the face of campus budget cuts.
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Accessible, easy spring 2019 classes you should think about taking
The Clog is here to help ease some of the Phase I stress by offering some recommendations for classes you can take to add some extra units.
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UC Berkeley libraries retain global, political focus since founding
The C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the South/Southeast Asia Library and the Ethnic Studies Library become increasingly important to UC Berkeley.
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A legacy of speaking truths: Poetry as politics at UC Berkeley
The use of poetry as a political tool proves fitting at an institution widely recognized for a commitment to academic excellence and revolutionary ideals.
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Faces of Berkeley: Professor Nikki Jones asks why ‘young people are still dying’ in Black neighborhoods
Nikki Jones still remembers as a teenager witnessing her sister’s ex-boyfriend being arrested by the police — he was one of the guys selling nickel bags of weed on the corner.
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The importance of Black dialogues in the European academic sphere: An interview with UC Berkeley professor Stephen Small
In the case of his new novel, he aims to “bring Black people to the center of academic and political attention and public discussion.”
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