Dolores Huerta

Sylvia Mendez was the plaintiff in the landmark 1947 case Mendez v. Westminster. The case challenged the “whites only” policy of four Los Angeles school districts, and ultimately the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Mendez.

After widespread criticism for having a school named for a slave owner, Berkeley Unified School District will vote on a list of seven new names for LeConte Elementary School on May 30.

If you are a student at UC Berkeley, you are part of the solution right now. The data is clear: We need to send more economically disadvantaged and middle-class students to college so they can learn the skills and earn the degrees necessary to keep up with our rapidly changing economy.