UC Berkeley must mandate ethnic studies requirement
Karissa Ho/Staff
Students should be required to have an in-depth understanding of the history and heritage of the people who were on American land before colonization.
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UC Berkeley Indigenous Community Learning Garden springs to life
On a patch of land at the northwest corner of campus, a garden brimming with indigenous plants has sprung to life and connected students to their heritage.
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High school curricula: Progress or regress?
We live in a diverse society; it’s time for all school curriculums to reflect that.
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Restorative racial justice requires speaking in active voice
We must name and hold accountable those who are responsible for discriminating against and harming the lives and bodies of people of color.
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CA’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum still lacks necessary breadth, depth
STATE AFFAIRS: To truly confront prejudice in education, CA cannot dilute the new curriculum’s focus on marginalized perspectives
As we consider this ethnic studies curriculum, we must do so with a degree of attention, care and foresight equal to the great potential and power it holds.
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So, what do we do now?
Cal in Color
Ethnic studies should be a requirement, backed by law, for all levels of education, for all kids, who will inherit the unjust systems we leave behind
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UC Berkeley lecturer, lawyer, parent Michael Chang runs for Berkeley school board
Michael Chang, a lawyer, UC Berkeley lecturer and local parent, is running for the Berkeley Unified School District board.
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Dreaming while Black
In freshman year, I had an ethnic studies teacher who posed an interesting question to the class: “When did you realize you were Black?”
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Our basic humanity
Cal in Color
I’ve often had STEM friends not understand why they have to pay our exorbitant tuition even for classes not clearly related to their major.
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Women for Justice in the Americas holds SF, Sproul Plaza demonstrations
UC Berkeley students and community members held two demonstrations Monday demanding university support for international student strikes in solidarity with the fight against femicides and for the department of ethnic studies to receive funding to revive a course focused on gender-based violence.
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