Real allies don’t just perform
Cal in Color
Being an ally means showing up when it counts. It means uplifting Black voices rather than trying to drown them out for the sake of appearing “woke.”
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Playwright Phelim McAleer discusses ‘dark side’ of environmental movement in ‘The $18-Billion Prize’
What happens when a play that advertises itself as showing “the dark side of the environmental movement” is performed in San Francisco?
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Berkeley Police Review Commission meets to discuss review of December protest-related events
The Berkeley Police Review Commission met Wednesday to discuss its on-going review of the events surrounding protests that took place Dec. 6, 7 and 8 last year.
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DAAP announces 4 ASUC general election candidates
The Defend Affirmative Action Party has announced four senate candidates — two of which are also running for executive offices — for the 2015-16 ASUC elections.
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Photojournalist’s exhibit draws connections between movements in Ferguson, Missouri, Gaza Strip
Despite being geographically separated by thousands of miles, the movements sparked by events in Ferguson, Missouri, and the Gaza Strip are closer than one might think. In the new exhibit at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco, the work of renowned photojournalist Jeffrey Blankfort explores the
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Police policy reforms among items to be discussed at Tuesday City Council meeting
Measures to temporarily ban police use of less-than-lethal crowd control methods, implement a program to place body cameras on officers, and approve an investigation of police action during protests early last month are among the items up for approval by City Council at their meeting this Tuesday.
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Berkeley City Council holds special meeting
In the aftermath of protests over police killings of black civilians, Berkeley City Council held a special meeting Saturday to talk with residents about police and community relations, as well as broader issues including education and housing. Read the full story here. This video is a excerpt of the public comment,
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2014: Year in Review
As the winter holiday approaches and many of us give Berkeley our (temporary) goodbyes, spring semester might feel like it happened a lifetime ago. So for those of us who have gotten swept up in the last few months’ current events, here’s a look back at the most memorable headlines of 2014.
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Berkeley voices on tuition hikes and the Ferguson, Garner and Ayotzinapa protests
This semester, UC Berkeley students have paid their tribute to the Free Speech Movement. The following represents various voices on two of the biggest issues our students fought against this semester: tuition hikes and police involvement in the deaths of unarmed black men.
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Protesters in Berkeley confront police with their words
Protesters in Berkeley on Dec. 8, 2014 speak out against police guarding the freeway. Filmed by Anya Schultz.
