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On June 10, 2024, UC Berkeley's High School Ethnic Studies Initiative hosted a panel on the history of the 1969 Third World Liberation Front at UC Berkeley, the movement that led to the creation of the first Ethnic Studies Department. This panel, following a similar one held in 2023, featured original strikers from the 1969 Third World Liberation Front strike at UC Berkeley, and Professor Waldo Martin, UC Berkeley historian specializing in social movements of the 1960s. UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies undergraduate students moderated a discussion tailored to high school educators teaching Ethnic Studies courses. It covered the intentionality behind the creation of Ethnic Studies, hopes for its future, and included a special message for instructors.