Long Arc of Freedom Struggles

Dan's storytelling is like a tour de force... it's about love... light... empowerment... struggle... dedication
Ula Taylor
We did what we wanted to do. we didn’t sacrifice… our common link is love not just for each other, but for the work that we do and the people whom we were working with.
Michael Simmons

The Long Arc of Freedom Struggles

Event Description

On March 8, 2023 the American Cultures Center and the Multicultural Community Center at UC Berkeley hosted the first event in the Staff as Students of Social Justice (SSSJ) public discussion series, “Aspirations of Material Anti-Racism: What’s Next?

The Long Arc of Freedom Struggles is a discussion of Dan Berger’s latest publication, “Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey” featuring Professor Dan Berger, Professor Waldo Martin, Professor Ula Taylor, and International Human Rights and Peace Activist Michael Simmons. A new history of Black Liberation, told through the intertwined story of two grassroots organizers  ​The Black Power movement, often associated with its iconic spokesmen, derived much of its energy from the work of people whose stories have never been told.

The event was part of the Staff as Students of Social Justice (SSSJ) Program's public discussion series, ‘Aspirations of Material Anti-Racism: What’s Next?.’ The SSSJ Program, during its third year, is supporting the growth of a staff-student community engaging in antiracist pedagogies through enrollment in AC courses and a specially designed weekly discussion seminar. The series continues to support this unique community of learning among UC Berkeley staff by centering a set of conversations between UC Berkeley faculty and affiliated contemporaries of their work beyond UC Berkeley.