Event Resource Page

On April 12th, 2023 the American Cultures Center and the Multicultural Community Center at UC Berkeley hosted, "Housing Rights, Spatial Justice Making", an event in the Staff as Students of Social Justice (SSSJ) public discussion series, "Aspirations of Material Anti-Racism: What's Next?"

The ongoing and seemingly unending shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed and deepened the inequalities of...

Welcome to the dedicated resource page for the opening reception of "Victory is in the Struggle," dedicated to Professor Carlos Muñoz, Jr., affectionately known as 'Profe'. Held on September 24, 2024, this event celebrated the scholar-activism of Muñoz with poetry and reflections from former students, colleagues, and comrades. This page serves as a memorial to the exhibit's inauguration and an educational tool for instructors and students interested in exploring relevant Chicanx/Latinx Studies and Ethnic Studies...

On October 3, 2024, the High School Ethnic Studies Initiative hosted the event “Bringing Critical Filipinx* Studies into the High School Ethnic Studies Classroom.” In this discussion, Filipinx scholars discussed how educators can incorporate Filipinx and Filipinx-American studies into the Ethnic Studies classroom. They offered reflections on the Filipinx-American diaspora’s history of forced migration, organizing against labor exploitation, and resisting co-optation. The event...

Violence and trauma are all around us—fatal shootings by police, sexual violence, family separations, addiction, abuse, displacement of refugees. Often, these situations give rise to individual healing journeys and collective efforts to create change. But the pain and loss embedded in them also have a damaging effect long after the events have passed.

We invite many difficult experiences into our classrooms, historically intimate and distant, often through written and visual text depicting traumatic events and experiences. At the same time, we have many students...