Two Cal student body presidents (former president + political economy alumnus Chaka Tellem) + Sydney Roberts (current president + political science + African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley double major) gave advice to current + future Cal students. Details here: ls.berkeley.edu/news/two-stude…

Congratulations to African American Studies (African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley) + Sociology Professor Tianna Paschel, winner of the 2024 Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award for her incredible work with and for her students! Thank you Tianna! David J. Harding Nikki Jones

Congratulations, Professor Paschel! 💐 Thank you for your brilliant work!

Join us for our inaugural Banned Scholars Residency with Dr. Alisha Gaines with events April 16th and 19th at UC Berkeley's SocialScienceMatrix: eventbrite.com/o/african-amer… ✨

.UC Berkeley African American Studies Department (@BerkeleyAfroAm) launched the Banned Scholars Project with a $100K Mellon Foundation grant as a direct response to restrictions on academic freedom in the areas of gender, race + DEI. Learn more: ls.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkel…

Read about our new Affirming Multivocal Humanities grant project from the Mellon Foundation: the Banned Scholars Project. 'Creating a Refuge for Banned Scholars': mellon.org/grant-story/cr… Mellon Foundation UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science

I am so proud of the work we are doing on the 6th and the brilliant people I get to work alongside! Building on the vision of the Black Studies Collaboratory. 🙏🏽👏🏽✊🏽 #BannedScholarsProject UC Berkeley Mellon Foundation Spencer Foundation UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science

You're invited to UC Berkeley's Annual Black Graduation Ceremony, where we celebrate the remarkable achievements and bright futures of our graduates.

Grads, register today using the QR code on the right, or go to berkeleyblackgrad.wufoo.com/forms/razqxlz1…

Join us next week for Nite Bjuti, a Performance and Interactive Conversation at BAMPFA, part of Nite Bjuti's residence with the Black Studies Collaboratory!
Tickets (free): bampfa.org/event/nite-bju…

(1/2) As we celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth , I’d like to take a moment to honor our women-identified faculty and students in Berkeley Social Sciences for their leadership, scholarship and commitment to excellence. UCBerkeley Psychology African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley

Study abroad with AfAm this summer in Ghana with Ghana: Pan Afrikan Social Movements: Past, Present and Future! The deadline to apply is March 13, 2024.
studyabroad.berkeley.edu/program/summer…

(2/2) The project, led by African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley Prof. Ula Y. Taylor, features the oral histories of activist elders living in the Bay Area, who were interviewed by UC Berkeley undergraduate students.

(1/2) Our students + instructors inspire us! I invite you to view this video of our African American Studies (African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley) students presenting their class projects that highlight Black storytelling + children's literature to preserve this rich literary heritage. Nikki Jones

(1/2) I invite you to join our African American Studies (African Diaspora Studies, U.C. Berkeley) department for the unveiling of the Black Activists Elders Oral History Project on campus on 2/29 at 4 pm. Event details here: bit.ly/3UCjVIg

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth .

You can’t tell the story of UC Berkeley without Black voices.

Explore our guide on Black history at Cal🌟, featuring:

🐻 A Black history tour of campus

📜 Papers from staff + faculty

🗣️ Interviews with luminaries

⏩ guides.lib.berkeley.edu/blackucb

Join us on Feb. 20th, from 12-2pm at the Social Science Matrix for 'Black Success, White Backlash, and the 'N-Word Moment,'' featuring Professor Elijah Anderson, Yale University. Register: eventbrite.com/e/black-succes…

Join us tomorrow, February 1st from 5-7pm in 675 Social Science Building for 'The Black Panther Party & Intercommunalism.' We will learn about the BBP's theory of intercommunalism and solidarity with Palestine. Register: eventbrite.com/e/the-black-pa…

📰 HISTORY FLASHBACK! 🚨

In January 1969, the Third World Liberation Front Strike at Cal began.

African American, Asian American, Mexican American, and Native American student groups demanded an inclusive education.

Strikes at SF State and Cal led to the birth of ethnic studies.

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”

Happy 80th birthday, Angela Davis!

Davis:

🕊️ Has fought oppression for decades

✨ Is in the National Women’s Hall of Fame

🐻 Has taught at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and more