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The ACLU of Northern California is excited to announce the Free Speech for Equal Justice awardees at UC Berkeley. Through this one-time grant program, the ACLU of Northern California will distribute almost $17,000 among eleven student groups to host speakers who promote equal...Read more about Free Speech for Equal Justice UC Berkeley Awardees

Five UC Berkeley students partnered with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, or ILRC, to offer free legal consultations with immigration attorneys Thursday evening at Longfellow Middle School.

These consultations were offered in light of the impending...Read more about UC Berkeley students, immigration attorneys partner to offer free legal consultations

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On Oct. 18, a rule by the Department of Homeland Security, which allows the department to collect social media information of every immigrant in the...Read more about In times of uncertainty, targeted communities must mobilize online

The University of California — birthplace of the Free Speech Movement — will open a center in Washington D.C. devoted to research, education and advocacy on issues of free speech and civic engagement.

“Few issues today are more timely, or more challenging, than free speech...Read more about UC President announces National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has rescinded 72 guidelines that outlined rights for disabled students, raising concerns within the UC Berkeley community about waning protections for students with disabilities.

Among the policies that were rescinded Oct. 2 were recommendations by the...Read more about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents for rights of disabled students

SACRAMENTO — Californians who do not identify as male or female will have a third gender option on driver’s licenses and birth certificates under a bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed Sunday.

SB179 makes California the first state in the country to offer the third gender marker on birth...Read more about Nonbinary designation OKd for California Drivers Licenses

Oct 12, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Multicultural Community Center, MLK Student Union Building, UC Berkeley
Location is wheelchair accessible

The Center for Race & Gender and the Multicultural Community Center present…

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza discussed the current and future goals of BLM within the current political climate at the UC Berkeley International House on Thursday.

In her talk to a crowd of about 100 people, Garza touched on a range of topics from Black feminism to the...Read more about Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza speaks at UC Berkeley

Campus administrators, staff and students joined together Thursday to reevaluate the role of free speech online and on campus, marking 53 years since UC Berkeley’s 1964 Free Speech Movement took place.

At the “Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media” event in Sutardja Dai Hall,...Read more about ‘Engage the issue’: UC Berkeley marks 53rd anniversary of Free Speech Movement in all-day event

In the days and weeks leading up to his planned Free Speech Week at the University of California at Berkeley, Milo Yiannopoulos talked a big game about the murderer’s row of conservative speakers he had assembled. But last week Chancellor Carol Christ was coming to doubt that he...Read more about Berkeley’s Leader Saw Hints That ‘Free Speech Week’ Was a Stunt. Here’s Why She Planned for It Anyway.