Arab American Heritage Month Campus-wide Message

Dear campus community, 

This Arab American Heritage Month, we recognize and honor the diverse backgrounds and faiths, vibrant traditions, and contributions of Arab Americans in our campus community and beyond.

Select Campus Events: 

• April 8 and May 6, 2025: The Arab Women & Feminist Visions for Equity and Belonging webinar series is the inaugural series of the Global South Lab, and Global South Women and Feminist Visions for Worldmaking at the Othering & Belonging Institute. 

• April 19, 2025. SSWANA Culture Show. Please RSVP for attendance.

• April 25, 2025. Maghrib Studies Initiative Launch Event

Select Media to Read/Watch:

• Extraordinary Stories and People: New program highlights the breadth of Palestinian and Arab studies

• Celebrate Arab American stories and voices with the UC Berkeley Library’s list of recommended reads via Berkeley Library

• Arabic Calligraphy: Poet & Artist Collaborations via Berkeley Library

Campus Departments:

• Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures; Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and Palestinian and Arab Studies

• Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Muslim and Palestinian Student Life and Campus Experience (CACMPSL)

• The SSWANA Initiative

Campus Organizations and Resources:

• Learn about student organizations by following SSWANA at Cal; Middle Eastern North African Recruitment and Retention Center

• University Health Services for South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African Students

• MENASA (Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian) staff organization

To learn about these and additional events and resources or to submit additional events and resources, visit Arab American Heritage Month

Thank you,

Fabrizio Mejia

he/him

Acting Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion 

Victoria Plaut

she/ella

Vice Provost for the Faculty

Stephen C. Sutton

he/him/his

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs

Eugene Whitlock 

he/him/his

Chief People and Culture Officer

To help create an environment that lives up to our seven Principles of Community, we will send regular messages to acknowledge various heritage/history months and holidays. While we won't include every month or holiday, we will make an effort to ensure members of our community feel represented. Additionally, Berkeley News and Berkeley Life Blog will often post articles highlighting people, programs, and research that align with these heritage/history months and holidays. Learn more about our updated approach to heritage/history/prevention messaging

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