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April 22, 2018

‘Questions of justice’: UC Berkeley environmental community reflects on inclusivity

When it comes to environmentalism, many UC Berkeley professors, students and staff members have reached a consensus: The green movement is too white.

April 13, 2018

Berkeley News
Photographer reveals complexities of Native American history, contemporary lives

As a kid growing up on a Swinomish reservation in Washington state, Matika Wilbur thought it was inherently bad to be Native American.

“I remember thinking that being an Indian meant poverty,” she said. “Being an Indian meant that we were going to die younger. It meant that we were going to be raped and nobody would care. Those were the things that were the Indian identity to me.”

Berkeley News
Photographer reveals complexities of Native American history, contemporary lives

As a kid growing up on a Swinomish reservation in Washington state, Matika Wilbur thought it was inherently bad to be Native American.

“I remember thinking that being an Indian meant poverty,” she said. “Being an Indian meant that we were going to die younger. It meant that we were going to be raped and nobody would care. Those were the things that were the Indian identity to me.”

April 10, 2018

Berkeley News
Powwow showcases vibrant, living Native American culture

On Saturday, the sounds of laughter, song and drums echoed out from the Recreational Sports Facility as some 175 Native Americans from across UC Berkeley and beyond gathered in a day of celebration at the campus’s 39th annual powwow.

April 5, 2018

A Conversation with Oscar Dubón, UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion
A Conversation with Oscar Dubón, 
UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion

Monday, April 9, noon-1:00 pm

290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley [map].

March 7, 2018

The Daily Californian
UC President Janet Napolitano talks past, present and future of UC during keynote address

SAN FRANCISCO — On the eve of the University of California’s 150th anniversary, UC President Janet Napolitano addressed a range of issues facing the UC, as well as the institution’s past, present and future, in an hourlong speech in San Francisco on Wednesday.