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Although recent events on both local and global scales are neither unique or new—and in fact are all too real parts of the daily experience of people of color, poor people, disenfranchised communities, and marginalized peoples —the heightened frustration, anger, and sadness they bring remind us of the importance of returning to those tools and structures we have created for ourselves to thrive. In the MCC often times it means returning to those questions our community mural “Rootedness, Survival, Resiliency, Creativity†presents us every day (mural by brilliant artist Cece Carpio).
In moments such as these, we ask—
“What does it mean to survive? What is survival?â€
“What does it mean to be rooted? To be Resilient? To build resiliency?â€
“What are all the ways to be creative?"
"What are ways that our families, communities, we as individual have always had to be creative in order to be safe, to grow, to thrive and what happens when many of us do not make it?â€
It is vital for us to continue dialoguing about the tools that will help us to continue to move, breathe, vision, create while in a state of deep sadness, pain, anger and confusion. We invite folks to engage in this dialogue with us at whatever capacity, as a means to acknowledge ways of supporting our movements and truths.
We are sending love and light to each of you in these last weeks of the Fall Semester.
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As always, we invite you to stop by and visit us at our temporary space in Hearst Field Annex D-37.
RRR Week Hours
Monday: 9am-6pm
Tuesday-Friday: 9am-12am
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Finals Week Hours
Monday-Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
In solidarity,
The Multicultural Community Center
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a litany for survival:: audre lorde
For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children's mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours:
For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother's milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.
And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive
- Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn
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Stressed over Finals Season? Don't worry!
The MCC will be open all RRR week for bridges Study Jams! We will be open until midnight Tuesday through Friday (Dec 8-12) during Study Jams to ensure there an open space on campus for students to study.
Snacks, food & power strips provided :)
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Event Schedule
Daytime Program
3:00p People of Color ArtWalk
3:00p – 3:20p Canto by Diana Cevera
4:00p – 4:05p Contemporary Flamenco
4:00p – 6:00p “Voces de Fillmore†20 minute
4:30p – 4:50p Bay Area Comedy Performance by
4:30p – 5:30p Facilitated Children’s Activity
5:00p – 5:30p Baile Folklorico by Reflejos
6:00p – 6:05p Contemporary Flamenco
Evening Program
7:00p Social Hour (21+ Only) Commences
8:00p – 8:20p Storytelling by Gina Gold
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JOIN THE WoCR/NoCR PLANNING COMMITTEE!!!!
The committee will begin meeting regularly the second week of Spring 2015 but we will try to meet at least once before the end of the Fall semester (separate doodle for fall meeting time will follow). All dates and time depends on people's availability. Working on the committee will be a 5-10 hour commitment but that we will work to ensure that anyone who is interested is supported and sustained throughout the planning process, this includes offering units to UCB students.
If you have questions before filing out this form please come by the MCC and ask or email Mayra Gonzalez at gonzalez_mayra@berkeley.edu
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Food insecurity can affect any student. UC Berkeley prepares students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to be future leaders, and we recognize the need to help students become food secure so that they can successfully complete and obtain their degrees."
In an Emergency…
The UC Berkeley Food Pantry in Stiles Hall at 2400 Bancroft Way provides emergency, nonperishable food to UC Berkeley students while they explore campus food security resources. Visit the Food Pantry website for current hours of operation.
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California Alumni Scholarships for Low-Income & Underrepresented Students
Applications open Dec. 15, 2014
Deadline Vary per scholarship (Feb/March/June 2015)
Incoming Students
- The Achievement Award Program
- Since 1999, The Achievement Award Program (TAAP) has provided low-income students with the resources needed to attend and excel at UC Berkeley. TAAP serves high-achieving, community-minded students from the moment they choose UC Berkeley through their undergraduate career, providing both financial assistance and supportive programming.
- The Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Program (KASP) **NEW**
- Named in recognition of a legacy commitment made by Cal alumnus, local business and community leader, Theodore (Ted) H. Kruttschnitt ’64. The program supports low-income, underrepresented ethnic minority students who have been admitted to Cal as an incoming freshman or junior college transfer. In addition to financial aid, the KASP Scholars will receive the guidance and resources necessary to succeed at the number one public university in the world. To ensure access and the success of the KASP Scholars, CAA will partner with various campus units and student service centers, including the Division of Equity & Inclusion.
Continuing Students:
- The Leadership Award
- Established in 1934, The Leadership Award is a one-year, merit-based scholarship that recognizes undergraduate students at UC Berkeley who demonstrate innovative, initiative-driven leadership impacting their academic, work, or community environments. Students compete for the scholarship every year, ensuring a diverse and dynamic annual cohort of leaders whose work is relevant and newly inspiring.
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API Connect: Caring for Ourselves and our Communities was created as part of a grant received by the Tang Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services and Health Promotion that focuses on the promotion of API mental health and prevention. A website was created with the goals of providing info on stress, depression, anxiety, API student stressors, coping, student videos, and parent videos.
Through our partnerships, students are able to drop in APASD (Chavez 249) to seek counseling and speak to our resident psychologist, Lilian Chang.
Lilian is available on Mondays and Tuesdays 10am - 12pm or by appointment.
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