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Dear Colleagues,
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the historic third world Liberation Front (twLF) which took place at SFSU and UC Berkeley in 1968-1969. This movement led to the founding of the College of Ethnic Studies at SFSU and the departments of Ethnic Studies and African American Studies on our campus. Since then students have continued to struggle for the original demands for relevant education, solidarity, and self-determination for students of color on campus; founding spaces such as the MultiCultural Community Center, the Center for Race and Gender and the American Cultures requirement.
In celebrating these milestones and achievements, the AC Center will offer a range of resources and opportunities this semester and next, to engage with the twLF archive and its vibrant contemporary presence. We look forward to collaborating with AC faculty, campus and community colleagues in this exciting work.
Warm Regards, Victoria Robinson
Director, The American Cultures Center
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American Cultures Course
Development Grants
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting development grants of up to $1,500 to assist in the design of an AC course. Such course development might build on an existing course offering, but which is currently non-AC in status, or help with the development of a new class which has yet to be offered. Learn More.
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third world Liberation Front (twLF)
Developing twLF Classroom Assignments
Attention AC faculty! Are you interested in developing course assignments related to twLF's 50th Anniversary? We invite you to contact Asian-American and Comparative Ethnic Studies Librarian, Sine Hwang Jensen, to discuss how students can participate in current twLF anniversary projects as a classroom assignment. Current projects include helping to build the framework for a new twLF online portal, curating upcoming library exhibits, developing the 'Rebels Archive, 'and others. To learn more, contact Sine Hwang Jensen.
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Course Spotlight: 'The Southern Border'
Education 186AC / Ethnic Studies 159AC / Geography 159AC, Instructor: Diana Negrin
The fall 2018 offering of the 'Southern Border,’ examines how histories and geographies of the US southern border were created and how those geographies have influenced migration, urbanization, activism, and racial and ethnic identity formation, within the U.S. and it's bordering southern neighbors including Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The class also analyzes how the border affects the classroom and what education policies can foster a more inclusive and diverse learning environment.
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Exhibit Spotlight: Immigration, Deportation and Citizenship, 1908-2018
Fall 2018 Dates and Times: Mon-Fri, 1pm-5pm
IGS Library, 109 Moses Hall
This new exhibit display showcases selected Resources from the Ethnic Studies Library and the Institute of Governmental Studies Library that address historical attitudes and policy around immigration, deportation, and citizens’ rights. Please visit the display in the IGS Library. Read More.
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Exhibit Curated by Paul King, Sine Hwang Jensen, and Lillian Castillo-Speed
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Upcoming Meeting Dates:
Friday, October 5th
Friday, November 2nd
Friday, December 7th
Please note:
The deadline to submit course materials is exactly one week before the next meeting
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American Cultures Senate Subcommittee Fall 2018 Meetings:
When a course holds American Cultures (AC) status, it means that the first instructors to offer that class developed course content and assignments towards a critical engagement with race, ethnicity, and culture, past, present, and future. To ensure that this approach is maintained, we ask that a new instructor appointed to teach an AC course (or developing a new one) provides their course materials to the AC Senate committee. The AC Center works directly with faculty to support their submission to the Senate committee.
For any questions about the submission process or to discuss course development ideas, please email us.
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2018 -19 AC Curriculum Guidelines:
The AC classroom represents faculty's interpretation of and conversation with Senate regulation 300. Passed in 1989, regulation 300 created guidelines for how a faculty's intellectual engagement with issues critical to America's dynamic racial, ethnic and sociocultural landscape, would enter the classroom. AC curriculum guidelines present an exciting point of departure for faculty from 49 departments and programs across campus. With such a broad constituency of faculty engagement, the UC Berkeley Academic Senate Committee on American Cultures has provided additional guidance on how the guidelines are read and interpreted.
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HIFIS's Research to Impact Series
Friday, September 21, 2018, 9 am - 12 noon
Alumni House, UC Berkeley campus
The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society invites you to a public event featuring new publications, and a panel discussion on equity-based interventions from Haas Institute affiliated faculty, researchers, and partners. "Towards Equity in Policy & Pedagogy" is part of the Research to Impact public engagement series.
Presentations and panel discussion with UC Berkeley faculty, researchers, and partners, including Karen Barkey, Joshua Clark, Denise Herd, Hilary Hoynes, Sonia Kaytal, Taeku Lee, Jovan Lewis, Mahasin Mujahid, Karen Nakamura, Osagie Obasogie, john a. powell, and Janelle Scott.
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Undergraduate Research & Scholarships Fair
Tuesday, October 2nd, 1-4pm
Pauley Ballroom, MLK Jr. Student Union,
All Cal students, faculty, and staff are invited to the annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarships Fair where one can learn everything there is to know about research opportunities and prestigious scholarship opportunities at UC Berkeley. The event is free & accessible. Dozens of research and scholarship programs will have tables at the fair where you can meet representatives and get information.
Additionally, throughout the afternoon there will be thematic breakout sessions where you can listen to staff and students talk about specific topics of interest to you.
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Introduction to Adobe Mobile Apps and More
Friday, October 5th, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Academic Innovation Studio (AIS) 117 Dwinelle Hall
Did you know that in addition to having access to Adobe’s core desktop applications Berkeley faculty, staff, and students can download all of Adobe’s mobile apps for free?
In this workshop, led by Adobe staff, participants will learn how to access the full Creative Cloud software suite using their Berkeley credentials, get an introduction and some hands-on experience with Adobe tools, including mobile apps and Experience Design (XD), see examples and hear stories of how instructors on other campuses are thinking about digital literacy and incorporating Adobe tools into their course curriculum, and where to go for information and additional resources, including gaining access to tutorials that have been developed by other educators.
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third world Liberation Front (twLF)
50th Anniversary Gathering
Saturday, October 6th, 2 - 5 pm
Multicultural Community Center MLK Jr. Student Union, Suite #220
Come and commemorate 50 years of student struggle for self-determination, third world solidarity and an education that is relevant to the needs of our communities. We will gather across generations, with those who began the original twLF strikes in 1969, to those who have continued to hold and sustain these projects over the past 50 years. This continual student movement has founded the departments of Ethnic Studies and African American Studies, as well as the Multicultural Community Center, the Center for Race and Gender, the Ethnic Studies Library, the American Cultures requirement and has inspired similar projects throughout CA, the nation and beyond.
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ISSI Book Talk: The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption
Co-sponsored with The American Cultures Center
Wednesday, October 24, 4-5.30pm
Academic Achievement Studio (AIS) 117 Dwinelle Hall
RSVP Required
Please join us to hear Professor of African American Studies, Nikki Jones, discuss her new book, The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption, with a response from Clarence Ford, Berkeley Underground Scholars Policy/Advocacy Coordinator and Masters Candidate at GSPP.
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Event Spotlight Teaching in Troubled Time Series
The Teaching in Troubled Times series provides space for critically-needed conversation about teaching and learning in our current social/political context. These timely, interactive dialogues feature dynamic faculty panelists and engage the Berkeley community in exploring how equity and justice challenges – locally, regionally and nationally – are impacting our students, instructors, classrooms, and campus. All events feature plenty of time for open, facilitated discussion. Launched in 2017-18, the Teaching in Troubled Times series is presented by the Division of Equity & Inclusion, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the American Cultures Center, and the Academic Innovation Studio. Please check back for more events and resources
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