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‘Bring back Lupe’: UC Berkeley students protest for reinstatement of suspended ethnic studies lecturer (opens the original)
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Chants of âBring Back Lupe!â filled Sproul Plaza on Wednesday as nearly 100 students rallied to condemn UC Berkeleyâs suspension of Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, who directed campusâs Chicanx Latinx Student Development office. Gallegos-Diaz was abruptly placed on leave in August for a âlack of professional judgementâ â sparking outrage and frustration for students and community members who have known Gallegos-Diaz as a pillar of campusâs Latine community for almost 30 years. Students hoist
‘We’re still here’: Berkeley City Council candidate Aidan Hill wants to fight for People’s Park (opens the original)
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Peopleâs Park activist and Berkeley City Council candidate Aidan Hill moderated a community forum Thursday to examine the persistence of the Peopleâs Park community since the park was walled off for student housing developments in 2024. The panel discussion featured former Peopleâs Park residents and mutual aid groups that worked closely with the park community. âWeâre so desperate to fight for this place because itâs the only one that we have in the neighborhood that we call home,â
UC Berkeley students, staff left in limbo after Lupe Gallegos-Diaz suspension (opens the original)
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To Ph.D. student Alexis Meza, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz â who directed the Chicanx Latinx Student Development office â was a âpillarâ of the UC Berkeley Latine community. But since she was abruptly placed on administrative leave in August, Meza, alongside CLSD staff and the ethnic studies department, have been scrambling to pick up the pieces. The Chicanx Latinx Leadership Seminar, a DeCal course Gallegos-Diaz taught alongside students, was canceled last week, according to Emma EnrÃquez, an ad
UC faculty council calls for regent’s resignation over failure to condemn Islamaphobic remarks (opens the original)
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The UC Ethnic Studies Council is calling for UC Regent Jay Suresâ resignation after he spoke at an event where another speaker made Islamophobic remarks. At the Jewish American Summit on Aug. 30, Mosab Hassan Yousef, an author and former Israeli spy, made a number of comments attacking Muslim Americans, including telling them to âget the f--- out of the United States. Go back to the s---holes where you came from.â In a social media statement released Monday, the UC Ethnic Studies Council â
UC Berkeley Edley Center’s symposium explores how states can counter authoritarianism (opens the original)
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In order to challenge ârepressive federal actions,â state governments need to lead the way, according to the speakers at Edley Center on Law & Democracyâs symposium. The symposium looked into the upcoming book co-authored by UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, âFight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism.â Held at Booth Auditorium, the symposium featured two panels of legal scholars and a fireside chat between Chemerinsky and Washington State Attorney General Nick
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