Tag: African American
SubscribeCampus celebrates Black History Month
February 22, 2012:
The annual monthlong commemoration of African American contributions to American society draws to a close with a series of events.
Law students of African descent win mock trial competition
February 22, 2011:
A four-student team from the Berkeley chapter of the National Black Law Students’ Association recently won the Western Region Championship of the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition, held in Las Vegas. The mock trial featured a criminal case loosely based on events that occurred in Haiti last year.
Using religion to address health needs in underserved communities
February 18, 2011:
In Alameda Country, researchers from the School of Public Health and Kaiser Permanente are reaching out, through local churches, to offer health screening and education to two groups — African Americans and Afghan refugee women.
Labor Center launches monthly black jobs report
July 1, 2010:
UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education is officially launching on July 2 a series of monthly reports that highlight the employment outlook in the black community as national jobless numbers hover around 10 percent and African Americans fare far worse.The Labor Center’s “Black Employment and Unemployment” detailed data brief for June will be available online shortly after researchers assess a monthly national jobs report to be issued Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Black Nature event explores environment for African American voices
February 23, 2010:
Think of American nature writers, and African American authors probably don’t spring to mind. But the University of California, Berkeley, is hosting a March 4-5 symposium of leading poets and scholars who will explore 400 rich years of African American nature writing, as evidenced in a new, first-ever anthology of nature poetry by black writers.
