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Professor Catherine Cenuza Choy Speaking out About the Atlanta Murders Which Involved the Death of Six Asian American Women on NBCNews.com
March 18, 2021
"Saying that this violence is not racially motivated is part of a related history of the denial of racism in the Asian American experience." Read more of her comments here.
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With Close to 4,000 Cases of anti-Asia Hate Reported on the STOP AAPI HATE Website Since March 2020, Ethnic Studies and AAADS Professor Lok Siu Offers her Analysis of the Recent Uptick in anti-Asian Violence
March 18, 2021
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/03/17/berkeley-expert-in-times-of-crisis-anti-asian-violence-is-an-american-tradition/
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES Alumna Tavae Samuelu Present at APAICS Health Summit
March 15, 2021
Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES alumna and Executive Director of EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) Tavae Samuelu are panelists on the data disaggregation panel at the 2021 APAICS (Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies) Health Summit on March 11, 2021. The APAICS Health Summit brings together non-profit and corporate...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed on CUNY TV’s “Asian American Life” about Filipino Nurses
March 12, 2021
On March 2, 2021 Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed on CUNY TV's "Asian American Life" monthly show about Filipino nurses. Episode Details: It’s been one year since coronavirus was declared a global health emergency, and we’ve seen the unimaginable toll it’s taken on everyone’s lives. Asian American Life...
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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed in SF Chronicle About Anti-Asian Violence and Racism
March 12, 2021
Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy was interviewed and quoted in the following San Francisco Chronicle articles about the surge in anti-Asian violence and racism: San Francisco Chronicle, “‘You’re not Chinese, are you?’ Bay Area health workers describe racism during the pandemic,” by Tatiana Sanchez and Janelle Bitker, March 8, 2021. San Francisco Chronicle,...
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Letter to the California Department of Education
March 12, 2021
http://Letter to CDE - ES letterhead.pdf
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Ethnic Studies – League of Visionaries Receives Acknowledgement in Chicanx Graphics Exhibition at the Smithsonian
March 8, 2021
This article about the current Chicanx Graphics Exhibition at the Smithsonian offers well deserved shout outs to our own Ethnic Studies creative artivists, scholars, teachers, and visionaries, Jesús Barraza & Melanie Cervantes. ¡Órale! https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chicano-graphics-exhibiton-smithsonian-american-art-museum-1234585128/
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ES Professor Beth Piatote has been Recognized for her Phenomenal Work
March 1, 2021
Even when it is Stanford, we celebrate. Professor Beth Piatote has been recognized as one of 50 outstanding alums of Stanford's Native American community in the "Fifty for Fifty" feature to celebrate 50 years of the Native American Cultural Center. Read all about it! https://nacc.stanford.edu/our-community/alumni/saio-50-50 Beth Piatote's book The Beadworkers: Stories was named the winner...
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Berkeley Graduate Student Soaring!
March 1, 2021
Melanie Z. Plasencia has been appointed the Cesar Chavez Fellow at Dartmouth College, to begin this summer. This two-year predoctoral to postdoctoral fellowship honors Chavez's legacy as a social justice organizer; it supports scholars who exemplify the potential for transformative leadership through research, teaching and mentoring. Melanie's appointment will be housed...
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Digna Rabia: A Digital Journal in Chicana/o/x Studies at UC Berkeley
February 24, 2021
Profe Pablo Gonzalez is once again making magic, sharing the first issue of “Digna Rabia: A Digital Journal in Chicana/o/x Studies Vol. 1 Nu.1 Fall 2020.” This is a compilation of works that his two upper-division courses completed this fall. The gifted Jesus Barraza designed the cover and inside there...
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