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UC Berkeley professor Geeta Anand has been appointed interim dean of the campus Graduate School of Journalism — the first woman and woman of color to fulfill the position.

The following is a Q&A between Shailin Singh, football beat reporter for The Daily Californian, and Zeandae Johnson, a redshirt senior for the Cal football team.

As a global sports community, we have to fight better, and it takes both sides — the Olympic committees and the audience members alike — to support potential activism in the Olympic Games.

UC Berkeley’s Black student leaders and organizers have long advocated for increased recruitment, academic support and a more welcoming campus climate for Black students, but recent national unrest has reinvigorated the campus Black Lives Matter movement's calls for change.

Having previously been at the forefront of social justice causes, including women’s rights and LGBTQ+ movements, the U.S. women’s national team must channel the same energy into the Black Lives Matter campaign if it wants to stay true to its slogan of “One Nation. One Team.”

Hundreds of Berkeley community members participated in three Black Lives Matter protests over the past week, including a roadside vigil for victims of police brutality and a socially distanced "honk and wave" event to display solidarity.

We need not wonder what we should do to remedy the inequities in our field; we must follow the lead of Black academics who have already done this work.

Sports can be microcosms for social change, but only because they are microcosms of the inequalities that already exist.

Whether it provides users extra motivation to fight the quarantine 15, another outlet to support Black Lives Matter or new routes for head-clearing runs during this unprecedented time of uncertainty, Strava has no doubt expanded its community as the world seeks a return to normalcy.

High-profile Black athletes share a unique and powerful platform for effecting immeasurable social change, and it is only becoming more powerful by the day.