Marcel Jones

More than 250 members of the Berkeley community attended a city event celebrating Black History Month, which featured presentations on violence in the black community and the Black Lives Matter movement, and a screening of a documentary.

Students and city residents are criticizing Berkeley police officers for allegedly engaging in racial profiling during traffic stops, basing their findings on a seven-month period of data that showed black and Latino people were detained at a disproportionately high rate.

Berkeley Copwatch, an activist group dedicated to monitoring police and protecting citizens, hosted a "know your rights" training event Tuesday night.

Hundreds gathered at Sproul Plaza on Saturday afternoon for a memorial service celebrating the life and work of Nelson Mandela, a former president of South Africa and a leader of the anti-apartheid movement who passed away Dec. 5.

This fall, the UC Berkeley Multicultural Student Development (MSD) programs will undergo a series of changes which will upgrade the services of the African American Student Development Programs, Asian Pacific American Student Development Programs, and Chicano/Latino Student Development Programs.

Public outcry over the perceived racially insensitive nature of a campus fraternity’s Halloween decoration has prompted efforts in the ASUC Senate to increase awareness of racial and cultural issues on campus.

The UC contends that Proposition 209, passed in November 1996, that prohibits preferential treatment by the state in public employment, education or contracting based on race, ethnicity or gender, has caused a decline of underrepresented minorities in the UC system.