In a six-part series, we highlight a few of the moments, movements, and people that made their mark on Cal’s LGBTQ+ history. We move through the decades, beginning in an era of secrecy and continuing through today.
Posted on September 6, 2019 - 12:00pm
On August 19, about 30 alumni volunteers across California helped send off and welcome 140 incoming students to UC Berkeley.
Posted on September 6, 2019 - 10:30am
When Manuel Buenrostro ’06 was a senior at UC Berkeley, he won the election for Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) president.
Posted on September 3, 2019 - 8:00am
In 2018, the San Francisco Foundation funded the first set of African American Initiative Scholarships. Administered by the Cal Alumni Association, these scholarships were awarded to 28 deserving undergraduate students in support of the university’s commitment to Black and African American student success at Cal. The African American Initiative (AAI) is UC Berkeley’s effort to address the underrepresentation of and campus climate for African American students, faculty, and staff, and includes steps to improve recruitment, yield, retention, and graduation rates of African American students. The scholarship grants $8,000 annually for up to five years of undergraduate study, or a maximum of $40,000 total.
Posted on August 28, 2019 - 8:00am
This summer, Cal alumni welcomed incoming first-year and transfer students at 24 Summer Welcome Parties across the country. More than 450 students and 400 of their family members joined more than 350 alumni at local parties hosted by volunteer-led Cal Alumni Association (CAA) Alumni Chapters.
Posted on August 27, 2019 - 10:44am
Growing up in Carson, California, Liliana “Lili” Iglesias ’12 remembered her mom saying often to her, “When you go to college….” This message ingrained in Lili the thought that she would go to college someday. Then, in middle school, her mom admitted to her, “I don’t know what [going to college] means, so try and ask your teachers and counselors how you can get there.”
Posted on August 26, 2019 - 8:00am
Coming from a tight-knit immigrant family in South Central Los Angeles, Sara Bachez ’06 nervously awaited her first day at UC Berkeley.
Posted on August 19, 2019 - 10:00am
The Wongs recognize that affording and navigating UC Berkeley is a much greater challenge now than when they met on campus fifty years ago.
Posted on August 13, 2019 - 4:00pm
Jarvis Givens ’10, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. ’16, an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, credits the small communities he joined at Cal for successfully supporting him through his academic journey. One of the most significant communities, he says, was his cohort of students at The Achievement Award Program (TAAP).
Posted on August 8, 2019 - 4:00pm
Being a volunteer for The Achievement Award Program (TAAP) hits close to home for Marco Ponce ’12. He was a former TAAP recipient, and he says it was a major reason why he decided to come to Cal. The conversations he had with alumni volunteers and staff from the Cal Alumni Association before committing to Cal were what sealed the deal.
Posted on August 5, 2019 - 8:00am
“Every time I step on campus for whatever reason, I feel a charge,” Larry Gray ’79 says, “so that’s part of the benefit of [volunteering to interview scholarship applicants].”
Posted on August 5, 2019 - 8:00am
“Some things in life: you cannot put a price tag on them. The value of being around like-minded people, people who come from the same background as you and have the same aspirations as you—I don’t think you can put a tag or value on it.”
Posted on July 31, 2019 - 8:30am
That’s what Dan Cheatham told new Cal Band members during the Silent Walk, an initiation held the day after the first home game, where Cal Band newcomers receive a guided tour of important UC Berkeley campus landmarks.
Posted on July 18, 2019 - 9:00am
On Sunday, June 30, 2019, more than 600 Cal alumni, faculty, students, and friends joined together to march at the 49th annual San Francisco LGBTQ+ Pride Parade. The Cal Alumni Association (CAA) partnered with UC Berkeley’s Gender Equity Resource Center (GenEq) to lead the Cal contingent of marchers for the third year in a row. This special year also marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a catalyst of the gay rights movement.
Posted on July 10, 2019 - 11:00am
Dana Stevenson Lang MBA ’77 is a proud Cal alumna, but her pride doesn’t stem from experiences like going to football games and studying at coffee shops around the UC Berkeley campus. In fact, just a few years ago, Dana’s memory of Cal was far less rosy than it is now.
Posted on July 1, 2019 - 7:00am
