TWLF Strike

Dear Friends,

Please join us for the 50th Anniversary of the Third World Liberation Front - Seeds of Resistance, Flowers of Liberation: Voices from 50 Years of Student of Color Activism at UC Berkeley.

April 24-27, 2019
Wed. 5-8pm: Whose University? Exhibit Reception @ Ethnic Studies Library
Th. 10-4pm: Panels & Discussion @ Anna Head Alumnae Hall
Fri. 12-8pm: Panels & Discussion @ 112 Wurster Hall
Sat. 12-8pm: Panels & Discussion @ Sylvia Mendez Elementary School

For more information, please visit tinyurl.com/twlf2019 or email [email protected].

third world Liberation Front (twLF) 50th Anniversary Gathering Join us to commemorate 50 years of student struggle for self-determination, third world solidarity and an education that is relevant to the needs of our communities. We will gather across generations, with those who began the original twLF strikes in 1969, to those who have continued to hold and sus...

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-eastside-13-walkouts-20180308-story.html

They faced 66 years in prison. The 'Eastside 13' and how they helped plan the East L.A. walkouts The 50th anniversary this week of the East L.A. walkouts has focused attention on the "Eastside 13," who were indicted for their role in organizing the mass protests held to demand better schools.

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-new-study-finds-drastic-disparity-in-1520364880-htmlstory.html

California's public college campuses are so diverse, but their faculty and leaders aren't, a new study says A new study has found a "drastic disparity" in racial and gender diversity between students at California's public colleges and universities and their faculty and campus leaders.

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/15/new-documentary-looks-back-at-sf-state-strike-on-50th-anniversary/

New Documentary Looks Back At S.F. State Strike on 50th Anniversary ‘Agents of Change’ explores the role black student activists played in reforming the American university system.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arizona-cant-ban-mexican-american-studies-anymore-judge-says_us_5a442f28e4b025f99e199496?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Arizona Can't Ban Mexican-American Studies Anymore, Judge Says The permanent injunction follows a two-week bench trial that found Republican-backed ethnic studies restrictions unconstitutional.

https://vimeo.com/23242564

On Strike: Ethnic Studies 1969-1999 DVD available through Progressive Films: http://www.progressivefilms.com/on-strike-ethnic-studies.html ON STRIKE makes an encapsulated, incisive study of the context…

11/16/17 ES LIBRARY Friends gather for LaNada's talk.

LaNada WarJack talk at Ethnic Studies Library.about Native American Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969.

TWLF UCB 1969 strike veterans attend LaNada War Jack booktalk presentation at Ethnic Studies Library, UC Berkeley. (11-16-2017)

Sent in from Ysidro Macias: Greetings to all TWLF vets who experienced this hard fought challenge in our early years-we made Ethnic Studies institutional in this country, told Reagan to go f*** himself, and shared the joys and pain of the struggle! As a Co-Chair of the TWLF, I couldn't be prouder of our accomplishments!