ACLU club
http://www.berkeleyaclu.org
Student UC Berkeley branch of the largest public interest law firm which defends civil liberties.
Contact:Matt Murray mjmurray@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Amnesty International
Contact:Tram Nguyen Qtramn@aol.com
Anarchist Discussion Group
A new group on campus whose aim is to read and discuss anarchist ideas. Everyone is welcome.
Contact: (510) 915-2658 or anarchistdiscussiongroup@hotmail.com
Meetings: Every two weeks on Thursday, 263 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Asian Pacific Council
Contact:Bryant Yang yangerbanger@hotmail.com
Asian Political Association
To encourage political activism in the Asian Pacific minded community at UC Berkeley.
Contact:
BAMN
http://www.bamn.com/
Defending affirmative action and integration, and fighting for equality. Campaigning to:
reverse the ban on affirmative action in UC system, defend and extend minority outreach,
and increase underrepresented minority enrollment.
Contact:langehaare@aol.com
Berkeley African Students Association
http://bgess.berkeley.edu/basa/
An ASUC-sponsored student organization, founded in the early 1960's to increase cultural awareness and solidarity within the African Diaspora.
Contact: basaofficers@yahoogroups.com, 301 Eshleman Hall, ASUC
Berkeley Coalition for Global Justice
Contact:Hoang hgiaphat@socrates.berkeley.edu or Dave dmcclure@uclink.berkeley.edu
Next Meeting: Wednesday, Feb 20th, 7:00 pm
Berkeley Democratic Socialists of America
Contact: Michele Rossi ginger3@socrates.berkeley.edu
Berkeley Earth First!
Dedicated to prevent the destruction of all that is wild.
Contact: autonomy@onebox.com
Berkeley Free Iraq Foundation
Commited to an end to sanctions on Iraq, an end to US intervention in Iraq, and a self-determination for the Iraqi people.
Contact: berkeleyfreeiraq@yahoo.com
Berkeley Multicultural Activity Club (BMAC)
To promote socialization of students from different cultures by organizing various activities; to increase tolerance both on campus and in society by providing more personal interaction between people having different backgrounds. We will try to keep the range of activities very broad including but not limited to social events, community service, volunteer work, etc.
Contact:
Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA)
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~boaa/
Committed to be the collective voice for the 40,000+ animals in labs on
campus. Working towards developing the University's clear commitment to
reducing the number of animals used in research, replacing animal
subjects with alternatives, and refining often painful procedures to ensure more
humane treatment.
Contact: boaa_action@hotmail.com
Berkeley Students for a Sovereign Taiwan (BST)
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bst
Organizing and participating in peaceful grassroots activities that
advocate for a proactive U.S. foreign policy on Taiwan that respects
Taiwan's sovereignty. Aiming to educate the greater U.C. Berkeley
campus community on issues related to Taiwan politics and international
relations. Believing in democracy and self-determination for the people
of Taiwan.
Contact:bst@ocf.berkeley.edu, Calvin Cheng thesaint@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley Stop the War Coalition
berkeleystopthewar.org
We are organized around three points of Unity: 1) Stop the war. 2) Defend all targeted communities. 3) Defend
civil liberties.
Contact:stopthewarcoalition@onebox.com
The Center for Social Justice
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/csj/
The Center for Social Justice at Boalt Hall is a community of faculty, students, administrators, alumni, and lawyers interested in the intersection of law and the social justice issues that pervade society.
Contact:Mary Louise Frampton, Director and Lecturer - mlframpton@law.berkeley.edu
CPEPR (Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research)
Promoting activist research/education in the community and
university for social and economic justice.
Contact:kysa@nygreen.com
CalPIRG
Allying several campus groups for the most effective action. Campaigns include: Protecting Alaskan Wilderness, Water Watch, Clean Energy, Hunger/homelessness, and Student Housing.
Contact: Mia Seaipini 642-7313, sunshine51578@juno.com
Student Housing - Faith [elmalee@uclink.berkeley.edu]
Cal Berkeley Habitat for Humanity
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~habitat/
Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit ecumenical organization whose goal is to eliminate poverty housing worldwide. We help raise awareness about the need for affordable housing, raise funds for building Habitat homes, and build along side future Habitat homeowners at Habitat construction sites.
Contact:
Cal Democrats
www.caldems.org
Campus organization for the Democratic party
Contact:andykatz@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Cal Human Rights Campaign
http://www.calhumanrights.org/
To promote awareness of human rights in the campus community.
Contact: calhumanrights@yahoo.com
Cal Vegetarians
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~calveg/
To provide a forum for vegetarians and vegans to unite in cruelty-free eating and encourage others
Meetings:Three Wednesday's a month from 5:00-6:00 in 204 Wheeler.
Contact:Dawn Beahm: owner-cal_vegetarians@uclink.berkeley.edu
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
www.nodeathpenalty.org
Building through pickets, demonstrations, petitions, forums, etc.- a mass grassroots
abolitionist movement to end the death penalty in the United States
Contact:Ricky Hwa - rickyh03@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Campus Greens
www.greens.org/cal/berkeley
Dedicated to informing students about the Green Party, helping to elect Greens, and promoting related issues.
Contact: Adam Scow ascow@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Central American Refugee Clinic (CARC)
http://chaitanya.cjb.net/
Our purpose is to provide free and quality legal representation to indigent refugees seeking political asylum in the United States. Furthermore, we seek to supplement Boalt Hall students' legal education with this direct service opportunity.
Contact:
Chaitanya
http://chaitanya.cjb.net/
Raising awareness of issues affecting the developing world. Serving as a forum by which to employ cross-disciplinary approaches to developmental issues and, in the process, generate more active student involvement in these areas.
Contact:calchaitanya@hotmail.com
Citizens in Action
http://www.geocities.com/ucbcia/home.html
A public access student group devoted to promoting free speech and self-expression on the Berkeley Campus.
Contact: Shlomy Kattan - ucbcia@yahoo.com
Colombia Support Network
Contact:csn_berkeley@yahoo.com or
Camilo Romero carito@uclink.berkeley.edu
Colombia Working Group
Contact: Claudia Leal: cleal@socrates.berkeley.edu,
Alejandra Torres alejatorres@netscape.net, Andres Alvarado
andresalvarado1@netscape.net
Disabled Students' Union (DSU)
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~caldsu
The Disabled Students Union will address issues of concern to the disabled community at Cal. It will involve itself in advocacy both on and off campus. It will promote awareness of disability issues among its memebership and the campus community, and will serve as a forum for all disabled students at Cal.
Contact: caldsu@ocf.berkeley.edu
Earthweekend 2002
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~co/earthweekend
Earthweek is UC Berkeley's premiere annual environmental and
whole-earth event.
Contact:bralex@uclink.berkeley.edu or call 664-1540
Environmental Coalition (ECO)
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~eco
Helping students and community collaborate with each other and learn
about pressing environmental issues. Bridging gaps of age, discipline, and
geography in pooling efforts to work towards change. Contact us to
publicize environmental events, ask for information, or to be
connected to others with common concerns.
contact:sherminds@angelfire.com
Farm Workers Support Committee
Educate, agitate, organize: FWSC works specifically on supporting the
organization of farm workers. Currently working on developing a
new food procurement policy for the UC system, as well as mobilizing for
the Cesar Chavez march on March 31 in SF, working with CalCorp on a spring
break education project, and a farm worker awareness week. Also
working on immigration rights issues with the Labor Immigrant Organizing
Network(LION), and sweatshops issues with Cal Students Against Sweatshops(CalSAS).
Meetings: Mondays at 7pm in 229 Dwinelle
Contact: Sara (510)649-1887 sarars@uclink.berkeley.edu
Free Burma Berkeley
Working to put pressure on the UC Regents to divest from corporations doing business in Burma,
educate the public about the democratic movement in Burma, and ultimately to allow participatory
democracy to flourish in Burma.
Contact:Teddy Miller, e-mail teddyhapa@yahoo.com
Gender and Equity Resource Center
http://www.uga.berkeley.edu/sas/geneq/DEFAULT.HTM
To enhance the academic achievement and personal development of women at Berkeley. We are commited to promoting understanding among Berkeley's diverse communities of women and to create a supportive, inclusive campus environment. Formerly known as the Women's Resource Center
Contact:
Global AIDS Action Committee
Devoted to raising awareness and funds, as well as to lobbying policy-makers in Washington DC, in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in underdeveloped states.
Contact: Mike Batell mike@globalAIDSaction.org (510)658-5053
Individualist Anarchist Society
http://ind-anarch.home.mindspring.com
A non-registered group promoting individualist anarchism
Contact:anarchy@ocf.berkeley.edu
International Socialist Organization
Building a mass working-class movement to overthrow capitalism and replace it with a classless society. Campaigns are:
1. Palestine/divestment from Israel 2. 3.FTAA 4.PG&E IES Incinerator, general labor
Contact:
Palestine: snehal100@hotmail.com
Death Penalty: mhahn@uclink.berkeley.edu
FTAA: rafaelg@uclink.berkeley.edu
MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan)
Chicana/o group to promote social, political, y educational invovlement on campus and in community.
Contact:
Muslim Student Union
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~msu
Contact:
Native American Advisory Council
http://uga.berkeley.edu/asd/naac/default.htm
Insuring that Native American students receive support from the beginning of their high school career to their graduation from Berkeley. NAAC contributes toward providing an enriched and supportive environment for Native American student development. We encourage academic success and leadership development, through participation in academic classes and activities, which will enhance the intellectual and social experience of our students.
Contact:Alex Alday, Assistant Director/Counselor, Phone (510) 643-7876 alexaa@uclink.berkeley.edu
Progressive Labor Party
www.plp.org
PLP fights to correct the mistakes of the old communist movement and the
errors of socialism. We are an international party that fights for
communism as the only way to end racism, sexism, exploitation, and wars
for profit.
Contact: Nick Parker 845-8942 or email: goodmorningrevolution@hotmail.com
Public Knowledge
An eclectic collective of members of the UC-Berkeley community working together and each in our own way to foster Public Knowledge of contemporary world events.
Contact:
Queer Alliance
http://queer.berkeley.edu/
Alliance of queer student organizations on campus for the purposes of providing social spaces for various types of queer communities on campus and strengthening queer activism and visibility.
Contact:
Queer Council
http://queer.berkeley.edu/council/
The head of the UC Berkeley Queer community is the Queer Council, which consists of the leaders of the queer groups at Cal as well as other leaders on campus.
Contact: council@queer.berkeley.edu
Queers for Social Justice
Contact: beau4@uclink.berkeley.edu
Rainforest Action Group
Contact: Kelsey Donovan - kelsey3_2000@yahoo.com
Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League - Cal
Contact: mim124@mim.org
SOURCE (Students Organized For Using Resources Conscientiously and Efficiently)
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~source/
Promoting Waste Reduction and Consumerism. Current projects: Reuse Binders (with cereal boxes), Reader/Notebook Drive
Contact: Howard Chong chongman@uclink4.berkeley.edu
or Alexis Petru lexyloo@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Solidarity
www.igc.org/solidarity
A socialist organization that is committed to grassroots
activism and the elimination of capitalism in favor of a democratic
society based on human needs.
Contact: Charles Williams cwilliam@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Students for a Free Tibet
Contact: sft_berkeley@yahoo.com
Student Council of Indigenous Nations
to promote the most cohesive relationships between all elements of the University of California Berkeley, Native American students and faculty and staff.
Contact:Barbara Mumby bmumby55@hotmail.com
Student Peace Action Network
Organizing around issues of domestic and international militarism and its far reaching effects into nearly all spheres of society.
Contact:spanberkeley@hotmail.com
Students of Nonviolent Action (SONA)
To develop a deeper personal understanding of principled nonviolence, and to put that understanding into concrete action.
Contact:
Students for Justice in Palestine
www.justiceinpalestine.org
A diverse coalition of students, faculty, staff, and
community members at the University of California, Berkeley, organized on democratic principles to
promote justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people.
Contact: justiceinpalestine@visto.com
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy
Challenging the futile war on drugs, and starting a dialogue of alternative policies.
Contact:scarlett@ssdp.org
Students for Responsible Research
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~reynolds/srr/index.htm
Promoting responsibility, integrity, diversity and open communication in the development, execution and
dissemination of research conducted under the auspices of the University of California.
Contact:cnrstudents@hotmail.com
Students of Color in Planning
http://www-dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu/scp/index.html
Focusing on issues of race, poverty and social justice in the planning profession.
Contact: Chione at cflegal@uclink.berkeley.eduor Deepak at dln@uclink.berkeley.edu
Students of Color in Public Policy (SCIPP)
Works to adopt issues of diversity in GSPP within student body, faculty,and curriculum
Contact:
Students Organizing for Justice in the Americas (SOJA)
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~soja
Promoting issues of justice throughout the Americas
Contact:sojasojasoja@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Suitcase Clinic
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~suitcase/
To promote the welfare of the homeless/ low-income community
Contact:suitcase@socrates.berkeley.edu
Take Back The Night (TBTN)
To create community awareness about rape and domestic violence with the hope of decreasing its incidence. The project conducts discussion groups, facilitates presentations at local high schools, and coordinates the Take Back The Night Rally and March in the spring.
Contact: Avni Vayas 510/848-4865 avni122@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Third World Liberation Center
Also known as the Office of Cross Cultural Student Development or the Multicultural Center, we provide space and
resources for involement in political and social issues that affect all people of color. We have an annual Breaking the Cycle, Mending the Circle conference (1st year on Prison Industrial Complex, 2nd year on
Genocide), and an annual people of color hip hop/cultural event called the Night of Cultural Resistance.
Contact: (510) 642-4270, Kay kay7@uclink.berkeley.edu, 243 Cesar Chavez Student Center.
Tzedek
Creating an alternative progressive voice in the Jewish community; to promote justice and peace among Israel and Palestine, both in Israel and on the UC Berkeley campus as well as to pursue a wide array of social justice issues nationally and internationally.
Contact: tzedek-announce-owner@yahoogroups.com
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE)
A mentorship program that recruits a diverse group of volunteers who encourage young women and men to achieve their greatest potential. Students provide academic and personal support to youth of Portola Middle School through a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Topics addressed include sexual harassment, parenthood, and health resources. Academic credit is available through Education 98/198.
Contact: Kimberly Ochylski 510/666-0210 kimmy4cal@hotmail.com
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- Name of group
- Webpage if any
- Short description of group
- Times and places of meetings
- Email contact