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| | _ | .) | |... *pssst* it’s your last chance to vote Our democracy depends on your participation. ucberk.li/voting-resources : Irene Yi/UC Berkeley

NEXT WEEK! In the ’60s and ’70s, Native American women were subject to many horrors including forced sterilization at the hands of the U.S. government. ONLINE: Join a screening and discussion of the documentary Amá.... 3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10 ucberk.li/ama (s/o UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, The American Cultures Center at UC Berkeley, Lorna Tucker, UC Santa Cruz, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition)

Food trailblazer Cecilia Chiang died last week at age 100. Chiang: Fled China as a refugee... Opened the Mandarin restaurant in S.F. Changed the way Americans eat Chinese food Read the Oral History Center at UC Berkeley’s interviews with Chiang. (s/o UC Berkeley, James Beard Foundation)

Waddle you do this Halloween? All Hallows’ Eve looks a bit different this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. You could:... Have a scary movie night on Zoom Make some spooky snacks Crack open a creepy book Whatever you do, make sure to march to the beat of your own drum. Have a safe and happy Halloween!

TODAY! How are libraries across the country adapting to the pandemic? ONLINE: Join a talk with library administrators + leaders on how COVID-19 has affected budgets, collections, and access to materials.... 9:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30 ucberk.li/leaders-speak (s/o UC Berkeley, Columbia University Libraries, Princeton University Library, House Undergraduate Library @ UNC - Chapel Hill, Center for Research Libraries - Global Resources Network, UW-Madison Libraries, American Library Association)

TOMORROW! How are libraries around the country adapting to the COVID-19 crisis? ONLINE: Join a talk with library administrators + leaders on how the pandemic has affected budgets, collections, and access to materials.... 9:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30 ucberk.li/leaders-speak (s/o UC Berkeley, Columbia University Libraries, Princeton University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill Library, Center for Research Libraries - Global Resources Network, UW-Madison Libraries)

Hey, Bears! Want free digital course materials? The UC Berkeley Library can help! ... ucberk.li/e-reserves

Happy 80th birthday, Maxine Hong Kingston! Kingston, the daughter of Chinese immigrants: Is a UC Berkeley grad + professor emerita... Is a genre-bending feminist author Has papers + portraits at The Bancroft Library See more

TOMORROW! Watch artists Susan Belau, Emily Gui, and Robin McCloskey talk with UC Berkeley lecturer Randy Hussong about: Printmaking... Living with art Sharing their work 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 ucberk.li/impressive-art (s/o San Francisco State University's College of Liberal & Creative Arts, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley Arts + Design, Dominican University of California, Berkeley Art Center)

Study Abroad Week starts TODAY! Learn about: Virtual options for studying abroad... Studying abroad for Black students Resources for LGBTQ students Tips for traveling post-COVID studyabroadweek.berkeley.edu (s/o UC Berkeley)

NEXT WEEK! How are libraries across the country adapting to the pandemic? ONLINE: Join a talk with library administrators + leaders on how COVID-19 has affected budgets, collections, and access to materials.... 9:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30 ucberk.li/leaders-speak (s/o UC Berkeley, Columbia University Libraries, Princeton University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill Library, Center for Research Libraries - Global Resources Network, UW-Madison Libraries)

You cannot fight racism with racism. You have to fight it with solidarity. Bobby Seale was born on this day in 1936. Seale, seen at left: Attended Berkeley High + Merritt College... Co-founded the Black Panther Party Has fought racism, police brutality, imperialism The UC Berkeley Library holds materials on Seale and the Black Panther Party such as: Audio of Seale speaking in Oakland (ucberk.li/seale-speaks) Interviews (ucberk.li/seale-interview) Black Panther newspapers (ucberk.li/BPP-news) : The Bancroft Library’s San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive, BANC PIC 2006.029:139458N.01.01--NEG

How can we make drinking water safer? What’s with the art in the Oval Office? How is awe experienced across cultures? ... These are just some of the questions UC Berkeley students explore in their Library Prize-winning papers. ucberk.li/library-prize-2020

UC Berkeley’s Study Abroad Week starts MONDAY! Learn about: Virtual options for studying abroad... Studying abroad for Black students Resources for LGBTQ students Tips for traveling post-COVID studyabroadweek.berkeley.edu