Archive for the ‘Themes’ Category


January 1977

Archive Entry Date: 1/1/77

Herrara used this calendar to advertise the new Keystone in Palo Alto

University of California Policy-Nondiscrimination

Archive Entry Date: 7/12/1977

The University of Berkeley cannot discriminate

A Showcase for Garcia’s Styles

Archive Entry Date: 12/23/76

Freedom of musical expression and style was possible for musicians at the Keystone Berkeley

Jerry Garcia Band at the Keystone Berkeley (AUDIO)

Archive Entry Date: 12/22/76

Musical experimentation and appreciation goin' down in 1976

Transsexuals Plan Wedding

Archive Entry Date: 12/17-23/1976

Angela Douglas gets married

Educational R&D and Berkeley’s Experimental Schools (Vol. 2)

Archive Entry Date: 11/30/1976

Part two of an in-depth history of the 23 new schools created during Berkeley's experimental period

Educational R&D and Berkeley’s Experimental Schools (Vol. 1)

Archive Entry Date: 11/30/1976

What happened with Berkeley's 23 alternative schools? A 580-page study gives a fine-grained answer

Urban Homesteading: the Integral Urban House

Archive Entry Date: 11/1976

Mother Earth News offered sympathetic and detailed coverage of the IUH

A Prisoner of Sex Escapes Into Society’s Cage

Archive Entry Date: November 5-11, 1976

A profile of Steve Dain, a transgender man who was barred from teaching at Emery High following transition

History of Casa de la Raza

Archive Entry Date: 11/1976

The short life of an experiment in Chicano-centered education

History of Black House

Archive Entry Date: 11/1976

The vision of Black House, and how it collapsed under pressure

November 1976

Archive Entry Date: 11/1/76

The busy fall season at the Keystone

Asian American Poetry Reading

Archive Entry Date: 10/28/1976

SF's Kearny Street Workshop brought Asian-American poetry to the Asian Community Library

Lou Sullivan’s Second Visit to Pacific Center

Archive Entry Date: 10/12/1976

Lou opened up at his second visit to a trans support group — and appreciated it more

October 1976

Archive Entry Date: 10/1/76

Susan Brook's spooky artwork for Halloween was the centerpiece for this local band filled calendar

Berkeley Fights Back: J.D. v Lackner

Archive Entry Date: September 24-30, 1976

Court case J.D. v Lackner threatens Medi-Cal coverage of trans healthcare and Berkeley fights back

Oakland Community School Expands Services to Youth

Archive Entry Date: 9/18/1976

The OCS expands and grows more popular

Schools Win Praise While Losing Ground

Archive Entry Date: 9/10/1976

Activists disputed the Civil Rights Commission's initial positive take on the Berkeley schools

A Letter From Steve to Lou

Archive Entry Date: 8/18/1976

Steve Dain sure is a sweetie

Lou Sullivan’s First Visit to Pacific Center

Archive Entry Date: 7/27/76

Lou was disappointed to discover that a trans support group was "like a hippie crash pad scene"

Green Revelations: Arcology and Gardening

Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1976

Visions of the future from two visiting speakers at UC Berkeley

Oakland Public Library Gets Woman Director

Archive Entry Date: 06/76

After a campaign for female representation in the Oakland Public Library, Leila White was appointed as its new director

Jazz Festival After-Party

Archive Entry Date: 6/22/76

Music from midnight until breakfast, courtesy of the Rainbow Sign's afterparty

O.C.S. Director Ericka Huggins Highlights Chicago Alternative Schools Conference

Archive Entry Date: 6/19/1976

Ericka Huggins shared, with other radical educators, the OCS' vision, history and curriculum

“I Want to Help My People Be Free”

Archive Entry Date: 6/19/1976

1976 OCS graduates reflect on the past and future, and highlight the importance of Black liberation

Introduction to Laurel’s Kitchen

Archive Entry Date: 10/1/1976

From a vegetarian cookbook, the story of how the kitchen could become the center of a spiritual and societal transformation

June 1976

Archive Entry Date: 6/1/76

Slower summer month with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Larry Coryell

Dear Amazons: An Open Letter

Archive Entry Date: 5/76

Shut out by the Berkeley Women's Center, a self-declared "separatist dyke" acknowledged Pacific Center's hospitality

Berkeley and Busing—Still Short of Aims

Archive Entry Date: 5/20/1976

Eight years after the buses rolled, a LA Times reporter suggested the project of school desegregation had become ever more complicated

Program for Critical Thinking

Archive Entry Date: 1973-1982?

The curriculum behind OCS's commitment to critical thinking