Archive for the ‘Themes’ Category
James Baldwin Contact Sheet
Archive Entry Date: 5/3/76
Mary Ann Pollar and Baldwin appear here as comrades and co-authors of the Rainbow Sign
Gemini Directory of the Transgendered World
Archive Entry Date: 1976
A directory by and for trans people with listings from around the world
Desegregation’s Results: Berkeley No Longer Has a Siberia
Archive Entry Date: 4/21/1976
The black-oriented Oakland Post offered a positive take on school desegregation in Berkeley
Rainbow Sign Presents Alice Walker
Archive Entry Date: 4/09/1976
Rainbow Sign was, like Alice Walker's real and imagined worlds, populated by uncompromising black women
Post Office Harasses Trans Worker
Archive Entry Date: 3/26/1976
A modern-sounding defense of transgender rights
“Desegregation is Failing to Meet Education Goals”
Archive Entry Date: 03/17/1976
The Berkeley Gazette put a strongly negative spin on a superintendent's report on desegregation
School Expenses Error Discovered
Archive Entry Date: 03/13/1976
A half-million dollar overestimate in expenses potentially halved the budget deficit
Home Separation of Recyclables in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: 03/76
A pilot program to asses recycling interest in three different Berkeley neighborhoods reveals class differences
Thomas Responds to Auditors
Archive Entry Date: 03/05/1976
Thomas responds to his detractors, laying the blame for the budget crisis squarely at the feet of the school board and superintendent.
“Shenanigans but no fraud”
Archive Entry Date: 03/03/1976
An independent audit of BUSD's budget practices found something funny with the money, but no illegal activity.
School Board Nixes Tax Hike Vote
Archive Entry Date: 03/02/1976
Director Louise Stoll's proposal to put a tax-rate hike on the ballot fell short
Commendation from Alameda County
Archive Entry Date: 3/76
An official commendation for the Pacific Center for mental health services.
Judy Yung and the Asian Community Library (in Chinese)
Archive Entry Date: 2/18/76
East/West publicized the opening of the Asian Community Library to its Chinese-speaking readers
Judy Yung Brings a Wealth of Experience (English)
Archive Entry Date: 2/11/76
East/West profiled its former editor Judy Yung as she launched the new Asian Community Library
East Oakland Ghetto Blooms with Growth of Black Panther School
Archive Entry Date: 02/05/76
OCS educators taught how, not what, to think
Weather Critique of Teacher Strike
Archive Entry Date: 1/16/1976
The Barb on the fractures that made the teachers' strike difficult
Same-Sex Choices
Archive Entry Date: 1/15/76
Through its Sexual Minority Prisoner Program, Pacific Center reached out to queer people who were incarcerated
Have You Seen These Women?
Archive Entry Date: c. 1976
A flier for the BWMC suggests how they upended gender roles
Drawing from the Laurel’s Kitchen Cookbook
Archive Entry Date: 1976
An artist's depiction of a 70s counterculture kitchen.
Jayne Cortez at the Rainbow Sign: Berkeley ’75
Archive Entry Date: 1976
A tribute, in Yardbird, to Rainbow Sign's "sisterly feeling" and Jayne Cortez's poetic wit and power
Giving Children the Gift of Identity
Archive Entry Date: 12/17/1975
Black children's literature advocates for positive self-esteem, not just reading comprehension.
A Self-Serving City Master Plan
Archive Entry Date: 12/5/1975
BPO advocates felt that their opponents had hijacked the process around the new city Master Plan
Berkeley Teachers Strike
Archive Entry Date: Winter 1975-76
From the Weather Underground, a critical and radical take on the Berkeley teachers' strike
Proposal to Settle Strike ‘Vindicates’ Teacher Stand
Archive Entry Date: 10/31/75
The resolution of the Berkeley teachers' strike was a victory, said the California AFL-CIO
Win Some, Lose Some
Archive Entry Date: 10/31/75
The teachers' strike was a draw, according to the Barb's city-beat reporter
Oakland Community School Begins Fifth Year
Archive Entry Date: 9/22/1975
An in-depth look at the OCS's curriculum and culture
Berkeley’s Model Home: Urban Self-Sufficiency
Archive Entry Date: 09/19/1975
The Berkeley Barb brought the reader on a mini-tour of the IUH's solar collector and fish pond
Teachers Strikes in 11 States Keep Million Pupils Home
Archive Entry Date: 9/6/75
When Berkeley teachers walked out, they were part of a wave of labor protest