Documents Tagged ‘Berkeley’
Beyond School Walls
Archive Entry Date: 03/10/80
Blind Berkeley teen knows how to navigate independently around town, but moving schools threatens his years of mobility training.
The First Curb Cuts
Archive Entry Date: 1990s
A disability rights artist and activist illustrates the era's lively momentum
DIY Curb Cuts in Twittersphere
Archive Entry Date: July 2016
A tweet brings the disability narrative of sledgehammer wielding activists into 21st century
Midnight Contractors
Archive Entry Date: 1972
The impetus to build their own curb cuts sparked during a weekly poker game
Money Troubles Force Closures At Gay Center
Archive Entry Date: 1988
Pacific Center was stretched thin by the resources required to mount its multifaceted AIDS Project
Who Is An Ally And Who Is An Enemy?
Archive Entry Date: 12/1/83
Lesbians of Color came to Pacific Center to figure out how the movement might practice the solidarity it preached
Ollie’s
Archive Entry Date: 6/83
Pacific Center acted as a mediator when a gay-friendly business was accused of classism and racism
School for the Deaf Holds its Last Berkeley Graduation
Archive Entry Date: 06/02/80
43 graduating seniors are the last memories deaf students being on the Berkeley site
Blind, Deaf Students Protest Relocation
Archive Entry Date: 01/04/80
Students and staff at the School for the Blind protested their new school's rural, secluded location in Fremont
A Last Ditch Effort to Stop Schools’ Move
Archive Entry Date: 01/04/80
Teachers for the School of the Blind led media on a tour of the new site to demonstrate its unsuitability
Stay or Move?
Archive Entry Date: 01/80
A crucial Deaf organization in the Bay Area rallied its members to oppose the relocation of the school
Community Services Listing
Archive Entry Date: 12/12/79
Community Services Listing featuring phone number for Pacific Center and Switchboard
A Coordinated Appeal to 60 Minutes to Investigate
Archive Entry Date: 12/23/79
Advocates for the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind reached out to 60 Minutes, lobbying for an investigative report
Breakdown of Trans Surgery Costs
Archive Entry Date: 1979
When a trans woman explored getting surgery, she also was directed to find community at Pacific Center
Gwen & Jerene Live at the Pacific Center
Archive Entry Date: 11/13/79
Gwen & Jerene were booked by Lenn Keller to play at the San Pablo location of the Pacific Center
Open House
Archive Entry Date: 10/5/79
Cause for celebration: Pacific Center concluded its move to its current location on Telegraph Ave
Frisbee Play Pt. I
Archive Entry Date: c. 1979
An unidentified student caught in a playful moment on Berkeley's green
Pacific Center Is Moving To Telegraph
Archive Entry Date: 1979
Pacific Center hoped to move in April 1979 from San Pablo Ave to a more capacious Victorian house on Telegraph
Man Perusing Newspaper
Archive Entry Date: c. 1978
A man reads a local Berkeley newspaper on a sun-filled morning
City Proclamation of NPO Day
Archive Entry Date: 5/7/1978
The NPO's fifth birthday was a cause for celebration
Michael Williams
Archive Entry Date: 1978
A local Berkeley disability rights activist captured in moment of glee
Group Portrait
Archive Entry Date: March 1978
A family radiates positive energy while posing for a snapshot
Man with Camera
Archive Entry Date: March 1978
A collection of photos depicting behind-the-scenes looks at the everyday lives of people with disabilities thriving in Berkeley
Correspondence between Martin Paley, Gerald Leo and Carole Migden about United Way Funding
Archive Entry Date: 11/17/1977
Pacific Center battled hard to obtain United Way funding
Open Letter To CETA Commissioners and Berkeley City Council
Archive Entry Date: 6/9/1977
Pacific Center's director skewered employment commissioners who had mocked him for being gay
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
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
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