June 18, 2021
Yesterday, President Biden signed a bill recognizing Juneteenth as an official federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. Following President Biden's announcement, UC President Drake announced that Juneteenth will be celebrated as an official UC holiday. "As we approach June 19, I invite you to join me in reflecting on our nation’s history, the horrors of centuries of bondage, and the difficult road from liberation to equality. Let us resolve to build a future representing and lifted up by our ideals, our values, and our best selves," wrote President Drake.
Please note that this year Juneteeth will be celebrated on June 28th by the University of California. In observation of this holiday, we invite you to recommendations from five University experts found in Berkeley's Library collections and these additional resources:
Anti-Racism at Work
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All, LinkedIn Learning
- Identifying Implicit Bias: Take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), Project Implicit, Harvard University
- Academia Isn't a Safe Haven for Conversations About Race and Racism by Tsedale M. Melaku and Angie Beeman, Harvard Business Review (June 25, 2020)
- What Not to Say to Your Black Colleagues Right Now by Monica Torres, Huffington Post (June 6, 2020)
- The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice by Mark R. Kramer, Harvard Business Review (June 4, 2020)
- U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Actions Against Racism by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington, Harvard Business Review (June 1, 2020)
- 5 Things Allies Can Do to Sponsor Coworkers from Underrepresented Groups by Better Allies (May 22, 2020)
- Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Fix Your Racist Company Culture by Nadia Owusu, Catapult (January 28, 2020)
- 6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees by Dina Gerdeman, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 30, 2019)
Voices from Berkeley
- Stand Up and Say Something, Berkeley Library Stories
- Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions by Lasana Hotep, Berkeley People & Culture, (June 24, 2020)
- Berkeley Law Conversations: Race and Policing by Roxanna Altholz, Khiara M. Bridges, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Osagie K. Obasogie, Berkeley Law Conversations (June 8, 2020)
- Thoughts from your Black Colleague by Marco Lindsey, Haas School of Business, Berkeley Blog (June 3, 2020)
- Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good by UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center (June 3, 2020)
- We're in a moment of collective trauma. But there are glimmers of hope by john a. powell, Othering & Belonging Institute (June 2, 2020)
- How to be an Antiracist at UC Berkeley, Ibram X. Kendi (September 18, 2019)
- Reflections of James Baldwin at UC Berkeley, James Baldwin (January 15, 1979)
We hope you are able to take some time to honor Juneteenth by learning more about how to support anti-racism in our campus community and beyond.