Connection to the University of California Berkeley

The Importance of Space

The University of California Berkeley was established during a time where higher education was accessible and attainable to wealthy white men. This narrative continues to exist in certain spaces especially at prestigious academic institutions so the creation of cultural spaces that combat white supremacy in education is important. The Fannie Lou Hamer Resource Center is the first and only Black Resource center on the campus of the University of California Berkeley. The practice of food sovereignty intersects with this idea of space and localization of resources in order to serve communities. The existence of the Fannie Lou Hamer Resource Center and Garden demonstrates the campus' culture of social activism, organization, and mobilization. From the Free Speech Movement, to the Disability Right's Movement, to the Anti-Apartheid movement, Berkeley students and faculty are known to rally behind social injustices that affect targeted communities.