Below you will find a list of various resources for Women of Color offered at Cal and around the Berkeley Area. Although this list is updated frequently, it is important to note that this list is not exhaustive. Please also see the LGBT resources page for other services as well.

On Campus | Off Campus | Student Groups

On Campus

Women of Color Intiative

The Women of Color initiative is a workshop-based, daylong event, dedicated to addressing contemporary issues facing Women of Color. Our goal is to share information among women of color on ways in which they can improve themselves individually and collectively in the community, home, and professional world.

Women of Color Festival

The 1st Annual Women of Color Festival took place November 8, 2006 on the steps of Sproul at noontime, and in the Heller Multicultural Center in the evening. It was an amazing day of inspriring speakers, dancers, poets, other performers, and a day for women of color to build community. A project of the Gender Equity Resource Center. E-mail us at geneq@berkeley.edu if you're interested in planning or helping out with future festivals.

Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC)

EWOCC is recognized to be one of the longest running conferences in the nation that addresses the needs and concerns of women of color. The conference brings together cutting edge women of color activists such as Angela Davis, Elaine Brown, Cherrie Moraga, Gina Palcado and Chrystos with Bay Area community leaders and academics (especially students) to discuss and strategize ways of impacting the current issues facing women of color. EWOCC was one of the first conferences to present women of color with an opportunity to address the racial, class, sexuality and gender issues facing American Indian, African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander and Chicana/Latina women.

Women of Color Film Project (WOCFF)

The Women of Color Film Project's purpose is to provide a prograssive showcase of films created by an underrepresented sector of the film industry. They curate and produce an independent film festival that takes place in March.

Off Campus

Women of Color Resource Center

Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (on Telegraph in Oakland) and promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well being of women and girls of color in the UNited States. Informed by a social justice perspective that takes into account the status of women internationally, WCRC is committed to organizing and educating women of color across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, class, sexual orientation, physical ability and age.

INCITE!

Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.

The SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective

The SisterSong WOmen of Color Reproductive Collective is a network of local, regional and national grassroots agencies representing five primary ethnic populations/indigenous nations in the United States: African American, Arab American/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latina and Native American/Indigenous.

Professional Women of Color Network

The Professional Women of Color Network was founded by Meko L. Lawson during the spring of 2002 out of a true desire to create a buisness resource for all Professional Women of Color in the Pacific Northwest. Due to an incredible demand, we have since grown to an international level reaching out to women of color all aroung the world in an effort to create opportunities for networking across the globe!

Young Women of Color Leadership Council

The Young Women of Color Leadership Council is composed of young women of color, leaders and activits, who have come together to promote a message of prevention and empowerment. All of our work is a collaboration of diversity and passion, coming together in the hopes of affecting a million or more.

National Eating Disorders Association

The National Eating Disorders Association offers various informational pages on eating disorders and how to manage them. They also have an information page dedicated to Eating Disorders in Women of Color.

Student Groups

Berkeley offers various student groups such as Hermanas Unidas, National Council of Negro Women, GABRIELA Network, Berkeley Unit and many others. See the "Student Organizations" tab onb the Office of Student Life's webpage (http://osl.berkeley.edu) and search for more student organizations. Or stop by one of the Recruitment and Retention Centers (http://bridges.berkeley.edu) or one of the Multicultural Student Development offices (http://multicultural.berkeley.edu/) and ask around.