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Alta Gracia "Cal" branded apparel will be available at the Cal Student Store this fall.  What is Alta Gracia?  A new socially responsible brand that provides its workers at its Dominican Republic factory with "freedom from poverty through job creation, living wage, and education." According to their new signs and labels, "With every purchase, you are supporting a better life for our community."

"Alta Gracia is not just another brand calling itself "socially responsible." "Alta Gracia is also unique..." in that it was "developed in cooperation and consultation with..." labor rights organizations such as the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), which verifies the workers' payment of a living wage.  Look for the "Alta Gracia" label the next time you shop for Cal gear at the Cal Student Store.  

Alta Gracia is officially licensed to produce Cal logoed apparel and has agreed to comply with the UC Code of Conduct for Trademark Licensees. Whether you choose Alta Gracia branded apparel or not,  purchase only officially licensed Cal merchandise when you want to show your affiinity to the number one public university.  Always check for the "Officially Licensed" label!

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Human rights: The 2048 Project
Thursday, September 2 | 7 p.m. | International House

The global economic crisis in 2008 caused great concern that the concept of democracy would be undermined around the world. This year's theme for the globalization lecture series is democracy, security, and development in a globalized world. Kirk Boyd, executive director of the 2048 Project at UC Berkeley School of Law, will kick off the series with a discussion of the project’s mission, which is to educate about the evolution of human rights, and to provide a process to draft an international framework for enforceable human rights that can be in place by the year 2048, the 100th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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UC Berkeley faculty and students can lead change by recommending and using Green Books for exams. Examination books, which have historically been referred to by their traditional blue color, have also gone GREEN!

What's in the color difference?  How about 100% recycled paper made with 30% post consumer waste. 

The Cal Student Store sells blue and green examination books at the same price, despite the increased cost of the Green Books.  Green Book prices:  Small: $.35  Large: $.45

Make your exams green this year - ask for and use Green Books! 

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Teach for America has named UC Berkeley as one of the top five large universities contributing graduating seniors to its 2010 teaching corps.

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BERKELEY — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Microsoft, will speak at UC Berkeley on Monday, April 19. The talk, on finding the best way to solve the world's biggest problems, is Gates' first on a cross-country tour of universities.

The presentation will be available after 5 p.m. on April 21 on webcast.berkeley.edu, on iTunes U, and on YouTube.

(Source: NewsCenter)