Best of CASE District VII Award
 

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Title of entry: Berkeley Voices

About this entry: Berkeley Voices is an ongoing podcast produced in UC Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs about the people who make Berkeley the world-changing place that it is. It includes interviews with and stories about the lives and work of fascinating Berkeley students, staff, faculty, and visiting scholars and artists.

The podcast aims to: Build community across our diverse campus, fostering compassion for and building awareness about people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures; spark curiosity about the deeper layers of American and world history; and educate listeners about Berkeley’s advances in teaching and research, prompting each of us to ask ourselves: How can I help create a more equitable society where everyone can thrive?

The two podcast episodes I’m submitting are: “How the Great Migration transformed American music” and “Exploring the sound of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz.” They focus on the role of music and sound in two important periods in American history — the Great Migration between 1910 and 1970 and the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz island of 1969 — that both changed American society in important ways.