BERKELEY - The California women's basketball team is hosting its fifth annual Race For Change at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sep. 28 at 3 p.m. PT. The event has become a Cal community social justice event over the years, led by the Golden Bears. In its fifth year, the mission stays the same: to work together to strive for justice, create sustainable change and to slowly but decisively dismantle systems of oppression and uplift the Black Community.
 
Last year, the event featured special guest Dr. John Carlos – an Olympic bronze-medalist and well-known activist famous for displaying the Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith at the 1968 Summer Games. This year's event will also feature special guests, which will be announced later.
 
Created by the UC San Diego basketball programs as a way to address racial equality across the country, each program that joins chooses its own fundraising initiative centered around racial equality. Since the first event, the Bears have raised over $20,000 for Cal Athletics' Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice office, and this year the goal is to raise $10,000. The office, led by Dr. Ty-Ron Douglas, is responsible for developing, implementing and administering diversity, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action efforts in order to comply with government legislation and management directives, and to support equity and inclusion programs.
 
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Join the team on the 5k walk/run or participate virtually in your own communities to be a part of the change. Be sure to tag @CalWBBall and use the hashtag #RaceForChange.
 
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