Award-Winning author reveals firsthand account of 1970s Berkeley Revolution. In November 1972, as Ms. Magazine hit the newsstands with its inaugural issue, Joan Gelfand left the comforts of Forest Hills, New York, and summers in the Catskills for a trip to San Francisco. That vacation became a journey that lasted a lifetime and an unparalleled moment in
Tucked away just east of Sather Tower sits Stephens Hall, a space that is home to the ethnic studies department and the departmental library, both which play an integral part in UC Berkeley’s history of civil disobedience.