Free Speech Movement Café
The Free Speech Movement (FSM) Café, centrally located at the entrance
to Moffitt Library, is a casual place to gather, study, or take a break
with friends and colleagues. It is also a venue for periodic FSM Café
educational events. The Café honors Mario Savio, who played a key role in
the struggle for free speech at UC, and commemorates the events of the
Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley. Indoor and terrace seating is
provided. Café hours match Moffitt Library
hours.
Menu
The FSM Café offers soups, salads and sandwiches made with local,
sustainable or organic ingredients when available. Specials change
seasonally to allow utilization of those ingredients that are freshest and
locally available. All foods are house-made including organic breads and a
great selection of pastries made with organic flour and other organic
ingredients. All coffee is Fair Trade and organic, and tea is organic and
Fair Trade when possible. The menu is a manifestation of the ideals
inherent in the Free Speech Movement. Through support of local farmers who
practice sustainable farming methods, those individuals who are
maintaining the earth for the next generation are honored and supported.
And finally, through this philosophy, students become conscious that their
choice for food is a political choice as well.
Events
The FSM Café Educational Program Series provides opportunities for
students, faculty, staff, and other members of the UC Berkeley community
to offer forums, panels, exhibits and other events in the FSM Café to
generate critical discussion about contemporary social and political
issues. The call for proposals and information about previous events is
located at www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/fsmprograms/
Exhibits
Four wall mounted cases with rotating exhibits are used to educate and
inform cafe patrons about aspects of the Free Speech Movement or other
issues of public policy. The Exhibits Cases are managed by The
Library’s Exhibits Committee.
Bulletin Boards
The bulletin boards for the FSM Café are provided to UC students as a
place to post and read information about current activities at Berkeley
and elsewhere that are examples of people working on today's social and
political issues. It is not intended to be a general posting bulletin
board. The bulletin board will be cleared on a weekly basis to remove
extraneous postings.
Thanks
The FSM Café was made possible through the generosity of alumnus Stephen
M. Silberstein, whose gift funded the construction of the Café, supported
the digitization of the FSM archives,
and endowed library collections in the humanities.
Copyright © 2004
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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