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The Berkeley Forum

Welcome to the Berkeley Forum, a non-partisan, student-run organization at the University of California, Berkeley. Since our founding in 2012, we have been committed to serving as an accessible forum that delivers on our mission of discourse by hosting a variety of debates, panels, and talks by leading experts in a wide range of fields. With speakers ranging in expertise from politics (Senator Rand Paul, Secretary Julian Castro, Governor Martin O’Malley) and tech (Project Include CEO and former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark) to academia (Turing Award winner Vint Cerf, Broad Institute investigator Feng Zhang) and pop culture (88Rising CEO Sean Miyashiro, 12-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin), our events have covered a broad array of topics and themes. We sincerely hope our events catalyze discussion and broaden our understanding of the issues and the world around us. The Berkeley Forum’s events are open to the general public and free for all UC Berkeley stu…