Cal Alumni Chapters
Event Calendar
October 2026
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Oct 7th 2026
Fireside Chat with Cal Alum Sabrina Ramonov- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Snowflake - Silicon Valley AI Hub, 135 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Oct 7th 2026
Histories of Antisemitism: A Three-Session Mini-course- Time: 5:30 pm
- Location: Jewish Federation Bay Area, 121 Steuart Street. San Francisco, Ca. 94105
Oct 8th 2026
4th Annual Trivia Night with Stanford- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Highlands Tavern, 3421 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC.
Oct 8th 2026
The Significance of Postcolonial Fascism in Cold War Korea- Time: 5:00 pm
- Location: Institute of East Asian Studies, Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720
The years after Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 were a time of extreme crisis that opened a space for fascist ideologies and discourses to gain ascendancy. By analyzing how fascism took root in a postcolonial nation-state after World War II, we can also gain an understanding of fascism's enduring appeal in global politics even today.
Oct 8th 2026
[Orange County] The LAB Anti-Mall Tour with the Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association- Time: 6:00 pm
- Location: Nook Coffee Bar, 2930 Bristol St #B105, Costa Mesa
Oct 9th 2026
Homecoming: Alumni and Parents Weekend- Time: 9:00 am
- Location: UC Berkeley
It's Berkeley Time, that magical moment in the year when we set aside our everyday routine as alums return to campus, students reunite with their parents, families gather for hugs, and all Golden Bears reconnect to celebrate what makes our Cal community so extraordinary! Join us for Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming, October 9–10, 2026, as we transform our beloved campus tradition into an unforgettable experience!
Wondering how to participate in the fun? Register for the Class Pass for access to all the lectures, tours, open houses and more. Many meals and meet-ups include a free Class Pass.
Oct 10th 2026
Homecoming: Alumni and Parents Weekend- Location: UC Berkeley
It's Berkeley Time, that magical moment in the year when we set aside our everyday routine as alums return to campus, students reunite with their parents, families gather for hugs, and all Golden Bears reconnect to celebrate what makes our Cal community so extraordinary! Join us for Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming, October 9–10, 2026, as we transform our beloved campus tradition into an unforgettable experience!
Wondering how to participate in the fun? Register for the Class Pass for access to all the lectures, tours, open houses and more. Many meals and meet-ups include a free Class Pass.
Oct 10th 2026
Culture Club at Tudor Place Mansion- Time: 8:00 am
- Location: Tudor Place Mansion, 1644 31st NW, Washington, DC
Oct 10th 2026
Japanese American incarceration during WW2- Time: 11:00 am
- Location: MLK Jr. Student Union, Pauley Ballroom West
Oct 11th 2026
Meals & Memories Lunch with Cal Alumni- Time: 1:00 pm
- Location: CKC Garden Room, Clark Kerr Campus Bldg 4, 12 Southwest Pl, Berkeley, CA 94720
Oct 11th 2026
Meet Your Network: Connecting Students & Alums- Time: 2:00 pm
- Location: Alumni House, UC Berkeley
Get ready to launch your career with Meet Your Network: Connecting Students & Alums! This interactive event brings together Cal students and alumni for an afternoon of conversation, connection, and career-building opportunities.
Oct 12th 2026
Film Screening: “From Soweto to Berkeley”- Time: 4:00 pm
- Location: Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, Hearst Field Annex, D3, Berkeley, CA 94720
A commemoration of the 1985 UC Berkeley Divestment Movement:
Watch the 1988 film, hear from movement veterans, and learn about the one of the largest successful Anti-Apartheid mobilizations in the country. No RSVP needed!
Oct 13th 2026
National Coming Out Day- Time: 12:00 pm
- Location: MLK Activity Zone/Lower Sproul
Celebrate the diverse identities, experiences, and beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community in recognition of National Coming Out Day! Join us on Lower Sproul as we celebrate the diverse identities, experiences, and beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community! Enjoy a Drag Brunch with small bites, performances, and time in community.
Coming out or inviting others into our identities and experiences is a personal journey, not a requirement! We welcome everyone with open arms, regardless of where you are in that process or what these mean to you.
In Partnership with:
Queer Alliance Resource Center & GenEq
💗 National Coming Out Day
Oct 14th 2026
[San Joaquin] Artificial Inteligence Lecture with Speaker David Diskin- Time: 3:30 pm
- Location: Papapavlo’s Bistro & Bar | Mediterranean 501 Lincoln Center, Stockton, CA 95207
Oct 15th 2026
October Happy Hour- Time: 2:30 pm
- Location: Edge Brasserie and Cocktail Bar, Four Seasons Hotel Miami, 1435 Brickell Ave, Miami, Miami, Florida - 33131
Oct 15th 2026
Ron Rivera’s Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame Induction- Time: 3:30 pm
- Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018
Oct 15th 2026
[Chicago] Ron Rivera’s Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame Induction- Time: 3:30 pm
- Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018
Oct 15th 2026
Romantic Anticolonialism in the Korean Neo-colonial Imaginary: Mr. Sunshine (2018) and Harbin (2024)- Time: 5:00 pm
- Location: Institute of East Asian Studies, Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720
This talk examines the spike in Korean media productions after 2015 about the Japanese colonial period in the context of the emergence of the Korean New Right in the same period.
Oct 17th 2026
🏈 Chapters Watch Party: Cal vs Wake Forest- Time: 7:30 pm
- Location: Databricks Field at California Memorial Stadium
Oct 18th 2026
[Napa Valley Cal Alumni Club] Winery Social Event at Bazan Cellars- Time: 2:00 pm
- Location: Bazan Cellars, Napa CA
Oct 20th 2026
Conversations on AI: Beyond Code at Cal- Time: 5:30 pm
- Location: Alumni House, UC Berkeley
As AI reshapes every industry, what does a real pathway into tech look like for the people traditional education has left behind?
Part 1 — Panel: Introducing Beyond Code Collective
Part 2 — Hands-On Training
Oct 23rd 2026
CAL-Boston College Field Hockey at Boston College- Time: 1:00 am
- Location: Boston College Field Hockey Complex, 885 Centre St. Newton, MA 02459
Oct 23rd 2026
Book Talk: Company Towns- Time: 3:30 pm
- Location: 820 Matrix, Social Science Building
In Company Towns, Elizabeth Mitchell Elder examines the long-lasting political legacies of mining-company dominance in the Midwest and Appalachia. While the economic consequences of deindustrialization are well-known, Elder shifts the focus to a more insidious problem: the political dysfunction that took root long before the mines shut down. She argues the coal industry cultivated corrupt and low-capacity local governments. These patterns have had enduring consequences for public life. Elder shows how these historical experiences have fueled a broader cynicism toward government, in which citizens expect little from public institutions and doubt the usefulness of elections. Company Towns underscores the consequences of corporate dominance for state capacity, public opinion, and democratic accountability today.
Here is a link to the book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo260351617.html
Oct 26th 2026
Happy Hour with John Clamme - Exec Director Cal Alumni Association- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Mission Dupont, 1606 20th Street NW, Washington DC 20009
Oct 26th 2026
The Next Generation of Democratic Resilience: Commemorating 30 Years of Taiwan’s Electoral Sovereignty- Time: 4:00 pm
- Location: IEAS Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720
This year will mark the 30th anniversary of Taiwan's Electoral Sovereignty.
Join us for an insightful discussion with David Chih-Hsiang Wu 伍志翔, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco.
Oct 27th 2026
Chancellor Rich Lyons Reception- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Women’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20036
Oct 29th 2026
Bears at the Pyramid: Cal Alumni of San Francisco Is Back- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 600 Montgomery St Ste 2300, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
Oct 29th 2026
A Poet in Search of Time: O Changhwan in Moscow- Time: 5:00 pm
- Location: Institute of East Asian Studies, Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720
My talk begins and ends with O's poetic travelogue of his 1949 journey to Moscow for medical treatment, but I understand that journey to have begun with his earlier decision to cross the 38th parallel and move to the northern zone of the Korean Peninsula in 1947. In reading O's poems, translations and essays from the interregnum, I hope to write a more provisional history of an early Cold War modernism, one shaped by decolonization and the refusal of anticommunism, and one that sought a home, however transiently, in the nascent revolutionary-socialist state of North Korea.
Oct 30th 2026
America at 250: Reimagining Who We Are- Time: 9:30 am
- Location: Booth Auditorium, Berkeley Law
Join GSPP, Berkeley Law, Berkeley Journalism, and the Othering and Belonging Institute for a summit on belonging, identity, and the future of the American experiment.
Oct 31st 2026
NC State Football Game in Raleigh NC- Time: 3:00 pm
- Location: Carter Finley Stadium, 4600 Trinity Rd. Raleigh, NC 27607