Dear SafeBear: a letter from the leadership team explaining our current fundraising priorities
We’re listening to students — and partnering with student government — to make UC Berkeley safer.
We’re partnering with student government to offer self defense classes & safe nighttime events. Can you help?
SafeBears is partnering with student government to offer (1) free and convenient personal safety classes and (2) safe and inclusive socializing after dark. Can you help?
Drink spiking: updates and call to action
There’s still time to tell the UC Regents to protect UC students from predatory drugging. We’ve got an email template to make it easy.
Update on our letter to Gov Newsom requesting CHP help for Berkeley
While CHP will not deploy to Berkeley streets, there have been some positive developments.
SafeBears to Governor Newsom: please send help
SafeBears responds to recent gunfire near campus, calls on Governor Newsom to deploy CHP officers to the City of Berkeley.
Recap of SafeBears fall ‘24 member meeting
Highlights of our fall '24 member meeting, including the slide deck.
Campus warns of drug-facilitated assaults
Campus warned students about drug-facilitated sexual and aggravated assaults at a Southside residence. SafeBears has information and advice on predatory drugs.
Introducing the SafeBears SVSH Committee
Introducing the SafeBears SVSH Committee. Together, we can create a safer, more supportive community at UC Berkeley.
SafeBears ‘23-’24 Safety Year in Review
SafeBears is marking our one year anniversary! Read our detailed Year in Review for the latest on all our accomplishments as well as general safety developments, Jan. ‘23 - May ‘24.
UPDATED 5/14/24: Residence Hall Security — you asked, we answer!
Read our quick overview of residence hall security — the measures in place as of May ‘24, as well as planned safety enhancements (Updated 5/14/24)
SafeBears responds to UC President Drake’s remarks on campus safety and our private security pilot program
UC President Michael Drake downplayed crime concerns at Cal in his remarks during the April ‘24 Campus Conversation. Let’s take a look at the facts.
SafeBears Private Security Pilot in the News
“Safety Ambassador Intervenes to Stop Attack” — just one of the headlines in the extensive media coverage of our private security program, which ran March 6-23, 2024
If we only had the money…
The UC Berkeley administration often points to a lack of funding to explain poor safety measures on and around campus. Let’s take a closer look.
Students are demanding better living conditions in the residence halls
No hot water. Moldy bathrooms. Empty emergency kits. These are some of the problems students face living in UC Berkeley residence halls. A student group formed in fall ‘23 is trying to change that.
Cal just launched a dedicated safety fund 🎉
Cal launched a dedicated safety fund in March ‘24. Things are changing!
Cal parents are bringing in private security to make students safe
Our private security pilot ran March 6 - 23, 2024! Get all the details here.
Cal students just got a lot safer thanks to the administration’s bold action
In case you missed it, the administration closed off People’s Park in January ‘24. The improvement to student safety is immense.
Violence at Zellerbach: SafeBears calls for transparent investigation
Protestors shut down a Feb. ‘24 event at Zellerbach with intimidation and violence. SafeBears calls for the administration to be transparent in its investigation into how to prevent a recurrence.
If San Francisco can get it together, so can Cal
Think UC Berkeley can’t make students safer in the short run? Take a look at what San Francisco did to prepare for the APEC conference in November ‘23.