Travel Info

This year, the 22nd Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference will be held in the MLK Student Union, which is located on the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph, right across from Sproul Hall.


Maps:
Click here to view map


Parking:
Conference participants can park in the MLK parking garage, located down Bancroft.
More info on ON-CAMPUS parking can be found here. Public parking information can be found here.


Lodging Information:
Hotels in Berkeley

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Public Transportation:
Because of the limited parking available around campus, it is highly recommended that conference participants take advantange of public transportation.

Getting to Berkeley:
1) take BART to the Downtown Berkeley station.
2) go to the NW corner of Center St. & Shattuck Ave. and take either the 51 or 7 to Telegraph & Durant Ave. Or take the 40 and get off at Dana & Durant Ave.

More on Bart | Trip Planner


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Directions from Berkeley:
(from UC Berkeley's Visitor Services website)

From San Francisco, the San Francisco airport, and points south on northbound Highway 101:
  • Follow U.S. 101 north and then switch to I-80 east, and take it across the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
  • Stay left as you get off the Bay Bridge and take I-80 east heading to Berkeley & Sacramento
  • Exit I-80 onto University Avenue
  • Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus
From Oakland, the Oakland airport, Hayward or San Jose on northbound I-880:
  • Stay in left center lanes on I-880 when you reach downtown Oakland
  • Exit I-80 east (to Berkeley)
  • Exit I-80 at University Avenue
  • Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
From the East Bay on eastbound Highway 24:
  • From Highway 24 exit at Telegraph Ave. and take a right on Telegraph.
  • Continue on Telegraph until it ends at the southside of campus on Bancroft.
  • Make a left on Bancroft
  • Make a right on Fulton, which will become Oxford Street in two blocks
  • Continue on Oxford to University.
From the East Bay on northbound Highway 13:
  • Highway 13 ends and becomes Tunnel Road
  • Continue on Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road becomes Ashby Avenue near the Claremont Hotel. Continue on Ashby.
  • Turn right at Shattuck Avenue
  • Turn right at University Avenue and continue east one block to Oxford Street and the western edge of the campus
From the East Bay on I-80 bound either east or west
  • Exit University Avenue
  • Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
From the East Bay on westbound I-580:
  • Exit I-80 East (to Berkeley & Sacramento)
  • Exit at University Avenue
  • Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street

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