Spendlove Prize

By JODY MURRAY UC Merced Newsroom Tsitsi Dangarembga, a renowned Zimbabwean filmmaker, novelist and cultural activist, was selected as the 16th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. Tsitsi Dangarembga is best known for her critically acclaimed 1988 debut novel, “Nervous…

Several dozen special guests were honored with a chance to participate in a live virtual ceremony with his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Sunday night as…

UC Merced is reaching new heights with its annual Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. This year the…

On a day that’s being viewed as a major milestone in the Black Lives Matter movement, civil rights activist and #BLM co-founder Alicia Garza was honored as the 13th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance.  “You can understand, in this moment, while we are experiencing incredible,…