Berkeley's city council is close to picking a new name for a downtown street on July 15. Tell city councilmembers to name it "Kala Bagai Way," and create the city's first Asian American street name.

Kala Bagai was born in British India in 1892, survived racism in Berkeley, and went on to be a critical immigrant activist in Southern California. Read Kala Bagai's story.

Berkeley is a 20% Asian American city, and this is a rare opportunity to honor an Asian American, a woman of color, and an immigrant in the heart of downtown.

The Kala Bagai Way name has been endorsed by Asian American, Ohlone, and Bay Area history activists, including:

• Corrina Gould, spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone
• Rani Bagai, granddaughter of Kala Bagai
• Liam O'Donoghue, East Bay Yesterday
  
• Chris Carlsson and LisaRuth Elliot, Shaping San Francisco
• Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
• Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive
• Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
• Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee, Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
  

Learn more about Kala Bagai’s life via Berkeleyside, Angel Island Immigrant Voice, the South Asian American Digital Archive, and The Aerogram. Or listen to a 1982 interview with Kala Bagai, or a 2013 interview with granddaughter Rani Bagai.