Search title image

Current Topics

Bookmark and Share

Grand Opening of the Ed Roberts Campus

See also:

April 9, 2011
The event on Saturday, April 9, 2011, marking the opening of Berkeley's Ed Roberts Campus (ERC) drew a crowd of an estimated 1,000 or more. The lineup included remarks by U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, Berkeley Mayor and MTC Commissioner Tom Bates, and Zona Roberts, Ed Roberts' mother, among others, after which Lee cut the ceremonial ribbon. The crowd flooded into the building's airy interior, eager to try the spiral ramp that is its most distinctive feature and that is a hallmark of universal design. Located at the Ashby BART station and built with the help of planning and capital grants from MTC, the building brings together a dozen organizations and agencies involved in disability services, advocacy and education/training, and already is a Berkeley landmark. Read more here.

Barbara Lee delivers the keynote address. (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

Berkeley Mayor and MTC Commissioner Tom Bates has been a longtime supporter of the Campus. (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

Zona Roberts, Ed Roberts' mother, was on hand at the event. (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

Barbara Lee cuts the ceremonial ribbon. (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

Dmitri Belser, president of the Ed Roberts Campus and executive director of the Center for Accessible Technology (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

Architect Bill Leddy (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

ERC fundraiser and Ed Roberts colleague Joan Leon (Photo: Karl Nielsen)

MTC Commissioners Dorene Giacopini and Amy Worth attended the opening event. (Photo: Brenda Kahn)

Guests filled the atrium lobby at the opening event. (Photo: Pam Mendelsohn)

Paintings by disabled artists grace the walls at the ERC. (Photo: Pam Mendelsohn)

Guests at the opening event study an exhibit of Ed Roberts' life. (Photo: Pam Mendelsohn)

Photo: Karl Nielsen