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In Conversation with Esha Chhabra: A Campus Consortium Visit

Event Date:

March 13 - 15, 2019 | 2:00 PM EDT

ADDRESS:

University of California Berkeley
Journalism School Library

Berkeley, CA 94720

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Women constitute the bulk of the workforce on tea plantations, responsible for plucking up to 40 kilograms a day per person in peak season. Tea plucking runs in families; when a daughter is of age (generally 18 or older), she is invited to pluck on the farms with her mother. Image by Esha Chhabra. India, 2017.
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A country that was once the prized gem of the Green Revolution, feeding the subcontinent and...

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Traditionally, women of Nepalese origin do tea plucking in Darjeeling district. Image by Esha Chhabra. India, 2017.
Traditionally, women of Nepalese origin do tea plucking in Darjeeling district. Image by Esha Chhabra. India, 2017.

Join us on Friday, March 15, 2019, at Campus Consortium partner University of California Berkeley's Journalism School Library for a conversation with grantee Esha Chhabra on her work and reporting experiences. The conversation is part of Chhabra's three-day visit, which also includes class visits, one-on-one sessions with students and a workshop on human rights.

Chhabra covers sustainability, development, women's issues, and mission-driven brands. She contributes to The Guardian, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company, Forbes, and more. She is received support from the Pulitzer Center on four reporting projects and from the UN Foundation for two reporting fellowships.

See below for a schedule of Chhabra's three-day Campus Consortium visit organized in part by Berkeley Journalism Women in Media.

Wednesday, March 13

2:00-5:00pm – Class Visit: Gender and Journalism with Deirdre English

6:00-6:45pm – Class Visit: India Reporting Class with Geeta Anand

Thursday, March 14

2:00-4:00pm – Student One-on-Ones, organized by Career Services

Friday, March 15

10:00am-2:00pm – Conversation with Esha Chhabra Presentation, sponsored by Berkeley Journalism Women in Media

2:00-4:00pm – Student One-on-Ones, organized by Career Services

4:00-6:00pm – Human Rights Center Workshop

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