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Collage of square photos framed in white

Arts and Cultural Strategy

Illustration of two hillsides — one tinted blue, one green — descend on a waterway from opposite sides. The hillsides are close but do not touch; instead, they are connected by a small bridge.

Bridging & Belonging

Painting of indigenous people belonging to the Lummi Nation looking to the horizon. The figures at the foreground face away from the viewer, and we see colorful traditional garb. In the background is a dim, blue-grey body of water and a thin line of mountains far beyond.

Climate Justice

Detail of collage with "WE" printed in large, bold, yellow text covering most of the image. Behind it, we see people at various protests in support of indigenous rights, women's rights, and so on. The dome of the US capitol is visible.

Democracy

Two images collaged together; one in the top-left is a black-and-white close-up of a hand on the wheel of a wheelchair and with a "Black Lives Matter" sign tucked in the seat. In the bottom left is a green-tinted photograph of smiling youth at a camp for youth with disabilities; some in wheelchairs, others not. Small portions of top right and bottom left are empty

Disability

An artistic rendition of a graph depicting increasing economic inequality

Economic Inequality

Civil Engagement

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Watercolor illustration with the earth at the center with various foods — chicken, corn, peppers, mangoes, and so on — revolving around it. We see mostly South America, Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean as well as partial views of Europe and North America.

Food Systems

Flattened stylized illustration of three people — one woman with black hair, another woman with a white hat and brown hair, and a Black man with cropped black hair — all wearing masks with smiles printed on them.

Health

The San Francisco Bay is reimagined in a temporally collapsed manner; in the foreground, indigenous Ohlone people gather on marshland and in boats, smoke from fires rising above their village. In the background, we see the present-day skyline of San Francisco filled with skyscrapers and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Housing

A young woman wearing a hijab holds her phone to take a photo at a solidarity protest against Islamophobia

Islamophobia

Illustration with line-drawings of several entangled bodies. Images of landscapes, plants, and animals are revealed where they overlap.

LGBTQ

Close-up illustration of a large hand writes with a pencil; four small figures including one person in a wheelchair hold the hand up

Narrative Power

Illustration of two fists gripping prison bars; the fists and bars are isolated and set on a dark orange grainy background.

Policing

Flat stylized illustration of a crowd; we see a Black woman in a headdress and earrings, a white woman with her hair in two buns, a Brown woman with long brown hair, the chin of a brown man with a beard, and the head of a white man with blonde hair

Race

An illustration featuring tens of people ascending an escalator at four different levels. The escalator zig-zags left and right, alternating at each level. The illustration is on a bright yellow background and blue foreground.

Targeted Universalism

People targeted by facial recognition software

Technology & Belonging

Programs

Civil Engagement

Climate Crisis, Displacement, and the Right to Stay

Detail of a mural painted in Richmond, California. The visible portion of the mural shows a Black mother and her child; she extends her hand to show a poster reading "Exercise your rights" while the child raises their fist.

Community Power and Policy Partnerships

Three people in conversation at the Othering & Belonging Paris summit in January 2020

Democracy & Belonging Forum

A map of the world composed of small red tiles of varying shades; some points are darker and others lighter, akin to a heatmap.

Equity Metrics

Civil Engagement

Faculty Clusters

Civil Engagement

Food Systems, Race, and Corporate Power

An illustration of a multi-generational, multi-racial family. Some folks have their raised fists.

Global Justice

Civil Engagement

Global Marginality, Inclusivity, and Legal Mechanisms

An isometric (top down, three dimensional) illustration of a city with abundant buildings and amenities — housing, parks, public transit, and so on.

Just Public Finance

A closeup photograph of a Black protestor raising their fist, surrounded by many other protestors

Network for Transformative Change

Othering & Belonging Forum

Othering & Belonging Forum

Civil Engagement

Radical Imagination for Racial Justice

john powell gesticulates during a speech

Strategic Communications