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    The faculty, staff, researchers, and affiliates of the Othering & Belonging Institute work together with multidisciplinary approaches to learn, research, and construct solutions for society's most pressing issues. Our programs and initiatives are all designed to effect transformative change. 

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    • Disability Studies
    • Diversity and Democracy
    • Diversity and Health Disparities
    • Economic Disparities
    • LGBTQ Citizenship
    • Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy
    • Religious Diversity

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    • Civic Engagement Narrative Change
    • Blueprint for Belonging
    • California Community Partnerships
    • Equity Metrics
    • Global Justice
    • Islamophobia
    • Shahidi Project
    • The Nile Project
    • Global Migration
    • Just Public Finance
    • Government Alliance on Race and Equity
    • Network for Transformative Change
    • Othering & Belonging Forum
    • Racial Politics Project
    • Strategic Communications
    • Strategic Philanthropy
    • Targeted Universalism
    • Toward Belonging
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    The people who support the Othering & Belonging Institute include staff, faculty, fellows, funders, and community partners who work together to effect change in research, policy, and practice.

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Blueprint for Belonging

  • Climate Refugees: The Climate Crisis and Rights Denied
    • Press Release
    • Media Coverage
    • Web Report
      • Executive Summary
      • Glossary of Terms
      • Introduction
      • Spotlight: Tuvalu
      • Background and Context
      • Sea-Level Rise and Forced Migration
      • Spotlight: Afghanistan
      • Spotlight: Yemen
      • Spotlight: The Northern Triangle
      • Gaps in the Present Protection Regime
      • Spotlight: Ethiopia
      • Interview: Bertha Isabel Zuniga Cáceres
      • Spotlight: Haiti
      • Spotlight: Somalia
      • Food Insecurity and Food Refugees
      • Gaps in Political-Economic Understanding
      • Spotlight: Lake Chad Basin
      • Corporate Power, State Violence, and Land Defenders
      • Spotlight: Myanmar
      • Spotlight: Sri Lanka
      • Interview: Nnimmo Bassey
      • Agriculture, Decarbonization, and the Climate Crisis
      • The way forward
  • Equity Metrics
    • Inclusiveness Index
      • Data and Resources
        • 2019 Data Sets
        • 2018 Data Sets
        • 2017 Data Sets
        • 2016 Data Sets
      • Reports
        • 2019 Report
        • 2018 Report
        • 2017 Report
        • 2016 Report
      • About
      • Contact Us
      • Media Room
    • Opportunity Mapping Project
    • Equity Indices Research
    • Fair Housing Research Initiative
      • 2020 Press Release
      • 2019 Press Release
      • 2018 Press Release
  • Global Justice
    • Inclusiveness Index
      • Data & Resources
        • 2019 Data Sets
        • 2018 Data Sets
        • 2017 Data Sets
        • 2016 Data Sets
      • Reports
        • 2019 Report
        • 2018 Report
        • 2017 Report
        • 2016 Report
      • About
      • Contact Us
      • Media Room
    • Financialization
    • Human Rights Agenda
      • Legalizing Xenophobia & Islamophobia
    • Glocal Food Systems
      • US Farm Bill Report
        • Facts & Findings
    • Trade and Development
    • Global Migration
    • Shahidi Project
    • Nile Project
    • Islamophobia
      • About
      • Database
      • Legalizing Othering
        • Expert Interviews
          • Q&A with Laila Abdelaziz
          • Q&A with Abed Awad
          • Q&A with Baher Azmy
          • Q&A with Hatem Bazian
          • Q&A with Zahra Billoo
          • Q&A with Nour Bouhassoun
          • Q&A with Evelyn Glenn
          • Q&A with Jehan Hakim
          • Q&A with Saeed Khan
          • Q&A with Karen Korematsu
          • Q&A with Dalia Mogahed
          • Q&A with Stephen Piggott
          • Q&A with Mark Potok
          • Q&A with Muna Sharif
          • Q&A with Hassan Shibly
          • Q&A with Samia Shoman
      • Reading Resource Pack
        • Young American Muslims and Belonging
        • Introduction
        • Theorizing the Field
        • Politics and Foreign Policy
        • Legal System and National Security
        • Mainstream and Digital Media
        • Othering, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes
        • Gendered Dimensions
        • Health and Community Well-being
        • Geography and the Public Space
        • Counter-Narratives and Strategies
  • Housing Policy and Belonging in Richmond
    • Preface
    • This is home (poem)
    • Introduction
    • About the Staying Power Project
    • Foundations of a Housing Crisis
    • By the Numbers: Housing Needs
    • Have you noticed any change lately? (poem)
    • Guiding Laws and Plans
    • Recent Housing Policy Developments
    • Doors in my Face (poem)
    • Housing Policies for Belonging
    • Reusable Tenant Screening Report Ordinance
    • Preventing Source of Income Discrimination
    • Affordable Housing Bonds
    • Public Land Policy
    • Affordable Housing Linkage Fees
    • Expanding Transitional and Supportive Housing
    • Community-Owned Development Enterprise
    • Anti-Speculation Tax
    • Conclusion
  • Just Public Finance
    • Public Finance & Economic Power
    • Debt, Credit, & Austerity
    • Detroit Water Equity
    • Financialization
  • Measuring Water and Sewer Service Affordability
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • Background
    • Analysis
    • Alternatives for Addressing Affordability
    • Computation of Residential Water and Wastewater Bills
    • Choice of Alternative Metric
    • Limitations of Present Study
    • Data Tables
  • Network for Transformative Change
    • Civic Engagement Narrative Change
      • Commissioned Papers
        • CE1 - When Boom Goes Bust
        • CE2 - Little Haiti is Fighting Climate Change
        • CE3 - Racial Equity in Service to Collective Impact and Movement Building
        • CE4 - Trusting the Leadership and Power of Latinx Communities
        • CE5 - Ending Electoral Sharecropping
        • CE6 - Identity Politics: Friend or Foe?
        • Paper Collection PDF
      • Podcast
        • Surveying Black Women Voters in Nevada
        • Alicia Garza on Identity Politics and the 2020 Election
        • Mobilizing for Census 2020
        • Voter Suppression in the 2018 Georgia Race
        • API Engagement with Luisa Blue
        • Desmond Meade on Voting Rights Restoration
        • Abandonment in Detroit with Peter Hammer and Amina Kirk
        • The US Census with Michael Omi
      • About
      • Baseline Surveys
      • Videos
      • Tools and Resources
    • Blueprint for Belonging
      • About Blueprint for Belonging
      • Audio: The Battle of the Narratives
      • California Survey on Othering and Belonging
      • Blueprint for Belonging Videos
      • Curriculum
      • Blueprint for Belonging Papers
        • Mind Sciences and Creating New Narratives
        • Building a Strategic Narrative for All of California
        • Corporate Democrats and the Corporate Power Structure in California Politics
        • The California Story
        • The Role of Government
        • Shifting the Narrative
        • California Dog Whistling
        • Faith Communities as Partners of Hope
        • Changing Our Narrative About Narrative
        • A 21st Century Movement-Building Challenge
        • Building A Real Sharing Economy
        • Race-Based but Not Race-Bound
        • The Next California
      • Inland Empire Paper Series
        • Inland Boom and Bust
        • Manufactured Scarcity and the Inland Southern California Economy
        • Warehouse Employment as a Driver of Inequality in the Inland Empire
        • The Road to Inequality
        • Governing Inequities Through Police in the Inland Empire
    • Bridging and Breaking
  • News Magazine
    • Fall 2019 Issue
      • Message from Director john powell
      • Message from Associate Director Denise Herd
      • Intensive Fellowship Trains Policymakers and Advocates in Confronting Islamophobia
      • Making The Dream Reality: Talking School Integration With Rucker Johnson
      • It's Been 400 Years: Berkeley Commemorates Slavery Anniversary
      • Tackling Public Health Possibilities and Misconceptions in Rural America
      • Recent Writing on the Causes, Consequences, and Politics of Racial Segregation
    • Spring 2019 Issue
      • Unfinished Business
      • A Message from Director of the Haas Institute
      • A Message from the Associate and Faculty Director of the Haas Institute
      • Book Review: The Lies That Bind
      • Gender Studies Scholar Eric Stanley on Trans Visibility and Resistance
      • In Discussion with Christine Wong Yap
      • Local Views
      • Perspectives from the Sixth Summer Fellowship Cohort
    • Spring 2018 Issue
      • Economist Hilary Hoynes named to Academy of Arts & Sciences
      • Us, Reimagined
      • Faculty Profile: Chris Zepeda-Millan on Immigration and Racialization​ ​in the Era of Trump
      • Reinventing the Wheelchair
      • Book Review: Three Works About Inequality Converge on Similar Policy Agenda
      • What Comes Next? Voting and the Electorate in 2018 and Beyond
    • Fall 2017 Issue
      • Faculty News
        • Democracy & Pluralism Conference: The Promise of Religious Diversity
        • New Berkeley Migration Initiative
        • New Race & Education Cluster Policy Brief
        • Leti Volpp To Helm the Center for Race and Gender
        • Lisa García Bedolla Next Director of Institute of Governmental Studies
      • Campaign
        • New Social Compact
      • Directors' Notes
        • Stephen Menendian
        • john a. powell
      • Features
        • The Power and the Promise of Public Memory
        • Segregation Was No Accident: Interview with Richard Rothstein
      • Media Room
        • #Vote4BlackFutures
        • Othering & Belonging Conference
        • Thinking Ahead Speaker Series
      • Perspectives
        • On Repealing DACA
        • The Geography of Islamophobia
        • Challenging Trump's Travel Ban
      • Projects & Programs
        • New Leadership Program to Eradicate Anti-Black Racism
        • A New Story for a Progressive California
        • Unpacking Gentrification Trends in Mission District
  • Notes on a Cultural Strategy for Belonging
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • What and How
    • Why
    • Next Steps
    • Workshop
    • Resources
    • Credits
  • Podcast: Who Belongs?
    • About
    • Episodes
      • EP 33 - Storming the Capitol and the dilemma of Trumpism
      • EP 32 - The struggle against Islamophobia in France
      • EP 31 - Why did Newsom veto ethnic studies?
      • EP 30 - Can we avert mass evictions?
      • EP 29 - Trump's attack on fair housing
      • EP 28 - Settler colonialism, 1960s revolts, & today
      • EP 27 - Can we have a future without police?
      • EP 26 - Toppling statues of racists and colonizers
      • EP 25 - "It's not just murder. It's terror." (on George Floyd)
      • EP 24 - 'Freedom v. Equality': the clash over reopening the economy
      • EP 23 - Racism and COVID-19
      • EP 22 - Bay Area food bank responds to COVID-19
      • EP 21 - ICE raids, farmworkers, & COVID-19
      • EP 20 - Bernie Sanders & the Race-Class Message
      • EP 19 - Surveying Black Women Voters in Nevada
      • EP 18 - #400Years of Resistance to Slavery
      • EP 17 - Alicia Garza on Identity Politics and Election 2020
      • EP 16 - Mobilizing for Census 2020
      • EP 15 - Crossing Baltimore's Racial Divide
      • EP 14 - Voter Suppression in Georgia
      • EP 13 - Places of Belonging, with Christine Wong Yap
      • EP 12 - Migration and Gentrification in Europe
      • EP 11 - Engaging Asian Pacific Islanders
      • EP 10 - john a. powell on Targeted Universalism
      • EP 9 - Prisoner Reentry with Prof. David Harding
      • EP 8 - The US Census with Michael Omi
      • EP 7 - Abandonment in Detroit
      • EP 6 - Desmond Meade on Voting Rights Restoration
      • EP 5 - On Hunger, Poverty, and Food Stamps
      • EP 4 - Racial Justice Activism in Europe
      • EP 3 - Monitoring Corporate Agribusiness
      • EP 2 - Nicole Montojo and Steve Barton on Rent Control
      • EP 1 - Gordon Whitman on Community Organizing
      • EP 0 - Ralf Hotchkiss on Wheelchair Design
  • Post-Election 2016
    • What Didn't Happen?
    • After Virginia
    • Widening the Lens on Voter Suppression
  • Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50 conference
    • "The Road Not Taken" post-conference report
      • Introduction
      • Part I: Then and Now
      • Part II: Criminal Justice
      • Part III: Housing
      • Part IV: Conclusion
      • Press Release (2019)
      • Press Release (2020)
      • Blog: The road not taken
    • Media coverage
    • Speakers' post-conference perspectives
    • #Kerner50 videos
    • Conference Program
    • Registration and Logistics
    • Prominent lineup of experts, officials to headline UC Berkeley race conference
    • 1968 Kerner Report
    • Key Kerner Commission Recommendations
    • Arts & Culture
  • Racial Segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area
    • Reports
      • Part 1: Segregation
        • Conclusion
        • Introduction
        • Segregation in the Bay Area
        • Segregation by County in the Bay Area
          • Sonoma County
          • Alameda County
          • Contra Costa County
          • Marin County
          • Napa County
          • San Francisco County
          • San Mateo County
          • Santa Clara County
          • Solano County
        • Segregation in the Metropolitan Areas
          • San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara MSA
          • San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward MSA
      • Part 2: Demographics
        • Native Americans
        • Introduction
        • African Americans
        • Asian Americans
        • Latinos
        • Whites
      • Part 3: Measuring Segregation
        • Introduction
        • Defining Segregation
        • Conclusion
        • Popular Measures of Segregation
        • Measuring Multiracial Segregation
        • Comparing and Contrasting Indices
      • Part 4: Effects of Segregation
        • Introduction
        • Literature Review
        • Methodology
        • Black & Latinx Segregation
        • White vs. Black/Latinx Segregation
        • Segregation and Upward Mobility
        • Conclusion
      • Part 5: Remedies, Solutions, and Targets
      • Zoning Report
      • Most Segregated Cities in the Bay
      • A History of Racially Exclusionary Housing
    • Tools & Resources
      • Interactive segregation map
      • Zoning Maps
        • Alameda County
          • Alameda
          • Albany
          • Berkeley
          • Dublin
          • Emeryville
          • Fremont
          • Livermore
          • Newark
          • Oakland
          • Piedmont
          • Pleasanton
          • San Leandro
          • Union City
        • Contra Costa County
          • Antioch
          • Brentwood
          • Clayton
          • Concord
          • Danville
          • El Cerrito
          • Hayward
          • Hercules
          • Lafayette
          • Martinez
          • Moraga
          • Oakley
          • Orinda
          • Pinole
          • Pittsburg
          • Pleasant Hill
          • Richmond
          • San Pablo
          • San Ramon
          • Walnut Creek
        • Marin County
          • Corte Madera
          • Fairfax
          • Larkspur
          • Mill Valley
          • Novato
          • Ross
          • San Anselmo
          • San Rafael
          • Tiburon
        • Napa County
          • Calistoga
          • Napa
          • St. Helena
          • Yountville
        • San Francisco County
          • San Francisco
        • San Mateo County
          • Atherton
          • Belmont
          • Brisbane
          • Burlingame
          • Daly City
          • East Palo Alto
          • Foster City
          • Half Moon Bay
          • Hillsborough
          • Menlo Park
          • Millbrae
          • Pacifica
          • Portola Valley
          • Redwood City
          • San Bruno
          • San Carlos
          • San Mateo
          • South San Francisco
          • Woodside
        • Santa Clara County
          • Campbell
          • Cupertino
          • Gilroy
          • Los Altos
          • Los Gatos
          • Milpitas
          • Monte Sereno
          • Morgan Hill
          • Mountain View
          • Palo Alto
          • San Jose
          • Santa Clara
          • Saratoga
          • Sunnyvale
        • Solano County
          • Rio Vista
          • Vacaville
        • Sonoma County
          • Cloverdale
          • Petaluma
          • Sonoma
      • Residential Zoning Data
    • Press Releases
      • Press Release (Parts 1 & 2)
      • Press Release (Part 3)
      • Press Release (Part 4)
      • Press Release (Part 5)
    • Media Coverage
  • Roots, Race, & Place
    • Introduction
    • Origins of Exclusion
    • Extrajudicial and Militia Violence
    • Exclusionary Zoning
    • Racially Restrictive Covenants and Homeowner Association Bylaws
    • Racialized Public Housing Policies
    • The Beginnings of Urban Renewal and Suburban Revolt
    • Exclusionary Real Estate Industry Practices
    • Municipal Fragmentation and White Flight
    • Discussion: Traces of the Past Today
    • Conclusion
    • Media Coverage
  • Strategic Communications
    • Arts & Cultural Strategy
      • 2020-2021 Artist in Residence
      • 2019-2020 Artist in Residence
      • 2018-2019 Artist in Residence
    • Multimedia
    • Social Media
    • Publications
    • Websites
    • Media Relations
    • Logos and style guide
    • Othering & Belonging
      • Journal
        • Issue 1
        • Issue 2
        • Issue 3
  • Targeted Universalism
    • Animated Video & Curriculum
    • Podcast interview with john a. powell
    • Policy & Practice Primer
      • Introduction
      • Categorizing Strategies
      • Creating a Targeted Universalism Framework
      • Targeting within a Targeted Universalism Framework
      • Transactional versus Transformative Change
      • Universal Goals and Limited Resources
      • Building the Table for a Targeted Universal Framework
      • Conclusion: Equity 2.0
      • Press Release
    • Case Study: King County
  • Research to Impact Series
    • Talk by Joseph Fischel
    • Talk by Erin Kerrison
    • Talk by Jovan Lewis
    • Talk by Paul Frymer
    • Talk by Elizabeth Alexander
    • Talk by Richard Reeves
    • Talk by Victor Rios
    • Talk by Mary Pattillo & Jordan Conwell
    • Talk by Karen Nakamura
    • Talk by Cathy Cohen
    • Talk by Tina Sacks and Dawn Dow
    • Panel on Family Separations
    • Talk by Anne Case
    • Talk by Ian Haney Lopez
    • Talk by Ibram X. Kendi
    • Talk by Judith Carney
    • Talk by Lisa Garcia Bedolla
    • Talk by Monica White
    • Talk by Rucker Johnson
    • Talk by Ruha Benjamin
    • Talk by Rodney Leon
  • 2019 Othering & Belonging Conference Report
    • Introduction from Conference Chair
    • Conference Quick Facts
    • Frameworks for Change
    • Resources: Links & Media
    • Goals & Impact: How Did We Measure Up?
    • Conference Agenda: Sessions & Content
    • Integrative Features: New Ancillary Programming
    • Learnings & Looking Ahead
    • Testimonials: In Their Own Words
    • Conference Supporters
    • Organizing Team
  • A Pivotal Moment for the US Refugee Resettlement Program
    • Introduction
    • Overview: International Refugee Protection System
    • The US Refugee Resettlement Program
    • How the US Can Reaffirm Its Commitment to Refugees
  • AT&T's Digital Divide in California
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • Broadband Data Analysis
    • Policy Implications
    • Recommendations
    • Appendix
  • Animated Explainer Video Series
    • Bridging
    • Targeted Universalism
    • Circle of Human Concern
  • Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE)
    • Press Release: AFRE names first cohort
    • Press Release: 2019 AFRE applications open
  • Belonging and Community Health in Richmond
    • Introduction
    • Richmond in the Region
    • Richmond Neighborhood Conditions
    • Stages of Gentrification in Richmond Neighborhoods
    • Conclusion
  • COVID-19: Mapping Vulnerable Populations
    • US heat map: infections & deaths by race
      • Heat map press release
    • Interactive California webmap
    • Students on reduced-price meals
    • High-risk senior communities
    • Hospital beds per capita
    • Infographics on social impacts
    • Blog: Air pollution and COVID-19 risks
    • Media Coverage
  • California Community Partnerships
    • Staying Power: Cultural and policy strategies for belonging in Richmond
    • Bay Area Regional Housing Governance
    • Leap Forward
    • Narrative and Community Power in California
    • Richmond's Community-owned Development Enterprise (CDE)
  • Corporate Consolidation (Research Brief)
    • About this brief
    • Introduction
    • A Global Food System in Disarray
    • A Deceitful Narrative
    • The Dismal Truth
    • Conclusion
  • Creating Bathroom Access & a Gender Inclusive Society
    • Key Findings
    • Solutions
    • Bathroom & Inclusion
    • Unequal Access
    • Bathrooms and Social Inclusion
    • Solutions: Data for Understanding Needs
    • Designing for Inclusion
  • Doubly Bound: The Cost of Credit Ratings
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Harsh Municipal Bond Ratings
    • Municipal Bond Insurance
    • Extra Interest Expenses
    • Municipal Bond Insurance Costs
    • Rating Fees
    • Low Ratings and Accelerated Termination Events
    • Overall Costs
    • An Alternative Model
    • Empirical Findings
    • Conclusion
  • Ending Legal Bias
    • Web Version
  • Equitable Development as a Tool to Advance Racial Equity
    • About the Government Alliance on Race & Equity
    • Achieving Racial Equity
    • A Framework for Advancing Equitable Development
    • Evidence of Progress toward Racial Equity through 8 Equitable Development
    • What does our past tell us 10 about the importance of growth and racial equity?
    • What are current trends and how do they inform our strategies?
    • What is success, and how do you achieve it?
  • Faculty Clusters
    • Video: Faculty Clusters Present Research Briefs
    • Research Briefs
      • Religious Diversity in America (Religion Cluster)
      • State of Change (Disability Cluster)
      • Realizing a More Inclusive Electorate (Democracy Cluster)
      • The Sick Side of Town (Health Cluster)
      • Responding to Rising Inequality (Economics Cluster)
      • Creating Bathroom Access (LGBTQ Cluster)
      • Responding to Educational Inequality (Education Cluster)
  • Fellowship Programs
    • Summer Fellowship
      • Apply
      • Cohorts
      • FAQs
    • Social Inclusion Policy Fellowship
  • Food Justice & Community Health in Richmond
    • Foreward: An Opportunity Not To Be Missed
    • Introduction
    • Richmond Context and Initiatives
    • UC Berkeley Initiatives and Resources
    • Strategy Recommendations
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix
  • Funding Public Pensions
    • Abstract
    • The Problem: Underfunded Pension Systems
    • Why Are There Accounting Rules?
    • Problems With Accounting Rules
    • Other Post-Employment Benefits Crisis
    • Common "Solutions" That Seldom Solve Anything
    • Arguments Against
    • Conclusion
    • Potential Solutions: Different Accounting For Different Questions
  • Home with a Purpose: A History of the Safe Return Project
    • Introduction
    • Background
    • Phases of Development
    • Key Lessons
    • Conclusion
  • Ivory Tower Tax Haven
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • New Financial Logics and Repurposed Tax Policies in a Financialized Economy
    • Data and Measures
    • The Growth of Endowment Wealth
    • State Supported Uses of Debt and Donations for Endowment Growth
    • Islands of Privilege in Undergraduate Enrollments and Instructional Spending
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Legalizing Othering
    • Glossary of Key Terms
    • Key Findings
    • Introduction
    • Methodology and Database
    • The Impacts of Islamophobia on American Society
    • Islamophobia in the Era of Trump
    • Federal Measures
    • State Legislation
    • Strategies and Policies to Combat Islamophobia
  • Moving Targets: An Analysis of Global Forced Migration
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Introduction
    • Part 1: A History of Refugee Protections: Race, Colonialism, and the Unevenness of Forced Migration
    • Part 2: Dynamics and Colonial History of Contemporary Forced Migration
    • Part 3: Migration and Displacement by Region
    • Policy Intervention: Toward a TwentyFirst Century Refugee Rights Framework
  • On Bridging
    • Introduction
    • Bridging Stories
    • Conclusion
  • Opening the Door for Rent Control
    • Press Release
    • Media Coverage
    • Policy Briefing Video + Transcript
  • Opening the Door for Rent Control
    • Introduction
    • Part One: California’s Housing Crisis
    • Part Two: The Need for Rent Control in Achieving Housing for All
    • Conclusion
  • Opportunity, Race, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects
    • Introduction
    • Background
    • Limitations
    • Conclusion
    • Key Findings
    • Appendix
  • Public Health & Wealth in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
    • Introduction
    • Water and Well-Being
    • Housing and Health
    • Conclusion
  • Puerto Rico's Public School Closures
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • School Closures in Puerto Rico
    • Schools at the Core of Surrounding Communities
    • Conditions at the Closed School Buildings
    • Schools Are a Window into Broader Issues
    • Conclusion and Recommendations
    • Press Release
  • Race and Economic Jeopardy For All: A Framing Paper for Defeating Dog Whistle Politics
    • Executive Summary
    • Dog Whistle Politics and Worker Power
    • The Racisms Underpinning Dog Whistle Politics
    • Fighting Back
  • Race—The Power of an Illusion
    • Website launch press release
    • Launch event video
  • Realizing a More Inclusive Electorate
    • Introduction
    • Knowledge Production Intervenes in the Electorate
    • Empowering Communities by Improving Voter Engagement Practices
    • Civic Deliberation, Deception, and Public Trust
    • Concluding Recommendations
  • Religious Diversity in America
    • Introduction
    • Religion, Race, and American Politics from the Founding to Scopes (1789-1925)
    • Immigration and the American Religious Landscape (1845–1924)
    • American Religions amid Radical Transformations (1924-2001)
    • Contemporary Religious Landscape
    • Faculty Feature
    • Conclusion
  • Responding to Educational Inequality
    • Introduction
    • Educational Policy Perpetuates Inequities
    • Re-segregation and Tracking Undermine Educational Opportunity and Achievement
    • Educational Policy Can Alleviate Educational Inequity
    • Conclusion
  • Responding to Rising Inequality: Policy Brief
    • Introduction
    • Accelerating Inequality
    • Is Inequality Inevitable?
    • Conclusion
    • Recommendations
  • Stabilizing Shelter
    • Media Coverage
  • State of Change
    • Introduction
    • Key Findings and Recommendations
    • Overview of Existing Legislation
    • Legislative Changes: Proposals and Models
    • Additional Recommended Practices
    • Conclusion
  • Structuring Development for Greater Community Benefit
    • About The Report
    • Introduction
    • Richmond Community Needs & Opportunities
    • Importance of the Financial Model
    • An Opportunity Model: Utilizing a Community Development Entity
    • A Path Forward: Investing in Richmond
    • Conclusion
  • The Future of SNAP? Improving Nutrition Policy to Ensure Health and Food Equity
    • Why SNAP Matters
    • Challenges
    • Ideas Moving Forward and Needs for Further Inquiry
    • Conclusion
  • The Sick Side of Town
    • Introduction
    • Persistent Racial Health Disparities
    • Changing our understanding of chronic disease
    • Neighborhood conditions: A common basis for multiple health disparities
    • Environmental inequalities contribute to unequal burdens of disease
    • Residential Segregation
    • Conclusion
  • The US Farm Bill
    • Purpose of the Report
    • Glossary of Key Terms
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • Part 1: Corporate Power
    • Part 2: Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Public Assistance
    • Part 3: Farmland and Federal Support
    • Part 4: Conservation and Climate
    • Findings & Interventions
  • Toward Belonging
    • About
    • Call for Creative Fellow
    • Call for Papers
    • Events
      • The Economics of Belonging
      • Hopes and Fears in a Covid-19 world
      • Toward Belonging kick-off digital dialogue
      • Symposium in Paris
  • Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine
    • Why We Wrote This
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • Section 1
    • Section 2
    • Section 3
    • Section 4
    • Bibliography
    • Appendix
  • Trans Pacific Partnership: Corporations Before People and Democracy
    • Introduction
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Conclusion
    • Recommendations
  • Trumpism and its Discontents
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • The Trump Presidency, Post–Color Blindness, and the Reconstruction of Public Race Speech
    • Resentment and Revenge: Internal Colonialism, the Decline of Fordism, and the Trump Vote
    • Trumpism and the Crisis of the American Liberal Order
    • What’s So New about the #MeToo Movement?
    • Demography is not Destiny
    • On Trumpism and Illegality
    • Latinx Politics and the Census in the Trump Era
    • Immigration Policy, Presidential Action, and the Politics of Debasement Status message
    • Turning Off the Tap: Trump, the GOP, and Regulatory Science Status message
    • Marching for Our Lives: Gun-Control Politics in the Age of Trump
    • Genius or Suicide
  • Underwater America
    • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • The Hot Spots
    • Recommendations
  • Unfair Shares
    • Introduction
    • Methods and Terminology
    • Bay Area Housing Allocations
    • Allocations and Race
    • Bay Area Permitting
    • Recommendations
    • Appendices
  • Water Equity and Security in Detroit's Water and Sewer District
    • Executive Summary
    • Section 1 - Institutional Relationships: The Great Lakes Water Authority & the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
    • Section 2 - Recommendations
    • Section 3 - Water Insecurity in Detroit: The Costs of the Crisis
    • Section 4 - The Long History of Detroit's Water and Sewerage District
  • What Didn't Happen?
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • Election 2016: A Very Brief Overview
    • Young Voters
    • Women Voters
    • African American, Latinx, Asian American, and American Indian Voters
    • "Working Class" Voters
    • Rust Belt Votes
    • White Voters
    • Conclusion
  • Widening the Lens on Voter Suppression
    • Introduction
    • Background and Overview
    • New Voting Restrictions: An Exclusionary and Partisan Agenda
    • The Challenges of Knowing Voter Suppression: An Appraisal of Recent Studies
    • Concluding Implications: A More Holistic Agenda for Fighting Voter Suppression
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Gerald Lenoir
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Eli Moore
Program Manager, California Community Partnerships, Blueprint for Belonging
Joshua Clark
Political Participation Analyst, Civic Engagement Narrative Change, Blueprint for Belonging
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Blueprint for Belonging Videos

Can You See It? "Can You See It?" is a digital short released in the lead up to the 2020 election that calls on...

Building a Strategic Narrative for All of California

By Olivia E. Araiza  Over the past few decades, successful movements for social and racial justice in California have...
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Video: Transforming California from Red to Blue

By Gerald Lenoir and Serginho Roosblad California is currently leading the resistance against the current Trump...

A 21st Century Movement-Building Challenge

By Gerald Lenoir One of the essential elements in the building of a cohesive social movement across communities of...
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California Survey on Othering and Belonging

April 18, 2018 Click here to read our Press Release on the results of this survey In December 2017, the Haas Institute...
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The Role of Government

By john a. powell  Ultimately, we cannot win any major fight on the environment, the economy, health care, or civil...
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Changing Our Narrative About Narrative

By Rashad Robinson Introduction  The culture of the progressive sector—as with all sectors—is rooted in stories. They...
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Audio: The Battle of the Narratives

This conversation between Othering & Belonging Institute Director john powell and Christina Livingston, the...
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The California Story

By Eli Moore and Gerald Lenoir For many Californians, having a good life here is getting harder and many feel it will...
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The Next California

By Manuel Pastor, Jennifer Ito, Vanessa Carter  California is America on fast forward. The state’s demographic...
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Shifting the Narrative

By Alan Jenkins  Since the 2016 election, interest in the concept of “narrative” has spiked in the nonprofit and...
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California Dog Whistling

By Ian Haney-López  Over the last half-century, politicians have exploited a public discourse emphasizing fear of...
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Building A Real Sharing Economy

By Chris Benner  We are in the midst of an unfolding fundamental restructuring of the economy that we still only...
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Mind Sciences and Creating New Narratives

By Rachel D. Godsil He who defines reality holds power.  Cognitive science confirms what every culture in the world...
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Corporate Democrats and the Corporate Power Structure in California Politics

By Daniel Russell Cheung Introduction After the 2016 presidential election, California has been a leader in...
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Faith Communities as Partners of Hope

By Rev. Deborah Lee Introduction Bringing forth an inclusive, fair, and humane society will require a coordinated...
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Race-Based but Not Race-Bound

By George Lipsitz  Malcolm X used to say that racism is like a Cadillac because they make a new model every year. When...
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Grow Your Vote

Download this report here. View the Cultural Strategy Ambassadors video by Barni Qaasim here. In the 2018 midterm...
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