The next Othering & Belonging Conference will be held October 9-10, 2026* in Louisville, Kentucky.
*Please note the new dates. We have made the necessary decision to move our conference to the falll. All who registered for the original spring dates will receive notice of this date change, but if you have not, or have further questions, please reach out to us at obconf@berkeley.edu. We apologize for the inconvenience this change has caused, and very much hope you can join us in the fall!
Please note - our registration site will be down on 11/19/2025—thank you and sorry for the inconvenience!
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Interested in being part of O&B 26 as a sponsor or partner? Please contact Puanani Forbes.
Sponsorship Opportunities for O&B26!
Learn more about ways to support our next Othering & Belonging Conference by downloading our sponsorship packet, or visiting our sponsorship page.
Past Speakers
Rev. William Barber II
ALOK
Saskia Sassen
Naomi Klein
Marshall Ganz
Indy Johar
bell hooks
Andrew Solomon
Joy Harjo
Michael Bennet
Manuel Pastor
Casey Camp-Horinek
Ai-jen Poo
Charles Blow
Saru Jayaraman
Masha Gessen
Linda Sarsour
Supaman Christian Takes the Gun Parrish
Bayo Akomolafe
Eryn Wise
Judith Butler
Jeffrey Sachs
Ece Temelkuran
Alicia Garza
Astra Taylor
“I feel like I've evolving towards a new language to describe the radical love for humanity that I have, and I'm sure that many others have.” - 2019 O&B Conference Attendee
What’s incredible about this conference is being able to think about scholarship alongside a notion of a kind of expansion and love. There’s something I think is really, really important about bringing together the fight for social justice with the inner work of expanding the circle of compassion.” - Dr. Na’ilah Nasir, O&B 2015 Speaker
This was one of the most inspiring events I've ever participated in, professionally and personally. — O&B Summit 2021 Attendee