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Dec
3

The Power of Bridging Book Launch

Join us in john powell's hometown of Detroit, Michigan to celebrate the launch of his new book, The Power of Bridging. We will gather on the Wayne State University campus for an evening of celebration and inspiration. Meet john as...
Nov
20

john a. powell to speak as keynote for Global Opportunity Youth Network

Othering & Belonging Institute Director john a. powell will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2024 Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN) convening in Pune, Maharashtra, India! The fifth annual convening will be livestreamed from Nov 17 to 21. In...
Oct
28

Belonging Without Othering: A book talk with john a. powell and Stephen Menendian

We all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for division and hierarchy along the lines of religion, race, ethnicity, sexuality and more are growing. Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the...
Oct
16

Demography Brown Bag Seminar: “Population Issues and the 2024 Election”

Ron Lee, Hilary Hoynes, Jenna Nobles will be discussing “Population Issues and the 2024 Election” on Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm. Join us in-person in Room 310 of the Social Sciences Building or virtually on Zoom. This event is free...
Oct
15

Book Talk with Sunaura Taylor on "Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert"

Join us on the UC Berkeley campus for a panel conversation with Sunaura Taylor on her new book, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert — a powerful analysis and call to action that reveals disability as one of the...
Oct
11

Reimagining Urban Planning: Belonging and Urban Planning

Register here Reimagining Planning is a monthly series of public webinars that focuses on the edge of innovation in urban planning and policy. Traditionally Urban Planning has had a long legacy of harming communities of color, developing and implementing racist...
Oct
10

Chris E. Vargas on "Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects"

Join us to celebrate the launch of Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects with co-author and artist Chris E. Vargas alongside two artist-activists and contributors to the book, Ralowe Ampu and Craig Calderwood. This fantastic panel will be moderated by Professor...
Sep
26

Revolutionary Love Tour stops in Berkeley: Valarie Kaur in discussion with john a. powell

The 2024 Revolutionary Love Bus Tour is a healing odyssey across the United States calling people to rise up in courage, humanity, and love. Join visionary civil rights leader Valarie Kaur in an immersive experience of storytelling, music, song, ancestral...
Sep
20

Flipping the Script: Challenging the Arguments Against Black Reparations

Register for Free Attorney Donald Tamaki, a member of the California Black Reparations Task Force, examines the discursive strategies of critics of reparations and presents a counter-narrative that draws on the extensive historical and contemporary findings of the 1100-page California...
Sep
9

Sunaura Taylor: "Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert" with Yomi Young

This event is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. Pegasus Books Downtown is excited to welcome Bay Area artist, writer, and UC Berkeley scholar Sunaura Taylor on Monday, September 9 at 6 p.m. to celebrate her...
Jun
11

Reimagining Allyship: Reflecting on Where We Are and Where We Can Go From Here

The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative is delighted to welcome Simran Jeet Singh to the UC Berkeley campus. Dr. Singh is Executive Director of the Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national...
Jun
4

The World is Not Enough: On Pluriverses and the Limits of the Democratic Project

In 2024, democracy is on the ballot, a principal story told by anxious news outlets worldwide. Yet, this focus on democracy's precarity obscures other urgent matters: the rise of AI and its challenge to a humanist account of intelligence, the...

O&B Conference: Oakland 2024

The Othering & Belonging Conferences are dynamic and uniquely-curated gatherings that advance scholarship, narratives, movements, policies, and practices that support a more fully inclusive “we.” Our second of two conferences will take place in Oakland. Click through to sign up for updates.
Mar
27

New video, curriculum, and report linking climate justice and mass liberation

Join us as we share a beautiful, animated video, a curriculum for facilitating workshops and planning sessions related to transformative narratives and collective visioning, and a report related to just world creation.
Mar
14

Book Talk: Before Gentrification

Register About: Dr. Golash-Boza's book Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap explores how redlining, incarceration, anti-blackness, and gentrification have resulted in DC becoming an extremely unequal city. Join us for a book talk and panel discussion with...