Events

Immigration and migration management have been controversial topics across Europe for many years. Hostile rhetoric around refugees and other migrants has escalated and the subject has become deeply politicized.

We invite you to join us for a live webinar on Saturday, September 23 at 10:00 am California, 1 pm New York, 6 pm Eritrea, 7 pm Cape Town. Eritrean diaspora professionals with different views will discuss the current developments. Representative of the Eritrean government have also been invited to participate. Please follow the webinar at ERISAT, SETIT Media or ASSENNA TV on the date and time listed above.

Join the authors of these reading packs as they engage in conversation on how to challenge discourses and actions that discriminate against Muslims and how to ultimately foster a world of belonging worldwide.

On the Same Page presents: CRIP CAMP Directors and Producers Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht: A Film Screening and Conversation

Marking the release of the Othering & Belonging Institute's research brief, “Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for 'Loss and Damage,'” this panel aims to bridge these Global South “movements”--of climate-induced displaced peoples, and for c​limate refugee protections and climate reparations.

What does democracy and belonging mean in the context of the Anthropocene, amidst warming skies, broken floodgates, pandemics, red tide algal blooms, bleached reefs, and migrant borders?

Join us later this month to hear from legal experts about the implications of this decision on university student bodies, its wider social significance, and what can be done to help universities and other institutions better reflect the diversity of our country.

Register Here Much attention is paid to national-level responses to racism and hate, but perhaps the greatest progress is being made at the local level. How are city governments in Europe and the US leading the way in fighting race-based...

In this 60 minute drop-in we'll mix reflection, movement and critical inquiry to stretch our own understandings and applications of belonging. This is a space for discussion, co-creation and growth.

If there ever was a time to read together, to run our fingers through the unlaminated pages of human longings, to revisit the scorched landscapes of our contested concepts and disagreements, to linger in the devilish spaces between the lines, it is now.

Co-Sponsors: UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender’s Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP), Center for Islamic Studies at GTU, Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies, Northern California Islamic Council, University of Leeds, UK, Islamophobia Studies Journal & Re-Orient Journal, Islamophobia Studies Center, Othering Belonging Institute, Asian American Research Center and UMR.

Strewn through the web of considerations, readings, narratives, and analyses that make up the recent sixth assessment report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a discernible (though faint) current of hope in the face of overwhelming loss.

A talk by Eboo Patel, followed by discussion with john a. powell and Allison Briscoe-Smith. Free event but registration is required.

Join Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis in conversation with Dr. Brandi Summers about Lewis' recently published book Violent Utopia: Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa.

Join us as we explore what it means to bridge in a way that builds empathy and understanding while centering justice and our common humanity.