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Sep
22

Understanding Islamophobia in the Global Context

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.
Sep
14

Crip Camp: A Film Screening and Conversation

On the Same Page presents: CRIP CAMP Directors and Producers Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht: A Film Screening and Conversation
Jul
27

Climate Refugees: Facts, Findings, and Strategies for ‘Loss and Damage’ Launch Event

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.
Jul
6

Democracy and its Exquisite Others: Who has power? Where is power?

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?
Jul
3

Unpacking the Supreme Court's ruling on Affirmative Action

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.
Jun
14

Cities Against Racism: Lessons from both sides of the Atlantic

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...
Jun
12

Belonging: a weekly practice

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.
May
25

Radical Hope and Black mattering: Where does blackness go?

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.
May
5

2023 International Islamophobia Conference

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.
May
4

This is the Part Where We Fall Down: On climate grief and hope

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.
Apr
25

Why We Need to Build and Bridge

A talk by Eboo Patel, followed by discussion with john a. powell and Allison Briscoe-Smith. Free event but registration is required.
Apr
24

Violent Utopia: A Conversation with Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis

Join Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis in conversation with Dr. Brandi Summers about Lewis' recently published book Violent Utopia: Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa.
Apr
19

Bridging Towards a Just, Inclusive, Pluralistic Democracy

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.
Apr
18

Beyond Generations: Challenging Misconceptions and Building Bridges

Popular discourse suggests that there is an insurmountable and unprecedented intergenerational divide. Young people are often assumed to be at the forefront of the fight for progressive causes while elders in the movement are assumed to be at the back. However...
Apr
18

How Do We Teach Sustainability in the 21st Century?

How do we switch sustainability education from a study of replacements and alternatives to a study of processes and practices? How has sustainability education transformed since its birth?