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Sep
30

john a. powell to keynote at El Centro de la Raza gala

Haas Director john a. powell will provide a keynote address at El Centro de la Raza's 45th anniversary gala to be held September 30 in Seattle, Washington. powell helped found El Centro in Seattle. The theme of the gala is...
Sep
28

Richard Rothstein to present on his book, The Color of Law

The Terner Center and the Department of City and Regional Planning are hosting a lecture by Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, which has just been nominated for a...
Sep
23

Faculty exhibit on shared sacred sites opens in Greece

An exhibition by the Chair of the Haas Institute's Religious Diversity cluster Karen Barkey on "Shared Sacred Sites" in the Balkans and the Mediterranean will open at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece this weekend, and will remain...
Sep
14

Rethinking Activism: Strange Bedfellows in Digital Organizing

What can we do to ensure everyone shares in the prosperity that they contribute to? Come hear planner Karen Trapenberg Frick talk about how digital era activists are using new tools to develop unusual coalitions to engage in infrastructure and...
Sep
8

john a. powell to speak UC Berkeley Free Speech Panel

Haas Institute Director john a. powell is set to participate in a faculty panel moderated by UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ this Friday, September 8. Other panelists will include: Erwin Chemerinsky Berkeley Law Dean, Constitutional Law Scholar, and Founding Dean...
Aug
8

Thinking Ahead: A Public Option for Jobs

Join us for the Thinking Ahead Speaker Series with economist William Darity Jr. for a discussion on how we can dramatically reduce unemployment and break down barriers to better paying jobs for African-Americans and others who have been historically held...
Jul
18

Richard Rothstein Book Event

Richard Rothstein will be at the DIESEL Bookstore in Oakland to discuss and sign, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, on Tuesday, July 18th at 7:00 p.m. In this groundbreaking history of the modern...
Jul
13

Thinking Ahead: The Making of a Progressive City

Join us for the Thinking Ahead speaker series with Richmond City Council member Melvin Willis and journalist Steve Early on a discussion of community empowerment and transformative policies that help get big money out of politics. What can we do...
Jun
13

Thinking Ahead: A Wider Type of Freedom

What can we do to ensure everyone shares in the prosperity that they contribute to? Come here political scientist Daniel Martinez HoSang discuss how transformative racial movements have redefined "freedom". Download the flyer.
May
15

From Domination to Prosperity: Building an Economy Where We All Belong

Join us for the Thinking Ahead speaker series with a discussion of Sabeel Rahman's book," Democracy Against Domination ", moderated by john a powell, with community organizer Christina Livingston and political scientist Paul Pierson. Unchecked corporate power is a danger...
May
13

8th Annual University of California International Migration Conference

RSVP in advance at this link At the 8th Annual University of California International Migration Conference, j oin us at a plenary session with a special talk on "Being Undocumented ​at UC in the Trump Era" with: María Blanco is...
Apr
22

Earth Day Science Talk at Cal Conference

Come to Science Talk at Cal, a student-organized conference featuring panel discussions with renowned speakers from the fields of water, food systems, and climate change. plus collaborative workshops to help bring your science communication ideas to the next level. The...
Apr
19

UC Berkeley Foodscape Map Launch

Join the “Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley” team for an unveiling of our interactive, participatory UC Berkeley Foodscape Map. This map provides a snapshot of all food-related initiatives on campus, compiling and showcasing the history, outcomes...
Apr
11

Africans Food Sovereignty Working Group April 2017 Session

Africans Food Sovereignty Working Group April 2017 Session The Global Justice Program at UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society invites you to Africans Food Sovereignty Working Group at Cal (AFSWG). The working group is an informal...
Apr
6

How It Slips Away/We Still Here: A Blues Geography of Black Portland

ISSI Graduate Fellows Program presents: How It Slips Away/We Still Here: A Blues Geography of Black Portland. Black Portland is often portrayed through metrics of disparity and deficiency, without reference to particular regional structures of opportunity and disenfranchisement, and without...