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Feb
11

QMG Presents: In-depth interviewing with Irene Bloemraad

Join the Qualitative Methods Group (QMG) for a conversation with Dr. Irene Bloemraad about in-depth interviewing. Dr. Bloemraad will talk about how interviews can be used to gather data about lived experiences, motivations, feelings, and aspirations for the future, including...
Feb
8

We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future: Book Talk and Community Conversation with Deepa Iyer

Join Deepa Iyer, campus scholars and student activists for a discussion about the ongoing impact of post 9/11 narratives and policies on South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh communities – and what to do about it. Book signing to follow...
Feb
4

Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist Alec Karakatsanis at the Berkeley Forum

THE CRISIS OF MODERN AMERICA'S DEBTORS' PRISONS Almost 200 years ago the Supreme Court outlawed the practice of sending people to jail for failing to pay court fines. Though these so-called debtor's prisons were made illegal, today many Americans are...
Jan
27

Expanding the Circle of Human Concern - john a. powell

Professor john a. powell will speak on COCC's Bend Campus to kick off the 2016 Season of Nonviolence. powell is an internationally recognized expert and author in the areas of civil rights, race and structural racism, ethnicity, housing, poverty, and...
Jan
27

Opening the Question of Race to the Question of Belonging - john a. powell

Professor john a. powell will speak on COCC's Bend Campus to kick off the 2016 Season of Nonviolence. powell is an internationally recognized expert and author in the areas of civil rights, race and structural racism, ethnicity, housing, poverty, and...
Jan
19

Special panel discussion with Deepa Iyer

The Haas Institute co-sponsored Deepa Iyer , author and activist, for her special panel discussion on the ongoing impact of post 9/11 narratives and policies on South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh communities – and how to address these topics...
Dec
3

The Global Food System and its Discontents

As part of SESAME, the CMES's working group on Sustainability and Stewardship in North Africa and the Middle East, two researchers at the Haas Institute will speak about the global food system. Nadia Barhoum: The Political Economy of Wheat in...
Nov
30

Lessons from the Arab Spring: Success and Failure!: His Excellency, Former President of Tunisia Dr. Moncef Marzouki

Dr. Marzouki is the first democratically elected president of Tunisia after the January 14th Revolution in 2011, a seminal moment in modern Arab history which heralded the onset of multiple popular revolutions throughout the Arab world. Dr. Marzouki is Tunisia's...
Nov
18

The Caribbean History of an American City: Greater Miami and a Site of Colonialism

Featured Speaker: Nathan Connolly, Visiting Associate Professor of History and Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University Sponsors: Department of Geography, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, Department of African American Studies Drawing on his recent book, A...
Nov
18

Do Millennials Stand a Chance?: Giving the Next Generation a Fair Shot at a Prosperous Future

Speakers/Performers: Henry Brady, Goldman School of Public Policy; Alex Gelber, Goldman School of Public Policy; Hilary Hoynes, Goldman School of Public Policy; Ronald Lee, UC Berkeley Economics & Demography; Jesse Rothstein, Goldman School of Public Policy Sponsor: Goldman School of...
Nov
9

LGBTQ Movements Beyond Marriage: A Panel of Advocates and Organizers

Panelist/Discussants: Janetta Johnson, Executive Director, Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project; Zahyr K-R Lauren, Director of Survival and Self-Determination Project, Sylvia Rivera Law Project; Maria Carolina Morales, Former Programs Co-Director, Community United Against Violence; Juana María Rodríguez, Professor, Gender and...
Nov
5

Cultural Re-imaginations: Experiments in Creative Placemaking

Please join us on Wednesday Nov 5, 12-1pm for a conversation with Indrani Baruah who works on the intersection of architecture, visual arts and cultural studies.The presentation will focus on her recent work with community-based project, in Eastern India, incorporating...
Oct
8

Structuring Development for Greater Community Opportunity

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society is excited to announce our upcoming report, “Structuring Development for Greater Community Opportunity.” This report explores ways in which the development process for the Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay can...
Oct
1

Decolonizing Foodways

The Food, Identity and Representation Working Group at UC Berkeley and University of the Pacific Food Studies program invite you to participate in an evening of critical thinking and tasting at the Decolonizing Foodways Symposium. Understanding food as a site...
Jun
1

Mind Science Conference

This conference is presented by the Equal Justice Society, the National Center for Youth Law, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and the Perception Institute, and made possible by a grant from The California Endowment. http://equaljusticesociety.org/mindscience/