Events

bone black is a ritual performance reading for the late black feminist writer and theorist, bell hooks/Gloria Jean Watkins(1952-2021). The performance will feature 69 black women of all genders who will serve as live and virtual ritual readers reciting hooks’ prolific body of work.

Join us on Monday, April 4 to celebrate the launch of the Othering & Belonging Institute's new project Cultures of Care, featuring a panel of artists, actvists, and thinkers.

Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative invites you to a zoom talk on Migration, Trauma, and Resilience on March 31, 2022 at 12:00 pm.

Join us for a conversation about how religion has shaped responses to Covid-19 in the United States, including both the impact of the pandemic on religious communities, ideas of health and wellness, and the relationship between law and religious freedom, over the past couple of years.

This event will tell stories in the hopes of inspiring more people and organizations to undertake such efforts in their own communities.

Join author Kaya Oakes for a book talk about her recently published The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World, followed by a conversation with History professor Ronit Stahl, Interim Administrative Chair of the Religious Diversity Cluster.

Join UC Berkeley Professor Darieck Scott and colleagues from across the country for a conversation about Scott's new book, Keeping It Unreal: Comics and Black Queer Fantasy.

As the pioneer of the field of sociology of sport, Dr. Harry Edwards has been leading and trumpeting the calls for justice through sport and in society long before the racial reckoning and viral social media posts of 2020.

This event is targeted to present updates from the Cities4All Global campaign, specifically on the topics of capacity building and research.

Join us for a Virtual Press Conference summarizing the findings of a research brief published by OBI’s Blueprint for Belonging project in collaboration with VietRISE,

This hybrid event will be held in person at Social Science Matrix, 820 Social Sciences Building, on the UC Berkeley campus. Physical attendance will be limited to 35 guests. The event will also be available online via Zoom. Registration is...

This hybrid event will be held in person in 3335 Dwinelle Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Physical attendance will be limited to 35 guests. The event will also be available online via Zoom. Registration is required here. Event Description...

More than any time since the Great Recession, policymakers at every level are focused on the deepening problem of housing inequity and the many facets of this problem. Unfortunately, the challenges relating to housing are so many, so great, and...

As we track the historic Women's Health Protection Act through a divided Congress and await the SCOTUS hearing of Mississippi's direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the urgency of this moment and shifting landscape is catalyzing movements across the country...

Join author Sheryll Cashin for a book talk about her recently-released White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, followed by a conversation with john a. powell, director of the Othering & Belonging Institute. This event will be both online and in-person.