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Jun
28

Radical Belonging and Bridging: A Path Forward for Societies in Crisis?

Today, we are facing a 'superstorm' of challenges, including polarization, rising authoritarianism, the global climate crisis, inequality, structural racism, and group-based hate, among others. This requires a coordinated response and for civic leaders from all walks of life to be...
Jun
7

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority Listening Sessions

Provide your input on the equity goals, objectives, and metrics that the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) will use to design its future programming at three upcoming online public listening sessions.
May
23

Visionary Frameworks: A Monthly Workshop Series

Join us every month to learn from organizers, artists and researchers who are putting visionary frameworks for change into action.
May
16

Community Policing Uncovered: How Surveillance, Displacement and Counterinsurgency Happens in Our Cities

Our communities know how brutal our police systems are and have been rising up to demand new visions of community safety and care.
May
6

Democracy Set Aflame: Is Polarization Really the Problem?

Join us on Friday, May 6 at 4pm inside UC Berkeley's Sutardja Dai Hall to hear two incredible longtime organizers and thought leaders as they discuss polarization, democracy, and our current moment.
Apr
26

Two Decades After 9/11: Islamophobia and State Violence in the War on Terror

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Maha Hilal where we'll be discussing her new book Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11. We'll be exploring the last two decades following 9/11 and the origins of the War on Terror, and what is needed to create a better future for all.
Apr
21

Curriculum Launch: Teaching for Racial Equity & Housing Justice

Join us for the release of curriculum and resources on teaching for racial equity and housing justice designed in collaboration with Bay Area teachers.
Apr
13

Performance: bone black: a ritual reading for bell hooks

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.
Apr
4

Cultures of Care Project Launch

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.
Mar
31

Migration, Trauma, and Resilience

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

Rifts and Revelations: How Religion Has Shaped Pandemic Responses in the United States

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.
Mar
30

Local Histories of Segregation, from the Bay Area to Hartford, CT

This event will tell stories in the hopes of inspiring more people and organizations to undertake such efforts in their own communities.
Mar
14

The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World

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.
Mar
10

Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics

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.
Mar
1

Harry Edwards: Sport in Society: Intersectionalities, Consequences and Projections

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.