Events

An Evening with john powell: Martin Luther King, Jr. Event SPSCC is pleased to host john a. powell as the featured speaker for the college’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. event. Professor powell is an internationally recognized expert in the...

On Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, OBI Director john a. powell and law professor Ian Haney Lopez joined us for a livestream Q&A to discuss the chaos in Washington D.C. that week when Trump supports stormed the Capitol Building demanding Congress...

7th Annual Paris Islamophobia Conference France's Islamophobia: Religious “Separatism” -- Disciplining Muslimness Dates: Dec. 12 & 13, 2020 Time: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6 pm Paris Time Locatin: Zoom ( registration required here) Click to register The recent...

Live Captions: Webinar on policies, politics, and narratives that can move us toward or take us further away from an economics based on belonging. Watch live on this page. CLICK TO REGISTER About this Event Join us on December 10...

Register here About this event Advances in technology over the past few decades have improved our lives in countless ways. Yet, these advances have come as a double-edged sword. While technology has made it easier to connect with faraway family...

Live Captions: The year 2019 represented the 400th anniversary of the forced arrival of enslaved Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia in 1619. In the history of the African-American experience throughout this period there have been many...

CA Latinxs, COVID-19 & Pandemics: Making Vulnerability of "Essential Workers" Visible Friday, November 6, 2020 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT Zoom Webinar Register Here (Free) Kurt Organista, Professor of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Hector Rodriguez, Professor of Health Policy and Management...

This event has passed, but you can click here for a recording and transcript. -- Watch live on: Join us Wednesday for a live Q&A with OBI director john a. powell on the outcomes of the 2020 elections. This will...

Criminalization of Climate Migrants Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10am PDT / 7am HST Webinar (details to follow) Event Contact: Carrie Rosenbaum, crosenbaum@berkeley.edu Speakers: E. Tendayi Achiume, Professor of Law, UCLA Law E. Tendayi Achiume is Professor of Law at UCLA...

Abolition Feminism with Angela Davis & Gina Dent 10.22 | 4 - 5:30 PM PST Live Stream Event As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment ― halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements...

This event has ended. Click for a recording and transcript. RISE UP FOR JUSTICE: BLACK LIVES AND OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE Livestream #4 Covid-19 and the Political Determinants of Health Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:00-3:30 PM PDT / 5:00-6:30 PM EDT...

Reimagining Nationalism: Yael Tamir In Conversation with Daniel Sargent Tuesday, October 20 | 11 am-12:30 pm Online, register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar Yael Tamir (President, Beit-Berl College, adjunct professor, Blavatnik School of Government...

Rationality, Ritual, and Democratic Decision-Making: Perspectives from Classical Athens Friday, October 16 | 10-11:30 am Online, register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar Sara Forsdyke (University of Michigan) and Josiah Ober (Stanford University), Moderated by...

Where the Nation Prays: Public Religion and Sacred Space in India and Turkey Wednesday, October 14 | 12-2 pm Online, Register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar. In the wake of the Hagia Sophia’s opening...

Join us Friday, Oct. 9 from 11am to 1pm Pacific Time on this page for a screening of Part III of Race—The Power of an Illusion followed by a one-hour panel discussion with experts! (Click for recordings of the Part...