Belonging

This graphic illustration serves as a meaning-making tool, outlining the foundational components of building for belonging and the practices that enable it within projects and places. Illustration by Wenjia Tang. Click here to download the full-size...

I find myself back at the library to begin to express the deep learnings conveyed to me through that late literary giant Dr. Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name, bell hooks. I had a unique and cherished opportunity to spend time with the published and unpublished works of bell hooks at the Special Archives Library at Berea College. It seems only right that now...

OBI is a think-and-do tank dedicated to building a world where every person—no matter their race, class, education, gender, politics, religion, ability, or background—is recognized and valued.

VietRISE, Harbor Institute, El Centro Cultural, Tenants United Santa Ana, and community members envision and organize for a more inclusive Orange County

Design Principles for Building Belonging Across our planet, people are looking for effective ways to build just, equitable, and inclusive institutions that serve and support everyone. Even more challenging, we’re looking for ways to do so without...

Recent acute instances of failed political leadership—particularly around the pandemic and an ongoing lack of action to protect Black lives—have shone a bright light on questions essential to our future as a country: Who are we? Who are we becoming? Who must we become if we are to create a different world where everyone belongs?

Dear friends, On this first day of 2017, I recognize that many of us may be ambivalently moving into this new year, as there is much uncertainty about our future. There are doubts not just about the upcoming change in our political leadership, but...

When the Haas Institute came into being four years ago, our vision stated that we would “work on society’s most pressing and pivotal issues related to structural inclusion and marginalization," that we would do work that was big-picture and game...

Note: The location will now be at: First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St., Oakland, CA 94612 For Immediate Release Psychotherapy and Social Justice: A Dialogue on Othering and Belonging Berkeley, CA./On Saturday, October 29, The...