Presentations

What do teachers need to know about histories of housing injustice and how these impact the present? Designed to educate teachers, this powerpoint dives into the how and why of our current racialized housing geographies and discusses the fight for...

How do we go from a vision to action? With a focus on policy change, this powerpoint showcases a framework called "the 5Ps" which aims to create policies that will advance transformative change in housing. The powerpoint contains a discussion...

A focus on resistance and organizing work is absolutely key for understanding people's agency and maintaining hope within the oppressive housing landscape. This powerpoint features a compilation of organizing work towards housing justice, including...

What does zoning have to do with race and housing? Everything. This powerpoint gives an introduction to the concept of zoning and how it operates in policy and practice. The slide deck covers the definition of zoning and goes into zoning's rationale...

This presentation is a condensed version of the presentation key concepts and frameworks on race & housing . It covers the traces of the past today, and concludes with the 5Ps which is a framework used towards housing justice policy and reimagining...

How can we transform housing systems so that people who have been left out are in roles of decision maker and owner? How do we actualize equitable solutions while still operating within a racialized housing system? Led by people of color, the East...

Using Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism as a point of departure, this powerpoint explains the concept of racial capitalism which connects racism to financial markets and explains how race and profits are intricately intertwined. Additionally, the...

The intersection of race and housing can seem so multifaceted that it can be intimidating to analyze. Outlining key concepts and frameworks for examining housing as a racial justice issue, this powerpoint investigates the traces of the past today...

Writing policy is writing the law. But what are the steps to writing policy? Can anyone write it? How does a new policy go from an idea to a law? This powerpoint showcases a story of tenants and a tenants' rights organization writing a rent control...

How can the issue of race and housing be incorporated into an elementary school classroom and also used as an organizing tool with parents and community members? In this powerpoint, you will find sample flyers for parent meetings on the history of...

Looking for interactive mapping tools that show the stark connection between segregation and opportunity in California neighborhoods? This powerpoint showcases a mapping tool developed by OBI that highlights opportunity disparities as it correlates...

How do we understand our own histories of home? How do these histories intersect with other people's histories of home? What can our histories of home teach us about systems? This workshop invites participants to examine their personal histories and...

Redlining and housing discrimination outlawed over half a century ago baked racial disparities into our landscape, but today’s housing policies do little to reverse them, and in many instances continue to reinforce deep patterns of racial segregation...

How do we go from a vision to action? This presentation hones in on housing justice and policy solutions for the Bay Area's housing crisis. It examines the concept of belonging which would entail having the opportunity to participate in the design of...

This powerpoint details the work that the Bay Area-based organization Hello Housing has done focusing on increasing homeownership among communities of color to promote stability, center equity, and cultivate community. This powerpoint walks through...

In order to move forward, we need to understand our past. This powerpoint covers histories of racial exclusion and dispossession in Bay Area housing. It is based on the Othering & Belonging Institute's publication, Roots, Race & Place , and...

What does art have to do with it? This powerpoint highlights arts-based research methods for housing justice, which brings together structural analyses, people's lived experiences, and the examination of existing campaigns and organizing work. It...