aian mendoza

Research Associate

Planting Disabled Futures

Locations: Monday and Tuesday: Art Research Center Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: Disability Cultural Community Center Weeklong residency with working group meetings taking place during the mornings. Planting Disabled Futures installation performances at the end of the week. Participation in Working...
Dec
2

Power of Bridging: An evening with john a. powell and Catharine Richert

The Bush Foundation and MPR News are excited to welcome john a. powell, the inspiring author of “The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong” to the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. We look forward to an evening of conversation and community building—and that it inspires you to find ways to build bridges across differences in your everyday lives.

Sarah Legg

Development Director
Dec
2

Book Launch: Advancing Peace: Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love

REGISTER HERE Join us in-person for the launch of Advancing Peace: Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love, a new book from co-authors Jason Corburn and DeVone Boggan. This talk will take place on December 2nd at...
Dec
9

Book Launch: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

Join us to celebrate the release of Tourmaline’s much anticipated book, "Marsha," with Angela Y. Davis and Eric Stanley.
Oct
30

What I Saw in Gaza

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa volunteered with the World Health Organization at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, March 25 – April 8, 2024, and again from March 3 – April 1, 2025, with MedGlobal, an American Non-governmental Organization (NGO). In...

Lia Scott

Assistant Professor
Oct
29

POSTPONED: Book Talk: Structural Racism

THIS TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED Join us in person at UC Berkeley on Oct. 29 at 4pm for a dynamic conversation featuring OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian and other Berkeley scholars to discuss the nature and causes of racial inequality...
Oct
16

Jelani Cobb in conversation with john a. powell

Acclaimed historian and journalist Jelani Cobb will be in conversation with john powell to discuss "Three or More is a Riot." Join us for this City Arts & Lecture Salon event in San Francisco on October 16, 2025.