Get-out-the-vote digital short nominated for Writers Guild of America award

“Can You See It?,” a get-out-the-vote (GOTV) digital short produced by OBI’s Blueprint for Belonging program was been nominated for Best Promotion at the Writers Guild Awards.
Mar
31

Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

Please join us for a book talk by Eugene Richardson in conversation with renown scholars Troy Duster and Bonnie Duran as they explore the impact of colonial thought, racism and patriarchy on the development of public health science and practices...
Apr
2

Biomigrations: Food Sovereignty, Security, and Justice in the Americas

Friday, April 2, 12–5pm, and Saturday, April 3, 10am–3pm (exact time subject to change) Virtual conference on Zoom. Register for April 2. Register for April 3. “Biomigrations,” as Jesús Nazario defines it, is a way to reconsider notions of Life...

Video: Berkeley Conversation: Trumpism and its Discontents

Influential UC Berkeley scholars dive into a deep and crucial examination of the political conditions that led to the rise of Donald Trump and the consequences of his presidency on US society and the world.

Blog: A solution to Africa's food insecurity

Any serious attempt to tackle many of Africa’s interlocking socio-political and economic challenges, such as food insecurity, must accept that Africa’s “problems” are global as much as they are local.

Asians must be a part of our story, too

Like many of you, I was deeply disturbed by the increase in violent attacks targeting Asians and Asian Americans at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year. We must visibly and consistently condemn this violence because of our shared humanity and concern for each other.

Stephen Menendian presents at the 2021 MLI Symposium Housing and Land Use Equity

On March 5th, 2021, Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented on the topic of structural racism and its expressions in the San Francisco Bay Area for the Berkeley Law school's Municipal Law Institute's 2021 symposium "Converging Emergencies."
Mar
30

Climate Displacement: A Solutions-Based Panel

RSVP HERE The Immigrant Justice and Climate Refugees Working Group at the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law is proud to present ‘Climate Displacement: A Solutions-Based Panel’. Join us on March 30th as speakers from Earth Refuge, the...

Video: Infecting the COVID-19 Response and Corrupting Democracy

How has the far-right used the pandemic to exacerbate racial othering and undermine democracy? What strategies can racial justice organizers use to build power and counter right-wing narratives? A panel of experts weighs in.
Mar
4

White Supremacy: Infecting the COVID-19 Response and Corrupting Democracy (#RiseUp4Justice)

About this Series This Livestream series, “Rise Up For Justice: Black Lives and Our Collective Future,” from the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, is providing space for cutting edge conversations among activists, scholars, journalists, and other thought leaders...