Jul
6

Democracy and its Exquisite Others: Who has power? Where is power?

What does democracy and belonging mean in the context of the Anthropocene, amidst warming skies, broken floodgates, pandemics, red tide algal blooms, bleached reefs, and migrant borders?
Jul
3

Unpacking the Supreme Court's ruling on Affirmative Action

Join us later this month to hear from legal experts about the implications of this decision on university student bodies, its wider social significance, and what can be done to help universities and other institutions better reflect the diversity of our country.
Jun
14

Cities Against Racism: Lessons from both sides of the Atlantic

Register Here Much attention is paid to national-level responses to racism and hate, but perhaps the greatest progress is being made at the local level. How are city governments in Europe and the US leading the way in fighting race-based...

O&B Conference: Oakland 2024

The Othering & Belonging Conferences are dynamic and uniquely-curated gatherings that advance scholarship, narratives, movements, policies, and practices that support a more fully inclusive “we.” Our second of two conferences will take place in Oakland. Click through to sign up for updates.

O&B Conference: Berlin 2023

The Othering & Belonging Conferences are dynamic and uniquely-curated gatherings that advance scholarship, narratives, movements, policies, and practices that support a more fully inclusive “we.” Our first of two conferences will take place in Berlin. Click through to sign up for updates.
Mylanah Yolangco
Mylanah Yolangco is a recently graduated master’s student in Public Health at UC Berkeley in the Health and Social Behavior concentration. Before beginning her graduate program, Mylanah managed and supported a team dedicated to increasing bone marrow and blood stem cell donor availability throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. She also served on the Asian Engagement & Recruitment Core committee for the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program.
Rohin Ghosh
Rohin Ghosh (he/him) is an undergraduate student at American University in Washington, DC with a major in American Studies. He is a passionate advocate for housing justice, working as a tenant organizer in both DC and the Bay Area and advocating for affordable housing and sustainable, equitable land use and transportation as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in DC. He is also heavily involved in efforts to build student and worker solidarity to support economic justice campaigns on and off campus.