The Road to Inequality

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The Long Shadow Panel Discussion with Frances Causey and john a. powell

On Dec. 11, 2019 the Othering & Belonging Institute screened "The Long Shadow" documentary. This video shows a panel discussion following the film screening with filmmaker Frances Causey and Institute Director john a. powell. It was moderated by Tina...

Climate Refugees

This report argues that a comprehensive framework for climate-induced displaced persons forced to cross international borders to be considered “climate refugees” is necessary.
Dec
3

Black and Brown Organizing for Immigrant Justice

Sponsored by Big Ideas Course Migration in the Contemporary World; Department of Ethnic Studies; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management; and the Othering & Belonging Institute The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) believes that a thriving multiracial democracy...
May
1

Conversations with Nancy Krieger on: Structural Racism, Social Justice, and COVID19

This talk will be live streamed on YouTube and Facebook. About the Talk: Conversations with Nancy Krieger on: Structural Racism, Social Justice, and COVID19 Professor Nancy Krieger (Harvard, UCB Alum) along with Professors Mahasin Muhajid and Corinne Ridell (UCB) will...
Apr
24

CANCELLED: The Gospel of Thon: Nonbinary Archives and the Grammar of Experience

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID ----- About the talk In 1858, prior to formal emancipation in US, gospel composer, attorney, and inventor Charles Crozat Converse coined the gender neutral pronoun, “thon”—a contraction of “that one.” However, thon...
Mar
13

CANCELLED: Jenifer Barclay: “We Saw in Him Each of Us” - Disability, Social Cohesion, and Survival in American Slavery

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID -------- This talk is part of the Othering & Belonging Institute's Research to Impact series as well as UC Berkeley's 400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice initiative. About the Talk...
Mar
6

Elise C. Boddie: "Struggling for the Soul of Public Education"

For a video recording of this talk visit this page - Date: March 6, 2020 Time: 12pm - 1:30pm Location: Social Science Matrix Conference Room, Barrows Hall 8th Floor Title: Struggling for the Soul of Public Education: Lessons from the...
Feb
21

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (Deirdre Cooper Owens)

For a video recording of this talk visit this page. - This talk is part of the Othering & Belonging Institute's Research to Impact Series. It is supported by the Institute's Health Disparities Cluster Date: February 21, 2020 Time: 12:00...
Oct
23

Oct. 23: Judith Carney - In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Food Legacy in the Atlantic World

Part of: Haas Institute's Research to Impact Series, Co-Organized with The Geography Dept. 23rd Sauer Memorial Lecture, the Berkeley Food Institute and the African American Studies Department. About the Talk: A striking feature of plantation-era history is the number of...