Sep
26

Monica White - Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement

This event is a part of the Haas Institute's Research to Impact Series Co-Organized with Center for Research on Social Change, College of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; and Berkeley Food Institute Date: Sept. 26, 2019...
Feb
24

Khiara Bridges - Imagining an Ethnography of Pregnant Class-Privileged Women of Color

Date: February 23, 2020 Time: 12:45pm - 2 pm Location: Philip Selznick Seminar Room in 2240 Piedmont Ave. Berkeley, CA Part of: Center for the Study of Law & Society Speaker Series About the talk: Imagining an Ethnography of Pregnant...
Sep
21

Black Life, with Michelle M. Wright

Part of: Black Life Series at BAMPFA Programmed by Ryanaustin Dennis and Chika Okoye, this series explores the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora, often connecting traditional practice with contemporary issues. Date: Saturday, Sep 21, 2019...
Sep
19

A Conversation with Nadine Burke Harris

A Conversation with California's First Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris Lecture | September 19 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Berkeley Way West (link is external), First Floor Colloquia Sponsors: School of Public Health (link is external), Haas Institute (link is external)...
Sep
12

Book Talk: Fearing the Black Body

Part of: CRG Thursday Forums BOOK TALK: FEARING THE BLACK BODY Thursday, Sep 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 691 Barrows Hall Location is ADA accessible Join us for the first CRG Thursday Form as author Sabrina Strings...
Sep
11

Film Screening - Gina's Journey

Date: Sept. 11, 2019 Time: 11:30am - 2pm Location: Morrison Library, UC Berkeley RSVP: https://400yearsandginasjourney.eventbrite.com (link is external) About the Film: Narrated by veteran actor and voice artist Keith David, “Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes” follows the quest...

john a. powell on Building Belonging, at the Community Action Partnership conference

On August 28, 2019, Director john a. powell delivered the keynote address at the Community Action Partnership’s annual national conference in Chicago, IL. Community Action Partnership is a national organization that works in local communities across...

Video: john a. powell welcomes new UC Berkeley undergrads

Haas Institute Director john a. powell welcomed new UC Berkeley undergraduate students at a convocation, which was part of the Golden Bear Orientation, a week-long program that all 9,000 incoming undergraduate students participated in before classes...

Blog: Kashmir and Palestine share the struggle for self determination against colonial occupation

August 12, 2019 By Zainab Ramahi As a Kashmiri living in North America, I have been to Kashmir some twenty times. I have experienced the instability, power outages, curfews, and closures that are a cruel part of everyday life, and witnessed massive...
Sep
6

Religion and Health Care: A Series of Scholarly Conversations

Religion and Health Care: A Series of Scholarly Conversations All events will occur at the Social Science Matrix, Barrows Hall. Please register here: https://forms.gle/ C7J5NGrB8782bU4L7 9:30am - 10:45am: Religious Healthcare: What's For Sale? Chair: Ronit Stahl (UCB) Liz Sepper (UT-Austin)...