Sep
5

Bishops and Bodies: Religion and Reproductive Health Care in 2019

Bishops and Bodies: Religion and Reproductive Health Care in 2019 In Spring 2019 the UC Regents deliberated a proposed affiliation between UCSF and Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital network. As one op-ed stated, "UC's governing board is flummoxed by the...

Blog: The road not taken: Housing and criminal justice 50 years after the Kerner Commission report

Last year, on the 50th anniversary of the “Kerner Commission” report, the Economic Policy Institute, collaborating with the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins University’s 21st...
Aug
13

Yogendra Yadav | Politics after Modi: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony

Yogendra Yadav | Politics after Modi: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony Lecture | August 13 | 12-2 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall Speaker: Yogendra Yadav, Indian politician, psephologist and academic Moderator: Pranab Bardhan, Professor of Graduate School at the Department of Economics...

On Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton: A call to recognize our shared humanity

We are in national mourning after a horrific week in America of mass murder. We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of those who have been killed and our hearts go out to the communities forever transformed by these acts of violence. We, as a...
Sep
12

Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist, with Ibram X. Kendi

REGISTER “We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let’s know how to be antiracist.” - Ibram X. Kendi Borealis Philanthropy, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Northern...

Blog: Responding to Racial Demagoguery

President Donald Trump attacked four Congresswomen on July 14 in a Twitter tirade that culminated in a call for them to go back to countries they “originally came from” to “fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Three...

john powell keynote at the Institute of Noetic Sciences Conference

On July 19, 2019, Professor john powell gave a keynote address at the Institute of Noetic Sciences' (IONS) 18th International Conference, entitled “The Possibility Accelerator: Creating Our Future, Now” in Santa Clara, CA. IONS has been bringing...
Aug
30

400 Years of African American History Symposium

This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies...

Blog: Revived debate over school busing highlights deepening racial segregation

When Senator Kamala Harris told former Vice President Joe Biden “that little girl was me,” she evoked a mostly-forgotten era, a half-century distant, when federal courts mandated busing of black children to schools in white neighborhoods. The court...

2019 Othering & Belonging Conference Report

We are pleased to present this report about our remarkable 2019 Othering & Belonging Conference, which was held April 8–10 in Oakland, California. This detailed summary of the conference was produced for all who were part of its execution and success...