Mar
16

CANCELLED: Anne Case on 'Morbidity and Mortality in Working Class America'

Note: This talk has been CANCELLED. Anne Case of Princeton University is set to speak on “Morbidity and Mortality in Working Class America” at UC Berkeley. This talk is a part of the Research to Impact speaker series. More information...
Jan
20

Report Launch: Achieving a Richmond Where Everyone Belongs

Achieving a Richmond Where Everyone Belongs Public release of a community research report and art and original poetry by Richmond residents exploring what it will take to achieve a city where everyone belongs January 20th, 9:30am to 11:30am Nevins Community...

Mechanisms of Global Forced Migration

This infographic was created for the Moving Targets report found here. Download this full-size infographic here.
Feb
2

​Victor Rios on "the Mis-Education and Criminalization of Black and Latino Boys"

Professor ​Victor Rios of UC Santa Barbara is set to speak on "The Mis-Education and Criminalization of Black and Latino Boys: The Role of Race, Culture and Resistance in the School-to-Prison Pipeline." Victor Rios is a Professor of Sociology at...
Jan
25

People on the Move: Event on Global Forced Migration

Priority Africa Network & the Haas Institute invite you to: People on the Move: visual performance and community conversations on global forced migration Thursday, JANUARY 25, 6-8pm Washington Inn Hotel Oakland Event is free! The global refugee crisis has reached...

Year-end Message from Director john a. powell

Tomorrow we close out 2017, a year of extreme intensity with many events we should take note of. Although much was profoundly troubling, not all was negative. There were many heartening developments that showed a level of commitment and engagement to...

2017 Inclusiveness Index

The Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway retained the top three spots in the Haas Institute’s 2017 Inclusiveness Index released today, which ranks nations based on their levels of inclusion and group-based marginality. The Index examines inclusivity in...
Feb
9

Mary Pattillo and Jordan Conwell to speak on 'Race, College Quality, and Intergenerational Mobility'

Mary Pattillo of Northwestern University and Jordan Conwell of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will speak on “Race, College Quality, and Intergenerational Mobility.” This talk is part of the Research to Impact series. Mary Pattillo is a Professor of Sociology and...
Jan
26

Richard Reeves to speak on his book, 'Dream Hoarders: How the American Middle Class is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust'

We know about the one percent. The ultra-rich. The billionnaire class. But author Richard Reeves writes it’s the upper middle class that matters most. Those top 20 percent of earners are becoming more effective at passing wealth to their children...

Interview with Catalan Politician Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras on the crisis in Catalonia

Hiram José Irizarry Osorio, a Professor of Mediterranean Politics and Politics of the Developing World at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, recently interviewed Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras, Member of the European Parliament for Esquerra...