• Blog
  • November 29, 2016

Blog: The Global Heart of Darkness

Image courtesy of Nadia Barhoum/AlJazeera [Image Description: Four refugees, including a mother holding a child, by the shore in Chios, Greece] I spent two weeks on Chios volunteering and working with refugees who languish in despair and often...
  • Blog
  • November 28, 2016

Blog: Resistance and the Rebirth of Inclusion

My, our, disagreement with Trump is in fact rooted in his support for oppression against people that he and his supporters see as other, and against their denial for their humanity and their right to exist.
  • Presentations
  • November 12, 2016

Blueprint for Belonging: Developing a Strategic Narrative to Combat Structural Racism

This workshop, presented as part of the Inclusive Democracy track at the Facing Race 2016 conference, focused on how base-building groups, policy advocates, labor organizations and organizations can advance a strategic analysis of structural...
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Blog: Sanitizing White Nationalism - The Invention of the Term “Alt-Right”

November 19, 2016 [Lead photo credit: Mathias Wasick, Creative Commons License via Flickr] Where did the term “Alt-right” come from and how did it get into popular use? It turns out “Alt-right” was a recent invention, poking its head into social...
  • Presentations
  • November 18, 2016

Implicit Bias and Philanthropic Effectiveness

On November 18, 2016, professor and Director john a. powell gave a keynote address to the GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington and their annual meeting. The focus was on implicit bias and philanthropy. Specifically, how can philanthropists...
Dec
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  • December 2, 2016, 5pm - 7pm

Behind the Housing Crisis

The roots of gentrification and displacement in California. The housing crisis in California is devastating communities and families across the region, stripping wealth, disconnecting people from each other and opportunity, and generating patterns of segregation and stratification that could have...
  • Presentations
  • November 18, 2016

Understanding Community Health Equity

On November 17, 2016, Director john a. powell gave a lunchtime presentation on community health equity in the San Francisco Bay Area. Speaking to an audience of 200+ health practitioners, Dr. powell emphasized the importance of place and racial...
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  • November 17, 2016

Blog: The International Day of Tolerance

November 16 is International Day of Tolerance. On September 1, 1995 the Declaration of Principles and Follow-up Plan of Action for the United Nations Year of Tolerance urgently encouraged member states, “not to fail upon the intellectual and moral...
Nov
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  • November 15, 2016, 3:30pm - 6:00pm

Meyer's Equity Speakers Series: Dr. john a. powell

Matt Morton, Meyer's director of Equitable Education, will lead a conversation with dr. john a. powell, professor of the University of California at Berkeley. Professor powell will speak about his theory of Targeted Universalism and its importance to creating an...
  • Presentations
  • November 13, 2016

Healing Otherness

On November 12, 2016, professor john a. powell gave a presentation on the neuroscience behind the process of othering. This presentation was one of many throughout a two-day conference on the economics of race. Hosted by the Institute for New...
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