Othering and Belonging Journal, Issue 1

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Othering & Belonging: Expanding the Circle of Human Concern. We are delighted you are here and hope the insights and information you find here will usefully inform your thinking and work. T his new publication is...

Trading Up: The Conference

Global Justice Director Elsadig Elsheikh was a panelist during a Trading UP: A Critical Perspective on Jobs, Governance, and Security in US Trade Policy. Presented by AFL-CIO, the conference was live-streamed and took place on June 28, 2016. The...
Jul
12

Thinking Ahead Series: Steve Phillips

July 12Steve Phillips, Power PAC Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority 12:15 pm – 1:45 pmCitizen Engagement Lab1330 Broadway, Third Floor RSVP Here. Steve Phillips, a civil rights lawyer and senior...

A Bridge from Brexit

A few days ago, we woke up to a new world. Britain had voted to leave the European Union. Some were pleased, many were deeply concerned. What is likely is that many will be affected. Some wonder if the EU will survive.

Thinking Ahead Speaker Series

How can we ensure everyone enjoys the prosperity they contribute to? Join a new discussion series in the Bay Area featuring big ideas to tackle extreme inequality, end racial economic exclusion, and create lasting change? Each event at the Haas...
Jun
28

Special Film Screening: Land Grabbing

The world's farmland, and smallholder farmers, are at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels, or simply buy up land for profit. This film gives an inside...

Trump's Racism Isn't Just Racism, It's a Strategy

UC Berkeley Professor Ian Haney López teamed up with MoveOn.org Civic Action, Demos Action, and Inequality Media, to demonstrate how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump relies on racism as a strategy to divide the country for the benefit...
Jun
10

Conversation with Rinku Sen (Oakland)

Please join us on Friday, June 10 at noon for a Conversation with Rinku Sen, author, activist and the President and Executive Director of the racial justice organization Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines.com. A leading figure in the racial...
Jun
9

Conversation with Rinku Sen (Los Angeles)

Please join us on Thursday, June 9 at noon for a Conversation with Rinku Sen, author, activist and the President and Executive Director of the racial justice organization Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines.com. A leading figure in the racial...

The Circle of Human Concern: Video + Curriculum

Watch this video in Spanish. In this animated video voiced by Institute Director john a. powell, the differences between public and private space, and their alternatives are discussed as they relate to the circle of human concern. Through the...