Through the Bridging and Belonging Fellowship, community leaders are using bridging to reshape systems, relationships, and what becomes possible in their city.

In Washington, an emerging “network of networks” is working across sectors to rebuild trust, civic connection, and create systems where more people feel they truly belong

The Denver Foundation leaders talk about their effort to connect Colorado residents through Belonging Colorado, a long-term initiative that aims to bring residents together to strengthen communities and work across differences.

OBI’s Places of Belonging program supports community efforts to rebuild trust, share power, and create systems where everyone belongs.

Othering and Belonging Institute’s Resident Cultural Strategist, and UC Berkeley lecturer, Chelsea Gregory has devoted her life to weaving art, culture, and justice together to create spaces of belonging

Long time Detroit organizer Ponsella Hardaway on church-rooted power, regional bridges, and why this moment demands conversations across the aisle

Lawrence Benito, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, on bridging tensions in Chicago and why democracy depends on it.

Make the Road Nevada Deputy Director Blanca Macias: “People often ask why bridging matters in a time of deep division. My answer is simple: because democracy will collapse if we only talk to “our people.”

Orange County organizer Blandy Morales traces her journey from fighting for community space as a child in Fullerton to building bridges and cultivating belonging in the same neighborhood today.

Othering and Belonging Institute’s Bridging for Democracy project, a coalition of grassroots organizations across the country, started listening to people. What they are finding is an antidote to authoritarianism.

When Caroline Williams thinks about ecosystems, she doesn’t just picture insects pollinating flowers or birds feeding on seeds. She imagines people—students and faculty, scientists and staff—woven together in networks of support and care. “In an...

Curious to see if the fellowship had the same effect on others in my cohort, I asked five fellows how the program impacted their beliefs, purposes, and futures.

*Note: The author's name was changed to protect their identity amid the ongoing repression targeting student activists. Gathering is a form of disruption. Being in a space of community and love, you disrupt societal norms that reflect apparatus and...

Chicago Public Schools former equity chief Maurice Swinney explains the transformative power of TU and the importance of listening to our young people

Co-founder of Conscious Community Connectors, Fatima Elkott shares how OBI's recent North American Equity Data convening has impacted them. This is an excerpt of Elkott's first-person narrative which was initially published in full on May 7 here. I...