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  • September 19, 2019

Podcast: Voter Suppression in Georgia, with Robert Greenwald and Carol Anderson

Download an MP3 of this interview. This episode of Who Belongs? is another installment of our Civic Engagement Narrative Change project series, with project researcher Josh Clark interviewing two guests: The first is Robert Greenwald, an award...
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  • July 29, 2019

Podcast: Artist Christine Wong Yap on her Places of Belonging Project

In this episode of Who Belongs? host Sara Grossman interviews Christine Wong Yap, who became the Haas Institute's first Artist in Residence in the fall of 2018, about her "Places of Belonging" project, which was recently featured in a KQED report.
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  • June 17, 2019

Podcast: Prof. Agata Lisiak on Migration and Gentrification in Europe

D ownload an MP3 of this interview here . In this episode of Who Belongs? Sara Grossman speaks with Agata Lisiak, a professor of migration studies at Bard College Berlin, about her work on Eastern European migration to the Western Europe, the...
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  • May 10, 2019

Podcast: Engaging Asian Pacific Islanders, with Luisa Blue of the SEIU

Download an MP3 of this interview here. In this episode of Who Belongs, we talk to Luisa Blue, who is the Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and an expert on Asian Pacific Islander civic engagement issues...
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  • May 8, 2019

Podcast: Targeted Universalism, with john a. powell

Download an MP3 of this episode here . In this episode we hear from john a. powell, who is our director, and a professor of law and African American Studies here at UC Berkeley. In the interview we discuss a brand new primer we’ve just published on...
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  • April 29, 2019

Podcast: The Role of Family in Prisoner Reentry, with Prof. David Harding

Download an MP3 of this episode here. In this episode of Who Belongs? we talk with Professor David Harding, UC Berkeley sociologist and member of the Haas Institute's Economic Disparities faculty research cluster, about a new book he co-authored...
  • Interview
  • April 10, 2019

In Discussion with Christine Wong Yap

Christine Wong Yap became the Haas Institute’s first ever Artist in Residence in the fall of 2018.
  • Interview
  • April 10, 2019

Gender Studies Scholar Eric Stanley on Trans Visibility and Resistance

A Q&A with Eric Stanley
  • April 4, 2019

Local Views

The Haas Institute's new Civic Engagement Narrative Change project aims to build a more inclusive “we” in civic and political life, for a democracy in which everyone can participate, be counted, and belong. The project operates through collaborations...
  • Podcast
  • March 5, 2019

Podcast: Abandonment in Detroit with Peter Hammer and Amina Kirk

Download an MP3 of this episode here. In this episode of Who Belongs? we speak with Peter Hammer and Amina Kirk, who have been working in a variety of capacities for equitable development and racial justice in Detroit for many years. Peter is a...
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  • January 30, 2019

Podcast: Desmond Meade on the Victory to Regain Voting Rights in Florida

In this episode of Who Belongs? we speak with Desmond Meade, a prominent organizer and president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which led a successful campaign to repeal a Jim Crow-era law that had banned people with felony convictions from voting.
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  • December 18, 2018

Podcast: Hilary Hoynes on the Benefits and Limitations of Food Stamps (SNAP)

Download an MP3 of this interview. In this episode of Who Belongs? Marc Abizeid talks to economist Hilary Hoynes about government assistance programs, including nutrition programs like SNAP, which is also known as food stamps, in addressing poverty...
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  • December 12, 2018

Podcast: Racial Justice Activism in Europe with Emilia Roig

Download an MP3 of this interview. In this episode of Who Belongs?, Sara Grossman interviews Emilia Roig of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ) in Berlin, Germany. Originally from France, Emilia is the founder and director of CIJ, a nonprofit...
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  • October 29, 2018

Podcast: Monitoring Corporate Agribusiness with Elsadig Elsheikh and Nadia Barhoum

In this episode of Who Belongs? Elsadig Elsheikh and Nadia Barhoum discuss their new project that serves as a monitor to examine the power, influence and reach of agri-business corporations and their role in the global food crisis.
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  • October 9, 2018

Podcast: Nicole Montojo and Steve Barton on Rent Control

Download an MP3 of this interview. In this episode of Who Belongs? we interview Nicole Montojo and Steve Barton, who recently co-authored a new research brief on the housing affordability crisis in California, called " Opening the Door for Rent...

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