OBI Director john a. powell and Assistant Director Stephen Menendian contributed a chapter to a new edition to the book, Social Stratification, that looks at the causes inequality, why it is increasing, and how to reduce it. john and Stephen's...
OBI Director john a. powell and Assistant Director Stephen Menendian have co-authored a chapter for a new book, titled, Fostering Belonging and Equity in the Classroom and on Campus. Their contribution is the concluding chapter which looks...
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In Racing to Justice, renowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have yet to achieve a truly post-racial society and that there is much work to be done to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Gathered...
A research-backed guide for building bridges across difference in any area of our lives, from esteemed civil rights scholar john a. powell, developed with Rachelle Galloway-Popotas. Order the Book About the Book We don't want to live in a society in...
The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belonging. We all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race...
The Democracy & Belonging Forum, an initiative from the Othering and Belonging Institute (OBI) at the University of California, Berkeley, teamed up with Fine Acts to produce a collection of powerful visual artworks on the topic of Bridging &...
We are proud to announce that author, poet, and public intellectual Báyò Akómoláfé has joined the Democracy & Belonging Forum as its inaugural Global Senior Fellow . In this role, Bayo will act as the Forum’s “provocateur in residence”, guiding Forum...
June 15, 2022: Today, OBI is thrilled to launch its first global initiative, the Democracy and Belonging Forum , a new network for civic leaders in Europe and the US who are committed to countering pernicious polarization and democratic degradation...
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that Jovan Scott Lewis, an associate professor of Geography and Othering & Belonging Institute-affiliated faculty member, has been appointed to the state's first taskforce created to study reparations for slavery.
We are thrilled to announce our inaugural Toward Belonging Creative Fellow is Alexander Nezam, an experimental filmmaker who aims to use the power of filmmaking and participatory design to build belonging.
“Can You See It?,” a get-out-the-vote (GOTV) digital short produced by OBI’s Blueprint for Belonging program was been nominated for Best Promotion at the Writers Guild Awards.
Greater than 4 in 5 Inland Empire voters support requiring people to wear face coverings or masks inside public spaces, and 86 percent consider it important that local public officials wear masks, a new poll of California voters finds.
On February 1, 2021, Institute director john a. powell and staff researcher EJ Toppin published an article in the American Medical Association’s Journal of Ethics.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BERKELEY, CA: A California state agency has approved for the third consecutive year the use of an opportunity map developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute and partners designed to guide the siting of affordable housing...
Join the Thrive Network on Saturday, Nov 7th at 7pm in downtown Oakland or by livestream for their 10 Year Anniversary Celebration & Benefit Concert “Our Time to Thrive: Rising in Beloved Community” with special guests Fania Davis, john a. powell, Melanie DeMore, Kazu Haga, Alixa Garcia, Wildchoir and Sistahs of the Drum.
Consistent with our mission and values, as a multi-disciplinary research center that seeks to advance a world of belonging without othering, the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) conducts research, develops narrative strategy, and supports...
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