Presentations

April 26, 2016 Director john powell opens our We Too Belong event with a look at inclusive practices that bridge immigration and incarceration. Download the presentation. wetoobelong_presentation_cover.png

April 3, 2016 Stephen Menendian discussed the reality of racial segregation in the United States, noting that African American households remain as segregated from white households as they were in 1950. Menendian explained that a diverse set of...

Americans are engrossed in a deep conversation about the impact of racism in our educational, judicial, social and economic spheres. In the movement for universal justice, Executive Director john a. powell discussed these issues with the community of Fairfax County in Virginia over a weekend residency with the Reston Community Center...

February 25, 2016 Americans are engrossed in a deep conversation about the impact of racism in our educational, judicial, social and economic spheres. In the movement for universal justice, Director john a. powell discussed these issues with the...

January 27, 2016 To honor the work of nonviolent social justice advocates advocates during the Season of Nonviolence, the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and the college’s Multicultural...

December 14, 2015 To honor the work of nonviolent social justice advocates advocates during the Season of Nonviolence, the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and the college’s Multicultural...

December 14, 2015 On Monday, December 14, Executive Director john a. powell helped Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) in developing an evaluation matrix for CCO community organizing and leadership development. john focused on recognizing how our...

December 14, 2015 On Monday, December 14, Executive Director john a. powell helped Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) in developing an evaluation matrix for CCO community organizing and leadership development. john focused on recognizing how our...

October 16, 2015 Over the weekend of October 16, Executive Director john a. powell held a residency with 250 Executive Board Members of the SEIU in Dublin, Ohio. Speaking to an audience of SEIU members from Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky, john's...

June 3, 2015 On Wednesday, June 3, Executive Director john a. powell gave the keynote speech at Rise Together's "Power to Prosperity: The Power of 9" Conference. As an organization whose mission is to cut poverty in half by 2020, john's keynote...

On Monday, May 9, Executive Director john a. powell gave the "Public Policy in Action" community lecture at The New School for International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy in New York City...

Othering is a frame that captures the many forms of prejudice and persistent marginality, but also explains and analyzes a set of common processes and mechanisms that engender Othering...

February 17, 2015 On Tuesday, February 17, Executive Director john a. powell led a webinar for Human Impact Partner's Public Health and Equity Cohort, a group of twelve emerging leaders from public health agencies around the country who are coming...

October 14, 2014 In October, Haas Institute Director john a. powell led a webinar with The California Endowment about the importance of considering racial equity in conversations on health. Social Norms Change and Race examined how racial bias is...

November 11, 2014 On November 11, 2014, Haas Institute Director john a. powell presented the 8th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture at the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research in Louisville, Kentucky. Presenting to a standing-room...