• Press Release
  • February 10, 2026

Study: Hispanic Americans made progress in wealth & employment, but fell behind in infant mortality

BERKELEY, CA: Hispanic Americans have made significant progress in recent decades in the areas of median home value, wealth accumulation, and employment when compared to their white counterparts, according to new research released Tuesday by Othering...
  • Press Release
  • December 19, 2025

California adopts OBI opportunity map for the 9th consecutive year

BERKELEY: The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) has adopted the opportunity map developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) and its partners, California Housing Partnership and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation for...
  • Press Release
  • December 10, 2025

Asia–Pacific Organizations Advance Reparative Just Transitions Across Diverse Local Contexts

BERKELEY: Across the Asia–Pacific region, communities are responding to the escalating climate crisis by reorganizing their social, economic, and environmental systems away from fossil fuel dependence and toward equitable, reparative, and...
  • Press Release
  • October 22, 2025

2025 Study: New Zealand, Hawaii continue to lead on inclusion

BERKELEY, CA: New Zealand has come out on top of a list of the most inclusive countries for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, according to the latest findings of an annual study published Wednesday by a UC Berkeley research center. Each year the...
  • Press Release
  • October 9, 2025

OBI publishes city-level data on Black-White disparities

BERKELEY, CA: UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute has released a new tool designed to track progress and setbacks for Black residents at the municipal level across recent decades. The dashboard highlights disparities in key areas such as...
  • Press Release
  • October 1, 2025

Landmark Berkeley segregation report updated with latest data

BERKELEY, CA: A landmark 2021 report from UC Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute which found racial residential segregation in the United States was getting worse by the decade received a major update Wednesday, with new data, mapping features...
  • Press Release
  • June 18, 2025

Powerful new tool shows Black-White disparities in nearly 80 areas

BERKELEY: While gaps still exist, Black-White parity is strongest in the areas of health coverage, children in single parent households, life expectancy, broadband access, and 8th grade reading levels, a new collection of data from UC Berkeley's...
  • Press Release
  • December 12, 2024

California renews OBI opportunity map for 8th consecutive year

BERKELEY: The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) has reapproved the use of an opportunity map developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) and its partners, California Housing Partnership and the Terner Center for Housing...
  • Press Release
  • December 10, 2024

Survey: More Californians than ever recognize climate change is caused mostly by human activities

More Californians than ever recognize that global climate change is driven by human activities. But while awareness of climate change’s causes has grown among the state’s residents, most have yet to recognize how environmental conditions are fueling transnational migration.
  • Press Release
  • October 23, 2024

Study: New Zealand and Hawaiʻi maintain top spots, US and California dip in Othering and Belonging Institute inclusion rankings

New Zealand for the third consecutive year ranked as the most inclusive country in the world, while Hawaii also kept its streak going, placing first place for the seventh consecutive year as the most inclusive state in the country.
  • Press Release
  • October 21, 2024

Survey: Inclusive Outlook on Immigrants Prevails among Californians, Amidst Country’s Harsh Political Rhetoric

In a year when anti-immigrant rhetoric has become as extreme as ever, large majorities of Californians continue to express inclusionary views, a new survey from the...
  • Press Release
  • October 16, 2024

Little Saigon Residents Unite in ‘Power in Belonging’ Video Series

VietRISE, Harbor Institute, El Centro Cultural, Tenants United Santa Ana, and community members envision and organize for a more inclusive Orange County
  • Press Release
  • October 16, 2024

Survey: Californians are tired of corporate influence in politics, want government to deliver on healthcare, housing, and education

In strong supermajorities, Californians agree that all students deserve quality public education regardless of immigration status, and that government should regulate housing markets to improve access to affordable housing
  • Press Release
  • May 22, 2024

UC Berkeley study: Staggering 96% of California residential land zoned for single-family housing

BERKELEY, CA: A stunning 95.8 percent of all residential land in California is reserved for single-family housing, effectively barring denser housing options in those areas and creating an obstacle to racial and economic equality in the state, a new...
  • Press Release
  • January 18, 2024

California renews adoption of OBI opportunity map

BERKELEY: The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) has reapproved the use of an opportunity map developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) and its partners, California Housing Partnership and the Terner Center for Housing...

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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...