FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haas Institute's Opportunity Mapping approach informs proposed policy change in California; Requesting support from advocates during public comment period BERKELEY, CA: A major housing program in California may see new changes...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Augu st 21, 2017 CONTACT: Elana Needle, 201-248- 9724 Email: eneedle@raceforward.org Condemning Sheriff Joe Arpaio Pardon: Joint Statement from Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations For 24 years, Sheriff Joe...
The Richmond City Wide Housing Symposium is a free, public, community event which will focus on solutions and policy strategies for making Richmond a place where everyone belongs and can thrive. The event will feature discussions, workshops, and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2017 Contact: Desmond Lee desmond.lee@berlinrosen.com (646) 517-1826 AT&T FIBER DEPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA LEAVES MIDDLE AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BEHIND Ahead of AT&T’s annual meeting, new UC Berkeley analysis finds...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Haas Institute Releases a Brief on the Growth of Tax Benefits for Wealthy Private College Endowments The paper provides new historical data on exponential endowment growth since 1977. It also estimates an average annual...
The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley is proud to host the Othering & Belonging Conference Featuring a vibrant mix of scholars, movement leaders, artists, and changemakers including: Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs Oscar...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Haas Institute Releases a Report on the Costs of Harshly Rating Municipal Bonds A new research report examines the way municipal credit ratings are unnecessarily harsh relative to other asset classes & measures how much this...
New Report on Low Income Housing Tax Credit Finds Room for Improvement in Promoting Access to Opportunity for Bay Area Developments March 14, 2017/Berkeley, CA: The Haas Institute releases a new study that comprehensively analyzes the administration...
Islamophobic, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Native American, Anti-Women, and Anti-Environmental Executive Orders Represent Divisive Policies Built on Fear of the Other Trump’s First Round of Executive Orders Are Grave Attack on our Democratic Institutions FOR...
Structural Competency: New Responses To Inequity And Discrimination In Health And Welfare On November 4, 2016, The Berkeley Center for Social Medicine and members of our Diversity and Health Disparities research cluster hosted a conference in...
Acclaimed scholar and public intellectual Saskia Sassen will be taking the stage at the Haas Institute’s Othering & Belonging conference this spring to discuss the mechanics and forces of Othering, including the financialized global economy...
On January 20, join us for an important conversation on our changing times and the work that we have ahead to support advocacy, community engagement, and policy change. Many Haas Institute affiliated faculty, including our Associate Director Taeku...
The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society is one of 130 organizations participating in this year's National Day of Racial Healing in the United States. Taking place on January 17, 2017, the daylong series of events is hosted by the Truth...
October 27 & 28, 2016: The Haas Institute’s Religious Diversity cluster hosted a two-day workshop at UC Berkeley last October that brought together academics and thinkers from diverse disciplines to share scholarship related to “ Democracy and...
In 2015, Duke University Press published Lisa Lowe's acclaimed paradigm-shifting monograph, The Intimacies of Four Continents. In her book, Lowe examines the consolidation of modern liberal thought—a broad term describing citizenship, freedom, legal...
Join us for an in-person discussion with author Dr. Margaret Price about her new book, Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life, on Thursday, Feb. 13 at UC Berkeley. Dr. Price is a Professor in the English Department...
What strategies, ideas, skills and relationships will build a future economy that ensures the wellbeing of all workers, communities, and ecosystems? How do we move from the pressing needs and harm today to structures that foster wellbeing for all?
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