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Othering and Belonging Institute’s Jose Richard Aviles reflects on their experience at “Queen Bey’s” Cowboy Carter tour performances in L.A., and how it helped them to radically imagine a new world. I didn’t grow up with much country music—save one...

Authoritarianism is rising around the world — threatening democracy, human rights, and the fundamental dignity of diverse communities. This resource library is a curated collection of articles, essays, tools, and analyses designed to help you...

Around the world, people are seeking effective ways to build just, equitable, and inclusive institutions that can serve everyone without fueling fragmentation, division, and fear. At the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI), we’ve answered this call...

On Monday, June 30 we hosted a virtual book talk to mark the publication of Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America, authored by OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian. The event opened with some contextual framing by...

Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America, a groundbreaking new book by OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian, explains how racial inequality in the United States is produced and perpetuated and what should be done about...

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...

This report is a Joint Stakeholder submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley and the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the 4th Universal Periodic Review cycle of the...

Chicago Public Schools former equity chief Maurice Swinney explains the transformative power of TU and the importance of listening to our young people

As I watch what's unfolding in Los Angeles and across our nation, I'm reminded of something Gandhi understood deeply: the path we choose in moments of crisis shapes not just our immediate response, but the kind of society we become. Today, we face a...

On June 2, As part of the UC Office of the President's Systemwide Academic Freedom Congress, OBI Director john powell participated in a panel that explored the dynamics between diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs and academic freedom."...

On May 21st, Stephen Menendian presented the book Belonging Without Othering to the Berkeley Rotary Club. Download a copy of his slides here.

Equity-centered data is the foundation for creating a more inclusive and just society, ensuring that data collection, analysis, and decision-making processes include the needs of historically marginalized groups when setting goals for strong and inclusive communities.

President Donald Trump on April 23 issued an executive order misleadingly entitled “ Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy .” This order announces that it is now “the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact...

Co-founder of Conscious Community Connectors, Fatima Elkott shares how OBI's recent North American Equity Data convening has impacted them. This is an excerpt of Elkott's first-person narrative which was initially published in full on May 7 here. I...