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  • Podcast
  • October 6, 2021
Podcast: Developing a shared vocabulary
In this episode we interview UC Berkeley Professor and OBI Director john a. powell. john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, structural racism, housing, poverty, democracy, and othering...
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  • Presentations
  • October 4, 2021
Strengthening the protection of minority groups
On Oct. 4, 2021 OBI director john a. powell gave an overview of the mechanism of othering and belonging and the concept of targeted universalism. Professor powell defines ‘othering’ and ‘belonging’ as well as the mechanism to each as it relates to...
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  • Publication
  • October 11, 2021
What the 2020 Census reveals about segregation
As part of our ongoing research into racial residential segregation, we offer two new reports based on the latest demographic data of the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally using the recently-released 2020 Census. We've also significantly revamped our interactive web tool.
  • Press Release
  • October 4, 2021
Report: Renters in Inland Empire just as vulnerable as in L.A.
The Inland Empire region to which residents once fled for relief from Los Angeles’s soaring housing costs is now just as likely to stretch renters to the brink, according to a new report released by the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (OBI).
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  • Publication
  • October 11, 2021
The Most Segregated Cities and Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area
Introduction From 2018 to 2020, we undertook a five-part investigation of racial residential segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area. We studied the nature and extent of racial residential segregation, demographic change, and harmful effects, using...
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  • Publication
  • September 30, 2021
Housing Affordability in the Wake of COVID-19
This paper begins by describing current housing affordability dynamics across Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Although rent burden metrics help identify households vulnerable to instability, it is the underlying housing and work conditions that...
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  • Presentations
  • September 29, 2021
Stephen Menendian Speaks at SHA 7th Annual Summit Day 1
Stephen Menendian was the keynote speaker at the 7th annual Sacramento Housing Alliance conference on September 29th, 2021, and presented on fair housing, racial inequality, and land use reform.
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  • Press Release
  • September 29, 2021
Survey: Women bear the brunt of Islamophobia
More than two-thirds of US Muslims report having experienced Islamophobia in their lifetimes, with women being significantly more likely than men to say so, a new survey released Wednesday by UC Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute reveals.
Basima Sisemore
  • Video
  • September 29, 2021
Video: Islamophobia in post-9/11 America
On Sept. 29, 2021 OBI held a 90-minute-long live event to launch a new survey on the views of Muslims in the United States. The survey, authored by OBI's Global Justice Director Elsadig Elsheikh and research Basima Sisemore, revealed the ubiquity and...
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  • Publication
  • September 29, 2021
Islamophobia Through the Eyes of Muslims
The Othering & Belonging Institute developed and administered this national survey between October 14 and November 2, 2020, among the US Muslim population (citizens and noncitizen residents who live and/or work in the US) to understand the prevalence...
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  • Presentations
  • September 28, 2021
INET Climate Justice Conference: Just Transition and the Transition to Justice
On September 28 2021, OBI director john a. powell moderated a discussion with Johanna Chao Kreilick, who is the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Ashindi Maxton, the co-founder and executive director of Donors of Color Network, on...
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  • Video
  • September 24, 2021
john a. powell addresses California task force on reparations
On September 24, 2021, Director john a. powell presented testimony on reparations and political participation to the state of California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African-Americans. Within the contextual framing of...
Haitian refugees
  • Blog
  • September 23, 2021
Blog: The US Owes a Debt to Haiti and to Haitian Migrants
The scenes of Haitian migrants being herded like cattle and whipped like slaves by Border Patrol agents on horseback at the US-Mexico border at Del Rio, Texas are typical of how Haitians have been treated since the 1804 Haitian revolution. Haiti is...
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  • Presentations
  • September 23, 2021
New Research on Patterns in Racial Residential Segregation and the Roots of Structural Racism
On Sept 23rd, OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented to the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) in a special workshop on why segregation persists and the relation of race and affordable housing in California.
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  • Video
  • September 21, 2021
Video: Defending Against Disinformation
On Wednesday Sept. 21 at 12 noon, a panel of UC Berkeley scholars convened to explore one of the most critical questions facing U.S. democracy: How can we counter disinformation to protect our communities without compromising America’s core...

Explore Othering and Belonging

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  • Video
  • August 12, 2021
Animated Explainer Video Series
Our animated explainer videos break down some of the key principles that guide our work at the Othering & Belonging Institute. Follow the links below to view the videos, to read transcripts of the audio, and to learn more about each concept.
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  • December 9, 2021, 2pm PT / 5pm ET
#RiseUp4Justice: Inside the Fight for Reproductive Justice

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