Affirmative Action: Where Do We Go From Here?

Othering & Belonging Institute Director john a. powell wrote an article published in the University of San Francisco Law Review about affirmative action and its complexities.

The Shrinking Role of the Public Sector in Advancing Economic Inclusion: Corporate Misalignment and the Circle of Human Concern

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...

Law Student Research Assistant Position

Prof. john powell, Director of the Haas Diversity Research Center (HDRC) and The Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion, is seeking 2 law student research assistants. The position will require at least 5-10 hours of work per week...

The Future of SNAP? Workshop + Call for Graduate Student Posters, May 29, 2015

The Future of SNAP? Improving Nutrition Policy to Ensure Health and Food Equity Berkeley Food Institute, Haas Institute, and Goldman School of Public Policy Request for Submissions for Graduate Student Poster Session (Applications Due May 15) On May...

john a. powell participates on "Making Equity Work" panel

For policy to be effective in achieving desired goals, close attention must be paid to decisions made during the design and implementation stages. But how do we ensure that public policies are designed and implemented in a way to ensure that all...

Othering & Belonging: A Framework and Analysis for a Fair and Inclusive Society

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...

The 6th International Conference on Islamophobia: April 23-25, 2015

2015 Theme: State of the Islamophobia Studies Field The UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) invites you to join us free of charge at the Sixth Annual International Islamophobia Conference...

Reimagining Civil Society in Sub-Saharan Africa: Its Role in Defending Civil Liberties, April 21. 2015

The Center for African Studies and the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley are pleased to sponsor an evening with human rights advocate Nicholas Opiyo. Nicholas is a constitutional and human rights lawyer. He recently led the successful legal...

A 21st Century Problem: Lessons from the Armenian Genocide

On April 24th, Armenians worldwide will solemnly commemorate the 100th anniversary of one of the first modern genocides, the massacre of more than one million ethnic Armenians in eastern Turkey in 1915. This occasion is an opportunity to consider not...

Panel on Health Disparities: April 17, 2015

Panel on Health Disparities: Discussion on national efforts to eliminate health disparities and advance health equity Friday, April 17, 2015 1:00pm – 2:00pm 121 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. This panel features speakers from leading...

Equity and Inclusion Working Group Student Fellows (3 positions): Berkeley Food Institute

Equity and Inclusion Working Group Student Fellows (3 positions) Appointment: August 20, 2015 – May 13, 2016, 40 hours total spread out over 9 months. Applicants must be able to commit to the full length of the project. Compensation: $16/hour x 40...

Graduate Student Researcher for Equity and Inclusion: Berkeley Food Institute

Graduate Student Researcher for Equity and Inclusion (Title Code 3266: Graduate Student Researcher with no fee remission) Appointment: August 20, 2015 – May 13, 2016, 9 hours per week. This is a 2-semester GSR position; applicant must be able to...

2014 Annual Report

This Annual Report, our first, is a snapshot of our leading initiatives and areas of critical inquiry, faculty clusters, and key events from 2014.

Blog: Lessons from the Food Justice Summit

On February 21, 2015, the Haas Institute participated in an all-day Food Justice Forum organized by Holy Names University in Oakland, California.

john a. powell speaks at the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference

Expanding the Conversation: john a. powell, Nancy Lee, Laura Powers, Soren Gordhamer at the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference.

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Transformative Research Toolkit

Introduction We have seen and participated in transformative research strategies that defeated proposed jail expansions, won millions of dollars for community-prioritized programs, and built new community-led organizations that changed a political...
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Depolarization Day

Want a chance to hear from experts studying the root of what’s driving us apart and how we come back together? Eager to build the skills to listen empathetically, elicit narratives of connection, and interview professionally? Looking for a chance...

Book Talk: Before Gentrification, with Tanya Golash-Boza

Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza's book Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap explores how redlining, incarceration, anti-blackness, and gentrification have resulted in DC becoming an extremely unequal city. She presented her book...