Haas institute director john a. powell, along with 125 other leaders, signed a letter asking Pres. Obama what will happen once the furor over Ferguson dies down. Specifically, the letter requests that the president act to end the militarization of...
Director john a. powell is interviewed on Democracy Now! by Amy Goodman regarding the events in Ferguson, MO surrounding the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Watch the segment or read the transcript of the 10 minute interview...
August 22, 2014 By Sara Grossman The fervid protests in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of an unarmed black man have, once again, revealed a massive rip in America’s storied patchwork quilt of cultures and identities. We should not be...
August 21, 2014 The Haas Institute recently planned a field trip to deepen staff’s understanding of the ongoing struggle for equity and justice in the Bay Area. The 2014 Summer Fellows organized a field trip to the Rosie the Riveter World World War...
August 19, 2014 Anchor institutions can play an important role in affecting societal change. From universities, such as the University of California, Berkeley, to hospitals and school districts, anchors have the capacity to change measures of four...
Haas Institute Director john a. powell and Assistant Director Stephen Menendian recently wrote an article published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform about the Fisher v. Texas case. This article delves into why the Supreme Court's decision in overruling the student was important to race-conscious admissions.
August 15, 2015 By Stephen Menendian Protests in Ferguson, Mo. after an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by Ferguson police. (Photo Credit: Southern Poverty Law Center) Although the “facts” are still in dispute, it’s not...
Natalia Reyes, a fellow working on Communications, interviewed Magali Duque, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project. Natalia: How did you initially become interested in issues of inequality? Magali: It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact...
UC Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein will receive a research grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to study student school finance reform and educational equity. Nine distinguished scholars will receive grants to study the possible...
Last week the House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan issued a report on opportunity and poverty in America that has sparked an important national conversation. As a putative Presidential contender for 2016, Rep. Ryan’s...
July 24, 2014 Declaring “Water is a Human Right,” hundreds marched in the streets of Detroit on July 18 to protest the city shutting off water services for thousands of residents too poor to pay their utility bills. Since March of this year, the...
Seven years have passed since immigration reform failed in Congress, and little has been done to address what the United States and its people acknowledge as one of the most important issues facing 21st century America and the world. An emergent...
Monica (center) conducts an energy audit with members of Summer of Solutions: Oakland. Natalia Reyes, a fellow working on Communications, interviewed Monica Elizondo, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project and the Historical Roots of...
A research-backed guide for building bridges across difference in any area of our lives, from esteemed civil rights scholar john a. powell. We don't want to live in a society in turmoil. In the US, 93 percent of people want to reduce divisiveness...
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...
The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belonging We all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race...
