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More Californians than ever recognize that global climate change is driven by human activities. But while awareness of climate change’s causes has grown among the state’s residents, most have yet to recognize how environmental conditions are fueling transnational migration.

A research-backed guide for building bridges across difference in any area of our lives, from esteemed civil rights scholar john a. powell, edited and developed with the Othering & Belonging Institute's Rachelle Galloway-Popotas. We don't want to...

The goal of this paper is to provide a primer on key concepts that help us understand the rise, strategies, and tactics of exclusionary, nativist, and populist movements today, and to advance the framework of authoritarian populism as an analytical tool that informs practical efforts to combat these movements, address structural marginality, and advance democracies rooted in belonging.

On November 12, 2024, john powell gave a keynote speech at the Nonviolence Factory about how othering and belonging relates to their organizing work. The audience consisted of fifty-five human rights activists involved in speaking out against authoritarianism from around the Euro-mediterranean region.

In this episode of Who Belongs? we hear from OBI Director john a. powell and Assistant Director Stephen Menendian about the recently released book they co-authored, called Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World. The interview...

The Democrats’ historic loss of working class voters across race and gender lines has led to some debate and hopefully soul-searching about how the party can win back the support of working class voters, and what has prevented the party from an...

On November 18, john a. powell served as the keynote speaker at the 2024 Global Opportunity Youth Network convening in Pune, Maharashtra, India. His keynote presentation reflects on the many forms of othering as well as the tactics, frameworks, and infrastructures that we must build to make belonging a global norm.

On November 13th, 2024, john powell spoke at a forum hosted by UNESCO and Novact in Barcelona. john provided the audience with a primer on belonging and othering.

On November 13th, 2024, john powell spoke at a forum hosted by UNESCO and Novact in Barcelona. john provided the audience with a primer on belonging and othering.

On October 28, OBI Director john a. powell and Research Director Stephen Menendian shared the stage with Ashley Gallegos for an enriching, thought-provoking conversation on Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World.

"Belonging: Bridging Beyond Othering" is published by the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley as part of a collaboration with Belonging Colorado, a project of The Denver Foundation. The teams worked together to inform Belonging Colorado...

Director john a. powell, keynote speaker, presented on the basics of othering and belonging, targeted universalism, and how institutional medicine is a natural environment to implement targeted universalism.

California voters are being asked to roll back a milestone criminal justice reform this election, in the form of Proposition 36. This initiative would elevate certain misdemeanors, like petty theft and non-violent drug crimes, into felonies. It would...

New Zealand for the third consecutive year ranked as the most inclusive country in the world, while Hawaii also kept its streak going, placing first place for the seventh consecutive year as the most inclusive state in the country.

In this episode, Marcel Schwantes and john a. powell explore how fear drives othering, the importance of belonging, and how leaders can foster inclusive environments by prioritizing human dignity and structural change.