Video: Nancy Krieger on "Structural Racism, Social Justice, and COVID-19"

Professor Nancy Krieger (Harvard, UCB Alum) along with Professors Mahasin Mujahid and Corinne Ridell (UCB) engage in conversations about the impact of racial discrimination, social class and place on the excess disease and death rates from COVID19...

Stabilizing Shelter

How the nation responds to Covid-19 and its myriad repercussions will likely have effects that last for decades to come. The unprecedented pausing of our economy and government-imposed shelter-in-place orders require that millions of Americans forgo their incomes, generating a crisis for millions of people as bills, rent, and mortgage payments come due.

Podcast: Racism and COVID-19: The historical, political, and social foundations

In this episode of Who Belongs? we hear from a three-guest panel of Berkeley faculty who provide various perspectives on the different forms of racism we’ve been witnessing since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear about the experiences of...

Video: A conversation about racism, health inequities and COVID-19

Emerging data show that African Americans and other U.S. ethnic minorities are being stricken by COVID-19 at a higher rate, and experiencing greater sickness and a higher death toll than other Americans.

Podcast: How this Bay Area food bank is responding to a surge in demand

In this episode of Who Belongs? we speak with Alex Boskovich, who is the Government Relations Officer at the Alameda County Community Food Bank based in Oakland, which collects and distributes food and other resources to about 300 partner...

Video: The Perils and Promises of Fair Housing in the SF Bay Area and California

On April 20, john a. powell appeared via video to present on "The Perils and Promises of Fair Housing" as part of the Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California's Fair Housing Conference 2020 Series. Professor powell addressed the history of fair...

Podcast: ICE raids, farmworkers, & the COVID-19 crisis

In this episode of Who Belongs? we look at the reality facing undocumented immigrants and migrant farmworkers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear from three researchers who discuss some of their recent and upcoming articles that look at...

Blog: Bakersfield region may face heightened risk from COVID-19

Click for a full-size map New data revealing a correlation between air pollution and death from the coronavirus means that California's San Joaquin Valley which includes Fresno and Bakersfield may be at particular risk. The Harvard University study...

Blog: COVID-19 Has Changed Everything

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic poses a serious challenge not only to our health and economic well-being, but also to our society's basic structures of social cohesion and even our democracy. But the pandemic alone is not what is bringing our...

COVID-19: Mapping vulnerable populations in California

As part of the effort to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable and impacted groups during the ongoing and rapidly developing coronavirus pandemic we've developed a bundle of resources for aid organizations and non-profits.

As we spatially separate we must also stay connected

I hope you are staying healthy and safe during this period of uncertainty as governments around the world take dramatic and unprecedented measures to try to contain the pandemic currently disrupting life on our planet. As has been pointed out in many...

Podcast: Ian Haney López on Bernie Sanders & the Race-Class Message

Click to download an MP3 of this interview. In this episode of Who Belongs? we speak with Ian Haney Lopez, a professor of law here at UC Berkeley, about his new book: Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America. The book...

Video: Elise C. Boddie on "The Struggle for the Soul of Public Education"

Elise C. Boddie, a Professor of Law, Henry Rutgers Professor, and Judge Robert L. Carter Scholar at Rutgers Law School, presents a talk titled "Struggling for the Soul of Public Education" at UC Berkeley on March 6, 2020. In her talk, drawing on...

Video: john a. powell on free speech at the Berkeley Law American Constitution Society

On March 5, 2020, Director powell spoke on a panel about hate speech and free speech doctrine at Berkeley Law School sponsored by the Berkeley Law American Constitution Society. Director powell discussed the shortcomings of free speech absolutism as...

Video: About the Social Inclusion Policy Fellowship

The Social Inclusion Policy Fellowship is an idea that is born out of how to make the most impact in the shortest period of time in areas and issue that affect Muslims, Arabs, and communities of color in the broader sense. The idea was, how do we...

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Reimagining Allyship: Reflecting on Where We Are and Where We Can Go From Here

The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative is delighted to welcome Simran Jeet Singh to the UC Berkeley campus. Dr. Singh is Executive Director of the Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national...

Videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference

See our playlist below which includes all our videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference, which took place April 25-27 in Oakland, CA! To select a video from the playlist click on the button in the top right corner of the video player...