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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.

In a year when anti-immigrant rhetoric has become as extreme as ever, large majorities of Californians continue to express inclusionary views, a new survey from the...

VietRISE, Harbor Institute, El Centro Cultural, Tenants United Santa Ana, and community members envision and organize for a more inclusive Orange County

In strong supermajorities, Californians agree that all students deserve quality public education regardless of immigration status, and that government should regulate housing markets to improve access to affordable housing

In this week's episode we discuss Stephen Menendian's latest book, co-authored with john powell, called "Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World." Stephen starts us off with describing what "Othering" is, and how the framework can be helpful in examining - and can work towards remediating - forms of structural marginalization and inequality.

On October 5, 2024, john powell gave the keynote speech at the 2024 Black Tech Saturday summit in Detroit, which was attended by minorities in the tech space.

On September 25th, john gave the keynote address at Forefront Annual Summit. Forefront is a statewide association that represents Illinois’ grant-makers, non-profits, as well as their advisors and allies. john touched on topics of othering and...