Belonging Without Othering: A book talk with john a. powell and Stephen Menendian

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

"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...

Targeted Universalism: Equity 2.0 approaches to policy and practice

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.

The Problem of California's Prop 36, Criminal Justice Reform, and the Social Justice Blind Spot

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...

Study: New Zealand and Hawaiʻi maintain top spots, US and California dip in Othering and Belonging Institute inclusion rankings

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.

Love in Action Podcast: Belonging Without Othering

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.

Survey: Inclusive Outlook on Immigrants Prevails among Californians, Amidst Country’s Harsh Political Rhetoric

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...

Little Saigon Residents Unite in ‘Power in Belonging’ Video Series

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

Survey: Californians are tired of corporate influence in politics, want government to deliver on healthcare, housing, and education

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

Let's Try That Again Podcast: Belonging Without Othering

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.

Belonging without Othering

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.

Bridging & Belonging: Forefront Annual Summit

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...

Belonging & Social-Emotional Learning

On the 3rd September, john gave the keynote presentation at an event organised by the Greater Good Science Center, in collaboration with the Sacramento County office of Education and UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. john spoke of the...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson chats with john a. powell

On Sept. 10, 2024, Othering & Belonging Institute Director john a. powell interviewed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco to talk about her memoir, Lovely One.

Against Pro-Housing Hauteur

In this multi-part series, we join an analysis of a novel database of municipal zoning reform efforts across the United States with a deconstructive treatment of the housing political infrastructure, and those movements that contest the desideratum...

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Bridging Partnerships for Scaling Housing Justice

Register now Housing justice for all. To truly be for all, we need housing solutions at scale. Scaling just solutions that match what our communities want and need is about more than building more affordable housing units. It requires building...

Blog: Gender, Goosebumps, Grace, and Grieving

Julia McKeown's tattoo inspired by the poetry of Andrea Gibson. “When I left my body I did not go away. That portal of light was not a portal to elsewhere, but a portal to here. I am more here than I ever was before.” From Love Letter From the...