Othering and Belonging Journal, Issue 3

As this third issue of the Othering & Belonging Journal was being completed, a furor was erupting in the United States about the morality, ethics, and political and social consequences of the Trump administration’s “family separation” policy, a...

Realizing a More Inclusive Electorate

This new policy brief, which synthesizes research from the Haas Institute Diversity and Democracy affiliated faculty, lifts up lessons from recent research on how to confront voter disaffection, support inclusive identities, and increase democratic participation among underrepresented groups.

Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley: The Foodscape Mapping Project

By Rosalie Z. Fanshel and Alastair Iles Although interest in food justice has grown significantly at UC Berkeley in recent years, many community members still encounter major obstacles to equitable and inclusive participation in the campus food...

Blog: Immigration Justice is Climate Justice

The struggles for immigration justice and climate justice are inextricably linked. Their victories exist as a positive feedback loop, each imperative to the other’s success as trials of climate change, displacement, and anti-immigration efforts and violence ensue internationally.

Blog: Climate plans to "green" cities must confront environmental racism

(Los Angeles visible through a layer of smog) When it comes to environmental harms, studies continue to show that low-income communities of color are disproportionately burdened. Environmental justice movements have called attention to threats such...

Widening the Lens on Voter Suppression

The report insists that state governments must make more robust efforts to educate citizens about the content of new restrictive voting laws, and that civic organizations should simultaneously prepare local leaders to serve as community advocates.

Hip-Hop, Social Justice, and Belonging

Dozens of students, organizers, artists, and hip-hop aficionados gathered for a dialogue with former Black Panther Ericka Huggins and DJ Davey D to celebrate hip-hop, social justice, and the power of belonging at a Haas Institute-organized event at...

Why Race Matters in College Admissions

OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian explains the importance of considering race in university admissions. Transcript: Stephen Menendian: I'm Stephen Menendian, the assistant director and director of research at the Haas Institute. What's at...

Haas Institute approach to Community-Engaged Research

Listen to researchers Nadia Barhoum and Eli Moore explain the Haas Institute's approach to Community-Engaged Research. Learn more on this page. Transcript: Nadia Barhoum: My name is Nadia Barhoum. I'm a researcher at the Haas Institute for a Fair and...

Supreme Court's Muslim ban ruling inscribes bigotry into law

Berkeley, CA: The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on June 26 upholding Donald Trump's Muslim ban in the Trump v. Hawaii case has effectively inscribed bigotry into American law, despite both a constitutional and a statutory prohibition against...

Colorado baker ruling reaffirms LGBTQ rights

On June 4, 2018, the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission in favor of the baker whose shop had refused to prepare a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, in a long-awaited decision concerning religious...

New Faculty Director Denise Herd to Bolster Cross-Cluster Collaboration

Renowned Public Health scholar Denise Herd began serving as the Haas Institute's new associate director this month, pledging to bolster collaboration among the Institute's faculty clusters to make the impact of their work towards equity more potent....

Michael Omi on Racial Classification, Colorblindness, and the Instability of Race

Michael Omi, an associate professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, presents a June 6 talk on "Racial Classification, Colorblindness, and the Instability of Race."

Local Partnerships Change Narrative, Policy, and Community Infrastructure in Richmond, California

In Richmond, California, the Haas Institute has partnered with community leaders and organizations to create strategies to further belonging in the face of persistent racial inequities and displacement. Three related projects unfolded through...

Us, Reimagined

While research and policy have often provided the backbone with which to construct an agenda for change, it is culture that can provoke shared reflection as well as new ways of seeing and being.

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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...