Stephen Menendian before the California Assembly's Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education

Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the targeted universalism policy framework before the California Assembly's Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education on May 3 at the capitol building in Sacramento, California. He explained...

Haas Institute Scholar Richard Rothstein Honored with Major Book Award

The Haas Institute at UC Berkeley is thrilled to announce that Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein has been named the winner of the 2018 Prize for Book Journalism in Service of the Common Good from the Sidney Hillman Foundation. The prize was awarded to...

Two Haas Fellows Awarded Soros Fellowship for New Americans

The Haas Institute is proud to congratulate two fellows—one current and one former—who are recipients of the prestigious 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The fellowship honors the contributions of immigrants and children of...

Taking Back Democracy: Relational Organizing and Political Engagement

On April 27 UC Berkeley Professor Lisa Garcia Bedolla provided the final talk in the Research to Impact series, which focused on the benefits of community-based relational organizing and political engagement as new solutions to the persistent problem...

john a. powell at the closing session of Equity Summit 2018

This video features a conversation with Haas Institute Director john a. powell at the closing session of Policy Link's Equity Summit 2018 in Chicago, which took place between April 11-13. The original video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com...

No, Californians are not anti-immigrant

Dear friends, Last week the Haas Institute publicly released the results of the wide-ranging California Survey on Othering and Belonging: Views on Identity, Race and Politics. Conducted in December in English and Spanish among 2,440 Californians, the...

New database exposes anti-Muslim legislation across the US

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As secretary of state-pick Mike Pompeo, known for his anti-Muslim views, nears confirmation, and the Supreme Court appears poised to uphold the Muslim ban, the Haas Institute releases a database that identifies state lawmakers...

Video: john powell on Race and Poverty in a Time of Othering

On April 19, 2018 Director john a. powell presented a keynote address at the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania symposium in Harrisburg. View a copy of his presentation slides here.

john a. powell at CAAP/DCED Annual Community Action Symposium

On April 19, 2018 professor john powell gave a keynote address at the CAAP/DCED Annual Community Action Symposium. The address discusses race and poverty in a time of othering and how to expand the circle of human concern through targeted...

Transforming California from Red to Blue

Our eight-minute film, Transforming California from Red to Blue: How Community Organizing Changed the Political Landscape, directed by Bay Area director Tracey Quezada, looks at how California activists, like Eva Patterson, Marqueece Harris-Dawson...

Survey: Majority of Californians oppose border wall, support racial inclusion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2018 BERKELEY: Two-thirds of Californians oppose President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the US-Mexico border and 64 percent believe the state should limit hospital, school, and law enforcement cooperation with...

Dreaming an Ambitious Future for Public Education (feat. Na'ilah Nasir and Zeus Leonardo)

Video from the Annual Spencer Lecture at AERA: " Dreaming an Ambitious Future for Public Education" A moderated panel discussion of key questions to be considered when envisioning an ambitious future for public education. Moderators: Na’ilah Suad...

Reimagining Political Knowledge: Race and the Carceral State

University of Chicago professor Cathy Cohen’s talk on April 13 as part of the Research to Impact series began with two essential questions: what is political knowledge?; and how does race/ethnicity shape the different types of political knowledge...

Blog: Why We Must Continue to Fight for Fair Housing: 50 Years On from Nation’s Fair Housing Act

April 11, 2018 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act. The final major legislative accomplishment of the Civil Rights Movement, this act was preceded by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of...

Kerner Commission Conference Videos

Enjoy the collection of videos of all speeches, panels, and performances from the "Race and Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50 Conference."

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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...