The Resilience of Racism Conference 2017

On June 1, professor john a. powell gave the opening keynote for Equal Justice Society's Resilience Against Racism Conference. In years past, this event has been ref e rred to as the Mind Science Conference, and has consistently reached a broad...

Blog: From Domination to Prosperity - How Do We Get There?

By Jordan Luftig May 31, 2017 Halfway through the event “From Domination to Prosperity: Building an Economy Where We All Belong,” john powell, the director of the Haas Institute, asked Sabeel Rahman and fellow panelists a question that went to the...

Richmond City Wide Housing Symposium

The Richmond City Wide Housing Symposium is a free, public, community event which will focus on solutions and policy strategies for making Richmond a place where everyone belongs and can thrive. The event will feature discussions, workshops, and...

Thinking Ahead Speaker Series

How can we ensure everyone enjoys the prosperity they contribute to? Join a new discussion series in the Bay Area featuring big ideas to tackle extreme inequality, end racial economic exclusion, and create lasting change? Each event at the Haas...

2017 Othering & Belonging Conference

Director john powell gave the keynote address at the Haas Institute’s 2nd annual Othering & Belonging Conference in Oakland, CA. Speaking to an audience of over 900 people, professor powell spoke to the new forms of Othering that emerged following...

Blog: Why We Need New Leaders to Fight for Belonging

Zahra Billoo is the Director of the SF Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). We spoke with her about her work with CAIR, current challenges facing the larger social justice movement, and how the Othering and Belonging...

AT&T FIBER DEPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA LEAVES MIDDLE AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BEHIND

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2017 Contact: Desmond Lee desmond.lee@berlinrosen.com (646) 517-1826 AT&T FIBER DEPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA LEAVES MIDDLE AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BEHIND Ahead of AT&T’s annual meeting, new UC Berkeley analysis finds...

AT&T's Digital Divide in California

Californians need high-speed broadband—it is an essential conduit for opportunity, shaping access to education, employment, health services, and other spheres of life. Internet speed matters. More than half of all Internet traffic is now data-rich...

Ivory Tower Tax Haven

By Charlie Eaton This paper argues that private colleges with substantial endowment wealth have increasingly become ivory tower tax havens. The author, Charlie Eaton, explains that these colleges have been supported by three large federal tax...

The Haas Institute Releases a Brief on the Growth of Tax Benefits for Wealthy Private College Endowments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Haas Institute Releases a Brief on the Growth of Tax Benefits for Wealthy Private College Endowments The paper provides new historical data on exponential endowment growth since 1977. It also estimates an average annual...

Haas Institute to host 1,200 at upcoming Othering & Belonging conference in Oakland

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley is proud to host the Othering & Belonging Conference Featuring a vibrant mix of scholars, movement leaders, artists, and changemakers including: Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs Oscar...

Doubly Bound: The Cost of Credit Ratings

This report, Doubly Bound: The Cost of Credit Ratings, argues that municipalities are assigned credit ratings that are harsher than other asset classes assigned credit ratings. The paper also uses an alternative model—with greater accuracy of past...

The Haas Institute Releases a Report on the Costs of Harshly Rating Municipal Bonds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Haas Institute Releases a Report on the Costs of Harshly Rating Municipal Bonds A new research report examines the way municipal credit ratings are unnecessarily harsh relative to other asset classes & measures how much this...

Thinking Ahead with J. Bradford DeLong

On March 14, 2017, J. Bradford DeLong gave a presentation for the talk, "Clearing the Way: How can government promote shared prosperity?" Download the presentation here or click on the image to your left.

Opportunity, Race, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects

This study comprehensively analyzes the administration of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in California by examining LIHTC developments in the San Francisco Bay Area. This vitally important program shapes whether millions of...

Explore Othering and Belonging

E-Newsletter Archive

An Archive of past issues of our bi-weekly newsletter.
Jun
11

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...