Senior Fellow Victor Pineda Helps Organize Public Art Project as part of Habitat III

The Haas Institute's coverage of Habitat III can be found here. INCLUSIVE CITIES, INCLUSIVE SOCIETY: AERIAL ART EVENT AT HABITAT III Quito, October 18, 2016 As part of activities related to the conference United Nations HABITAT III, held in the city...

Advancing Racial Equity in Government at National Conference on Racial Justice

“Imagine the future of our cities if we could remove the barriers and burdens of racial inequity. Imagine if we could unleash the full human potential of all citizens, including those who are struggling. Good government means working to create an...

Taeku Lee on Racial Politics, Voting Patterns for People of Color, and Intersections of Scholarship and Social Change

Taeku Lee, UC Berkeley Professor of Political Science and Law, was recently named the new Haas Institute Associate Director. We interviewed Taeku about his scholarly work on voter engagement, racial politics, and the implications for the future of...

On National Coming Out Day, I Celebrate My Birthday

I was born 28 years ago today in Houston, Texas. I am the youngest of three siblings to parents of Filipino descent. Also 28 years ago today, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) was established by Robert Eichsberg and Jean O’Leary to mark the anniversary...

Building Community in an Age of Anxiety and Polarization

September 27, 2016 Building Community in an Age of Growing Anxiety and Polarization. A talk at Scripps College by Director john a. powell. Download the presentation.

Where Do We Belong? Fixing America's Broken Housing System

October 5, 2016 Director john powell presented the opening keynote at the 23rd Annual Affordable Housing Conference, a national housing conference organized by Housing Washington October 4-6, 2016. Prof. powell spoke on the emerging national housing...

Inclusiveness Index 2016 Webinar

Implicit Bias in the Presidential Debate

The presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday night was the most watchedpresidential debate in American history. Race was a prominent theme of the debate, as it has been the whole campaign. At one point, moderator Lester...

Haas Institute Launches First Annual Inclusiveness Index that Measures Inclusivity and Marginality

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society proudly announces the first edition of their annual publication, entitled Inclusiveness Index 2016: Measuring Inclusion and Marginality. A premier research initiative for the Institute, this report...

2016 Inclusiveness Index

The Inclusiveness Index is an annual equity index that identifies and captures the degree of inclusion and marginality. The Index is a diagnostic instrument intended to help us redefine the ways in which we think about a true democratic and inclusive...

Lifetime Activist and Changemaker Gary Delgado Joins Haas Institute

Delgado will bring years of organizing experience and a deep commitment to racial and social justice to his new role as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute. When Gary Delgado started organizing, many decades ago, the challenges were vast. Could...

Towards A More Inclusive California: On Native Youth and Admissions to the UC System

September 21, 2016 By Tomas WhiteAntelope The stark lack of Native student admissions to California’s best public universities concerns me on many levels, both as a former UC Berkeley student and now as a staff member at the campus. Yet it is because...

Thinking Ahead with Jim Pugh and Chris Benner

September 13, 2016 As part of the Thinking Ahead Speaker Series, Jim Pugh and Chris Benner lead a conversation on the universal basic income and how it can be used to tackle toxic economic inequality. This event was emceed by Claudia Jimenez, a...

Announcing "Inclusive Democracy" Track at Facing Race National Conference

ANNOUNCING “INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY” TRACK AT FACING RACE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Race Forward, Center for Social Inclusion, and the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society Team up for Nation’s Largest Racial Justice Conference August 18, 2016 (New...

Thinking Ahead: Paul Pierson on How a Strong Government is the Key to Prosperity

Let’s be honest about the way America works, Berkeley Political Scientist Paul Pierson told to a full house in Oakland last week for a lecture organized by the Haas Institute. “It’s not a nation of rugged individualists. All of us get to where we’re...

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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...