We are Not Hungry: Genetically Modified Crops and Development Debates in Ghana

We are Not Hungry: Genetically Modified Crops and Development Debates in Ghana Tuesday, February 7, 2017 442, Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley Across Africa, projects organized under the African Green Revolution seek to introduce genetically modified (GM)...

Former Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo to discuss environment and social justice at O&B conference

“The struggle has never been about saving the planet,” Kumi Naidoo told The Guardian just over a year ago. Then the director of Greenpeace International, Naidoo was explaining exactly why, paradoxically, “the planet does not need saving”. “If we warm...

Executive Orders Represent Divisive Policies Built on Fear of the Other

Islamophobic, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Native American, Anti-Women, and Anti-Environmental Executive Orders Represent Divisive Policies Built on Fear of the Other Trump’s First Round of Executive Orders Are Grave Attack on our Democratic Institutions FOR...

Structural Competency: New Responses to Inequity and Discrimination in Health and Welfare

Structural Competency: New Responses To Inequity And Discrimination In Health And Welfare On November 4, 2016, The Berkeley Center for Social Medicine and members of our Diversity and Health Disparities research cluster hosted a conference in...

Engaging Contradictions Workshop Series

"Engaging Contradictions" is a workshop series focued on issues of pertinence to community engaged scholars and the role of the University in the current political climate. The core of this series is the first-hand experience of individuals...

Renowned Sociologist Saskia Sassen to Speak at Institute’s Othering & Belonging Conference

Acclaimed scholar and public intellectual Saskia Sassen will be taking the stage at the Haas Institute’s Othering & Belonging conference this spring to discuss the mechanics and forces of Othering, including the financialized global economy...

Thinking Ahead - Miriam Lueck Avery

On January 19, 2017, Derecka Mehrens and Miriam Lueck Avery gave a presentation for the talk, "Silicon Valley: Can the Epicenter of Toxic Inequality Become a Model of Shared Prosperity?" Download Avery's presentation.

Thinking Ahead - Derecka Mehrens

On January 19, 2017, Derecka Mehrens and Miriam Lueck Avery gave a presentation for the talk, " Silicon Valley: Can the Epicenter of Toxic Inequality Become a Model of Shared Prosperity?" Download Mehrens' presentation.

An Inauguration Day Dialogue with Berkeley Faculty

On January 20, join us for an important conversation on our changing times and the work that we have ahead to support advocacy, community engagement, and policy change. Many Haas Institute affiliated faculty, including our Associate Director Taeku...

The Colorado Fiscal Institute's 2017 Fiscal Forum

January 13, 2017 On January 13, 2017, professor powell met with the Colorado Fiscal Institute in Denver, Colorado, for the institute's annual Fiscal Forum. Professor powell spoke to a large audience comprised of community members and advocates...

Haas Institute Participates in National Day of Racial Healing in United States on Jan. 17

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society is one of 130 organizations participating in this year's National Day of Racial Healing in the United States. Taking place on January 17, 2017, the daylong series of events is hosted by the Truth...

Leading from the Inside: Creating an Equitable and Inclusive System

On Friday, January 12 HIFIS director john a. powell gave a lunch time presentation to senior leadership and staff at Denver Public Schools. Speaking to an audience of 200+ on "Leading from the Inside: Creating an Equitable and Inclusive System", Dr...

A New Year of Engagement and Purpose

Dear friends, On this first day of 2017, I recognize that many of us may be ambivalently moving into this new year, as there is much uncertainty about our future. There are doubts not just about the upcoming change in our political leadership, but...

Religious Diversity Cluster Hosts Conference on "Democracy and Religious Pluralism"

October 27 & 28, 2016: The Haas Institute’s Religious Diversity cluster hosted a two-day workshop at UC Berkeley last October that brought together academics and thinkers from diverse disciplines to share scholarship related to “ Democracy and...

Racial Equity Action Plans

While local governments may consider themselves fair and just, people of color fare worse than their white counterparts in every area: housing, employment, education, justice, and health. Current day disparities are just as bad and sometimes worse...

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What I Saw in Gaza

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa volunteered with the World Health Organization at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, March 25 – April 2, 2024, and again from March 3 – April 2, 2025, with MedGlobal, an American Non-governmental Organization (NGO). In...

Our policy on publishing blog & opinion pieces

Consistent with our mission and values, as a multi-disciplinary research center that seeks to advance a world of belonging without othering, the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) conducts research, develops narrative strategy, and supports...