On March 5, 2013, as part of the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law speaker series, john a. powell presented on the relationships between social justice, mindfulness, and the law. powell offered reflections on the Enlightenment conception of “self” and critiques of Enlightenment assumptions, as well as emphasized the connection between the transformation of structures that “other” and marginalize and the transformation of self.
The Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley brings together researchers, organizers, stakeholders, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society in order to create transformative change.