john powell keynote: The Mechanisms of Othering

Transcript Shakti: So, now I have the distinct pleasure of introducing john powell. Do you know who he is? So, I'm going to skip all the things that you can read about him, his titles, his accomplishments, all of those kinds of things. If you don't...

Black Lives Matter, A Year After Ferguson (featuring john a. powell)

Director john a. powell is featured in this video produced by AJ+ one year after Michael Brown's killing in Ferguson, Missouri.

john a. powell participates on "Making Equity Work" panel

For policy to be effective in achieving desired goals, close attention must be paid to decisions made during the design and implementation stages. But how do we ensure that public policies are designed and implemented in a way to ensure that all...

john a. powell speaks at the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference

Expanding the Conversation: john a. powell, Nancy Lee, Laura Powers, Soren Gordhamer at the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference.

john a. powell speaks at Bioneers 2014 plenary session

Haas Institute Director john powell spoke to a crowd of over 1,500 people at the annual Bioneers conference in San Rafael, CA on October 19, 2014, where he was an invited plenary speaker. john's talk, entitled "Beloved Community: Interbeing, Race...

Transforming Anchor Institutions

There is a new hospital being built, a university expansion project, or a large public agency housed in your neighborhood, what is at stake for your community? What could these ‘anchor institutions’ have to do with solving extreme inequality and lack...

Video: john a. powell on Social Justice, Mindfulness and The Law: Reflections on the Self

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...

Video: john a. powell lecture at Wayne State University

On November 13, 2012, at the Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, john a. powell discussed and read from his book, Racing to Justice, touching on themes of the othering process, the unconscious as social, race as a practice of...

Video: Leading Towards Equity - Targeted Universalism: john a. powell

At a 2012 speaking engagement with the Oakland Unified School District, titled “Leading Towards Equity - Targeted Universalism,” john a. powell delves into the concept of targeted universalism and its importance. powell discusses why universal and...

Professor john a. powell Lecture on April 30th, 2012

On April 30, 2012, john a. powell gave a lecture on “Implicit Bias, Structural Marginalization, and Targeted Universalism” at The Denver Foundation. powell elucidated the differences between the conscious and unconscious minds; discussed the concepts...

Video: Clinton School Lecture Series presents... john a. powell

On March 30, 2012, john a. powell gave a lecture at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, as the Scholar in Residence in the area of race and equity. powell presented on targeted universalism as a programmatic and communication...

Video: Interview with Prof. john a. powell on Housing & Credit Inequality

On November 11, 2011, john a. powell was interviewed by New Economic Perspectives at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law about the financial crisis, America’s dual credit system, and the Occupy Wall Street movement. powell...

Video: Professor john a. powell At Fair Economy Summit

On September 10, 2011, at the Fair Economy Summit in Minneapolis, john a. powell addressed the problem of the concentration of power and wealth in corporate America. powell provided an overview of the coinciding history of the Gilded Age, Lochner era...

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Depolarization Day

Want a chance to hear from experts studying the root of what’s driving us apart and how we come back together? Eager to build the skills to listen empathetically, elicit narratives of connection, and interview professionally? Looking for a chance...

The Destabilization of American Zoning

In this multi-part series, we join an analysis of a novel database of municipal zoning reform efforts across the United States with an argument for the necessity of a tenant-inflected zoning reform, as a method and approach to ground future zoning...