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  • November 12, 2020

Video: How accurate are exit polls in 2020? | #AskiOBI

Josh Clark, our institute's Political Participation Analyst, explains the problems with the narratives coming out of the 2020 elections about how certain demographic groups voted. Transcript: Josh Clark : I’ve been seeing a lot of hot takes already...
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  • November 4, 2020

Video: Live Q&A with john a. powell about the 2020 elections | #AskOBI

On Wednesday, November 4, 2020, john a powell discusses the outcomes of the 2020 elections in a live Q&A with OBI. This was the first event in our new #AskOBI series featuring reactions from institute staff and faculty on trending topics.
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  • October 27, 2020

OCASI 2020 Executive Directors’ Forum

On October 27, 2020, Director john a. powell gave the keynote at the 2020 Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) Executive Directors' Forum. The theme of the conference was Transformation: Race, Recovery and Belonging. Director powell...
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  • September 24, 2020

Video: Research for Radical Imagination

Who tells your story? Who maps your community? Who owns the data? What knowledge is valid? This 3-Part introductory series on Participatory Action Research hosted by the Highlander Research and Education Center, Southwest Folklife Alliance and the...
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  • October 23, 2020

Video: Rockford Conversation on Othering & Belonging with Dr. john a. powell

On October 22 and 23, 2020, Director john a. powell spoke to members of the communities of Rockford and DeKalb, Illinois, in events organized by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence at Northern Illinois University. Both communities have an interest in...
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  • October 22, 2020

Video: COVID-19 and the Political Determinants of Health

Click here for an archive of event info. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the underlying forces and the overarching narratives of race, gender, and class inequality that have been the bedrock of the US experience since Day One. Instead of providing...
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  • October 20, 2020

Get-out-the-vote 2020 social media library

Our Rise Up For Justice GOTV library is open to everyone! It contains digital GOTV content to encourage civic engagement in the 2020 election. The library, which includes image stills, memes, digital explainers, and short clips for use on Instagram...
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  • October 18, 2020

Video: Main Session Five: Wounds That Heal

On October 18, 2020, Director john a. powell spoke on a panel hosted by the House of Beautiful Business. The House of Beautiful Business is a global think tank and community organized around the goal of humanizing business in the age of machines. The...
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  • October 9, 2020

Video: 2020 Panel on Race—The Power of an Illusion, Part III

On Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 we hosted a screening of Part III of Race—The Power of an Illusion followed by a one-hour panel discussion with experts. The panel explored issues of racial formation and citizenship as they unfolded in the early 20th Century...
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  • September 28, 2020

Video: Invitation to a Journey to Belonging

This virtual, city-wide address features john a. powell. john is one of the nation’s foremost public intellectuals and an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, housing, poverty, and democracy. He is the...
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  • September 25, 2020

Video: Campus Speech Battles - Current Free Speech Challenges on Campus and Beyond

On September 25, 2020, Director john a. powell spoke at an online panel discussion with Professor Nadine Strossen on "Current Free Speech Challenges on Campus and Beyond," as part of the Campus Speech Battles Conference hosted by the Andrea Mitchell...
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  • September 25, 2020

Video: 2020 panel discussion on Race—The Power of an Illusion, Part II

On Friday, September 25 we hosted a screening of Part II of Race—The Power of an Illusion: The Story We Tell, followed by a one-hour panel discussion with experts. The panel discussion focused on the origins of the concept of race, an accounting of...
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  • September 23, 2020

Video: Voter Suppression & the Fight to Vote

On Sept. 23, 2020 we hosted our third event in our Rise Up for Justice online event series, this one focused on the issue of voter suppression, 55 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act where witnessing organized and systematic campaigns across the country to keep people from casting their ballots.
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  • September 11, 2020

Video: 2020 Panel on Race—The Power of an Illusion, Part I

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 we hosted the first in a three-part series of events which consisted of a screening of Race—The Power of an Illusion, Part I: The Difference Between Us followed by a live panel discussion. Read a recap of this event in...
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  • August 27, 2020

Video: Activist-Athletes Elect Justice

About this event On Thursday, August 27 we explored the role of activist athletes and the struggle for social and racial justice. From Paul Robeson to Althea Gibson, from Muhammad Ali to Maya Moore, from Colin Kaepernick to Megan Rapinoe, athletes...

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Belonging without Othering: A book talk with john a. powell and Stephen Menendian, in conversation with Susan Stone

Register for in-person Register for Zoom Incoming Berkeley Social Welfare Dean Susan Stone invites you to a timely conversation with john a. powell and Stephen Menendian about their book, Belonging without Othering. We’ll discuss the authors’ approach to community-building that...
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  • April 8, 2025

Greater Social Equity in Brownfields Cleanup and Reuse

How can the contaminated lands that dot urban neighborhoods and rural lands across the country and the world, often for years or decades, be cleaned up and put to reuse in ways that ensure environmental health, social equity, and thriving local...