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In the survey findings released today of 51 African organizations conducted by our Global Justice Program, most answered that they aim to foster regenerative economies by scaling up sustainable agriculture, and that they carry out community-based organizing and advocacy campaigns with farmers and rural populations, women, and youth. |
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Creating a World Where Everyone Belongs
We hope you'll enjoy this new podcast which features a conversation between OBI Director john a. powell and Angela Glover Blackwell, head of PolicyLink. This conversation was recorded during a Bioneers conference, and was adapted as an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Have a listen.
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Video: Challenging Misconceptions and Building Bridges
In case you missed it check out a recording of this April 18 event which was part of our European team's (Un)Common Threads conversation series. This event looked at the myths and realities of the intergenerational divide with civic leaders from Europe and the US. Visit our website for a recording and transcript.
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Video: Bridging Towards a Just, Inclusive, Pluralistic Democracy
How can bridge-builders support one another and the communities with which they engage to show up to the table consistently and fully as we work toward a just, inclusive, pluralistic democracy? Check out this April 19 recording which included OBI Director john a. powell and The Horizons Project founder Julia Roig in which they discuss this and other pressing questions. This event was part of the 2023 National Week of Conversation. Click here for a recording and transcript.
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Event: Hope thrives at all costs
Join us on Thursday, May 4 (9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET) for the Democracy and Belonging Forum's next event in the ongoing series The Edges in the Middle, where celebrated climate activist Naomi Klein, Indigenous scholar Dr. Yuria Celidwen, and OBI Global Senior Fellow Bayo Akomolafe will explore climate grief and hope, and the invitation nestled within the idea that to stand a chance, we might need to fall.
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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in 2023
Assistant Director Stephen Menendian recently published this new article for our website which looks at the updated Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing proposed regulation, and describes its key components. Read more here. |
The Problem of Entanglement in Gerrymandering Cases
In a new law review article for the Southern California Law Review published this week, Assistant Director Stephen Menendian investigates the problem of "entanglement" in gerrymandering cases, where race and political identification are so bound-up that it is difficult in many cases to differentiate between motives when evaluating gerrymandering claims. Stephen reviews the history of gerrymandering and presents new data on the role of segregation in undergirding gerrymandering abuses. Check it out here.
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Law Review Article on Racial Equity Proposals
Director john a. powell co-authored a new law review article recently published in the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. The article looks at the various ways advocacy groups are putting forth policy proposals in response to the demand for racial equity, which has acquired greater intensity and urgency in recent years. Read an excerpt from this article here.
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