We are excited to release this new curriculum explaining how corporations became so powerful, and what communities can do to reclaim public power. |
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This 90-minute workshop dives into the history of how corporate power is organized in the United States, and features contemporary cases of how growing corporate power has rolled back successful gains in democratic rights, environmental justice, migrant justice, and economic justice both in the U.S. and abroad. |
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The workshop includes activities, videos, and case studies that help participants assess corporate power in their own communities and build visions for public and collective power. |
'We need a more complex story'
In his keynote at the Bioneers conference last month, OBI Director john a. powell spoke about the importance of recognizing our interconnected relationship to both nature, and fellow humans. Against the separations that society has historically been built upon, john projected a future with a more humane civilization, centered around belonging and connection. Watch a recording of this talk here.
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The ethics of belonging in Indigenous tradition
Our Senior Fellow Yuria Celidwen also gave a keynote at the Bioneers conference last month, where she shared two core guiding principles from her scholarship, Kin Relationality and Ecological Belonging. She explained how these concepts can help us access an ever-expansive unfolding of a path of meaning and participation rooted in honoring Life. Watch a recording of this talk here.
Also check out this new profile in Berkeley News about Yuria's fellowship work at OBI which explores ethical approaches to Western research on psychedelics.
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Mourning the loss of the great Harry Belafonte
Like many of you we were saddened upon learning of the passing of Harry Belafonte, the activist-singer-actor who remained a steadfast fighter for justice throughout his life. A confidant of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Belafonte played an instrumental role in the civil rights movement, and used his platform to elevate the struggles of suffering peoples, not just in this country, but around the world. He was an advocate for peace, an unapologetic critic of our foreign policy, and was unafraid to publicly criticize powerful figures, including his friends and allies, if he felt they were betraying their duties to the public. His passing is a tremendous loss. But he set an example for how to lead a principled life guided by empathy, care and justice which will continue to inspire people for generations to come.
Photo by Lloyd Lee.
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Hope thrives at all costs
In this May 4 event organized as part of The Edges in the Middle event series by our Europe-based Democracy and Belonging Forum, we had the privilege of hosting celebrated climate activist Naomi Klein, Indigenous scholar Dr. Yuria Celidwen, and OBI Global Senior Fellow Bayo Akomolafe to explore climate grief and hope. Watch a recording of this event here.
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We have new zoning maps!
Over the past several weeks we've been adding new static zoning maps to several of the regions included in our California Zoning Atlas project. Most of the regions received additional county maps that show both incorporated and unincorporated areas. Our SF Bay Area map archive also received a handful of new city zoning maps. We've so far studied and mapped zoning for the SF Bay Area, Sacramento region, Los Angeles region, and San Diego region, with plans to continue mapping regions across the state as part of the project. Learn more about the California Zoning Atlas project here.
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Event: Radical Hope & Black Mattering
Join us on Thursday, May 25 for a global reading event dedicated to the exploration of liminal and generative concepts in Bayo Akomolafe's essay, "Black Lives Matter: But to whom? Why We Need a Politics of Exile in a Time of Troubling Stuckness.” The event, a partnering between the Democracy and Belonging Forum at the Othering and Belonging Institute and Ijeruka, facilitated by author and scholar Professor Erin Manning, will be a co-exploration of the concepts of radical hope and black mattering, grounded by a reading of Bayo's essay.
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Pick up some of our stuff!
We have so much cool stuff in our swag store we know you're going to love! Posters, clothing, bags, mugs, and more! Visit our shop here! |
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Assistant Director Stephen Menendian was interviewed for this New York Review of Books article, titled, "A Housing Crisis in Paradise."
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Head of our Global Justice program Elsadig Elsheikh was interviewed for this article, titled, "The Persistence of Prejudice: The State of Islamophobia in America."
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Hilary Hoynes, who heads our Economic Disparities cluster, and faculty cluster member Emmanuel Saez, were recently elected to join the National Academy of Sciences! They were two of seven UC Berkeley scholars to be elected to the body. Read about it in this Berkeley News story.
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Faculty scholar Nancy Scheper-Hughes is quoted in this New York Times story about Berkeley students resisting the administration's plans to shutter the anthropology library. The story, titled, "In Berkeley, a Library Protest Is a Fight for Anthropology in an A.I. Age," is an important read.
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