Aug. 30, 2023

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Can we advance development without causing displacement?

OBI is involved in a project to create a comprehensive and equitable approach to improving the quality of life for historically marginalized Californians with environmental justice at its core.

In a new blog post we just published to our website, our researchers Andre Soucy and Ramon Quintero provide an overview of a state-funded program that OBI is being consulted on to better prioritize community revitalization projects committed to equitable development. They argue that environmental justice must be at the core of any project funded by the Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG), and that the approach to development must ensure that low resource residents are not uprooted from their homes. Community engagement is vital both to the success of the ECRG and the support of the community is key to build long lasting relationships of trust between the state and local residents, the article argues. Read more about this project here.

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Here's all the literature we could find on Targeted Universalism

Last week we published this comprehensive bibliography on Targeted Universalism which contains more than 100 sources. This resource library, compiled by Wendy Ake, brings together research on, and applications of, the TU framework — including in education, health, urban planning, and more. The publication identifies foundational texts, different uses and ideas, and lessons for deploying TU for equity and social justice. Check out this bibliography here!

A collage of illustrations by Ana Lopes, Burcu Köleli, and Ed Dingli.

A practical guide to building belonging

Earlier this month we published an important new resource for people looking to advance belonging within their communities. "Belonging Design Principles," as we've called it, draws from multidisciplinary research and collective thinking across the Institute to provide essential insights and practical guidance to advance belonging. Check out this beautiful resource on our website.

From left to right, illustrations are by Ana Lopes, Burcu Köleli, and Ed Dingli.

Join us in Berlin for our next O&B Conference!

Our Othering & Belonging Conference in Berlin is quickly approaching! We hope you'll be able to join us on October 26-27 at what will be our first conference outside of the United States to examine how othering and belonging frameworks can enhance global strategies for countering the far-right and bolstering democracy. We’ll center bridging as a response to fracturing and division, and elevate the need for more complex and nuanced stories that reflect our true multi-layered identities.

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Below are some of the extraordinary thinkers and visionaries who will be joining us, with more to be added soon (Click images for their bios).