Dear {{FirstName or 'friend'}}, I am excited to tell you about a new space at this year's Othering & Belonging Conference on April 25-27 in Oakland. We'
ll be transforming a huge arena inside the HJK Arts Center (where the likes of Maya Angelou, James Brown, and the Grateful Dead have all taken the stage) into our conference Commons. The Commons will feature a
Belonging in Action Poster Showcase (submissions still open!), and community-engaged artist installations and offerings. Those will include installations from Christine Wong Yap, Brett Cook, Favianna Rodriguez, the Center for Cultural Power, and Burcu Kolelil, among many others who we'll continue to announce.
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The Commons will also feature: a DIY arts-and-crafts section; a Belonging Bazaar with unique merch; our popular conference bookstore hosted by an independent Bay Area bookseller with author signings throughout the conference; movement offerings, including meditation from Michelle Ayazi, to tai chi; and other dynamic programming currently being added.
Here are some of the artists and speakers who will be at our conference: |
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Christine Wong Yap San Francisco Bay Area-based visual artist and social practitioner |
| Michelle Ayazi Meditation and Movement Instructor
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Roberto Bedoya Cultural Affairs Manager for the City of Oakland |
| Sarah Crowell Dancer and choreographer
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Ruth Wilson Gilmore Iconic geographer and scholar photo credit: Amaal Said |
| Maria Hinojosa Journalist & author of
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
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Maurice Mitchell
Activist, strategist, and director of national
Working Families Party
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| Scott Shigeoka Curiosity expert, best-selling author, and bridge-builder |
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Shamil Idriss CEO, Search for Common Ground, the world's largest peace-building organization
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| Naomi Klein
Award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Associate Professor at UBC.
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Astra Taylor Writer, documentarian, and co-founder of the Debt Collective
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I'm so excited to have you all join us in Oakland this year, Christian M. Ivey Digital Communications Specialist Othering & Belonging Institute |
PS: We are seeking sponsors to help us bring this vibrant Othering & Belonging Conference to life. If you'd like to support this conference please contact obconf@berkeley.edu! |
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