Transformative Research Toolkit |
We are delighted to share with you our brand new toolkit designed for organizers to support change strategies using processes that center local community knowledge. |
Transformative research refers to a wide range of processes where people center their lived experience and visions for social transformation, lead a process that systematically builds on this knowledge through investigation and learning rooted in their own ways of knowing, and take action to influence public narratives, policies, and power dynamics. |
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The Transformative Research Toolkit is available to read and download online, but for a limited time we are offering to mail beautiful hard copies to people who will put it to good use (request a hard copy here).
The toolkit is intended for cultural workers, organizers, and community leaders working to transform public policy and systems, build power, and shift public narratives. |
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We created this toolkit over the last several years as a slow-cook process that boils down our experiences working with partner organizations, and hope you’ll find it useful in your organizing efforts. Check out the toolkit here.
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Have you registered for O&B24 yet?
Registration is still open but filling up quickly for our next Othering & Belonging Conference happening in Oakland next month, so grab your tickets before it's too late. We're going to have some exciting updates regarding the conference soon. But in the meantime check out our conference site to learn more about this unique experience and exciting speakers we'll be hosting April 25-27 in Oakland.
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Watch last week's book talk, Before Gentrification
Last week we hosted Tanya Golash-Boza, Director of the UCDC center and UC Merced sociologist, to present on her new book, Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap. The book explores how redlining, incarceration, anti-blackness, and gentrification have resulted in DC becoming an extremely unequal city. Her talk was followed by a discussion with Carolina Reid, Professor of City & Regional Planning; and Felix Owusu, a postdoctoral scholar, both from UC Berkeley. Get a recording and transcript of the talk here.
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Event: Movement for a Just World
How do we build movements to defeat mass incarceration and the climate crisis? At the community level, how do we make sense of both of these crises and advance solutions that don't compromise one for the other? What are narratives that can inspire transformation and build alliances across different organizations and issues? We have been focused on these questions over the last few years and are ready to share some insights and tools. Join us next week, on March 27 at 10am PT as we share a beautiful animated video, a curriculum for facilitating workshops and planning sessions related to transformative narratives and collective visioning.
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Event series: Reimagining Urban Planning
We hope you'll join us over the next few months for the Reimagining Urban Planning virtual workshop series! The first webinar is happening in just two weeks, on April 4 at 11AM PT and focuses on the current iteration of the Urban Planning field—the State of the Practice. We'll be exploring critical questions with our speakers, Dr. Kafui Attoh and Veronica O. Davis, and our moderator, Jose Richard Aviles.
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Event: Depolarization Day
Want a chance to hear from experts studying the root of what’s driving us apart and how we come back together? Eager to build the skills to listen empathetically, elicit narratives of connection, and interview professionally? Looking for a chance to engage with groundbreaking documentary films that push us to expand our perspective? Come join our Campus Bridging Project and The Social Cohesion Lab, along with our collaborators and co-sponsors (The Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley Haas DEIJB and Berkeley Haas HBSA) for a Depolarization Day on April 6th, 2024 from 10am-4pm. The interest form can be found here.
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Check out our merch store for OBI swag
We're always adding new stuff to our swag catalog. We've got beanies and all types of clothing, posters, bags, mugs, and more. Visit our shop here. |
In this new section of our newsletter we resurface some news and resources we published in past years we believe are worth another look. |
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In October 2019, we released "Notes on a Cultural Strategy for Belonging," produced by Evan Bissell. The paper provides ideas for understanding some of the vital and visionary aspects of culture and the growing field of cultural strategy.
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More news and recent publications |
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Yesterday the McKnight Foundation announced that OBI Director john a. powell has joined it board of directors, with a term that started in February 2024. Learn more about this appointment here.
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