Resources for Advancing Racial Equity
We know that many of you are struggling to navigate this new and evolving legal and political environment with regards to what's permissible and what's not concerning policies at your organizations to promote diversity. To hopefully clear up some of the confusion we've just updated our legal guidance document we published two years ago to help racial equity advocates and DEI practitioners advance their goals within the bounds of the law. This revised and expanded guidance is your first stop to answer all of your questions about what is possible and what is not, and how to adjust or adapt to this new environment. In addition to an expanded guidance, we have created a pithy new FAQ to directly and succinctly answer the most difficult legal questions you may have.
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Video: Crip Space/Time: A Conversation with Dr. Margaret Price
Earlier this month we hosted author Dr. Margaret Price to discuss her new book, Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life. In her talk Dr. Price, who is a Professor in the English Department and Director of the Disability Studies Program at the Ohio State University, explores the intersection of disability, access, and academic life. It was facilitated by Karen Nakamura, who is Berkeley's Haas Chair of Disability Studies, and included many questions from the packed audience at UC Berkeley's Alumni House.
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Blog: Wicked teaches us to bridge across differences, find belonging without othering
In a new blog post, Richard Aviles, our new Arts and Cultural Strategy Lead, takes a deep dive into the movie Wicked and its relationship to OBI's framework: Belonging Without Othering. Richard uses the dance floor as an allegory for reimagining a world where everyone belongs. |
Essay: The Multi-Headed Authoritarian Populist Coalition — and Its Fault Lines
In her latest essay, Míriam Juan-Torres González from our Democracy & Belonging Forum, predicts fractures in the authoritarian coalitions in the US and Europe made up of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, tech oligarchs and others. But, she adds, those movements may prove to be robust despite internal conflicts and we cannot count on them to self destruct. |
Have you been working to build coalitions across lines of difference that strengthen democracy and inclusion? Are you actively bringing different groups together to build solidarity and resilience in your local context? Or developing media, narrative, or artistic strategies or programs rooted in belonging? We want to hear about it! The Democracy & Belonging Forum is opening a call for papers to identify case studies that showcase bridging and belonging approaches to countering authoritarian populism in Europe and North America.
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A new edition of Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society, by OBI Director john a. powell, has just been released! This 2nd edition includes many updates, including a new chapter on polarization and a new foreward by Elsadig Elsheikh, OBI's Global Justice Program leader. |
Critical approaches to climate-induced migration research and solutions
Hossein Ayazi, Senior Policy Analyst with the Global Justice Program, co-authored a commentary titled "Critical approaches to climate-induced migration research and solutions" that was just published in the journal Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. The commentary takes a systemic, historically-informed view on climate-induced migration and is based on a set of presentations and panel discussions by the authors as part of the “Climate Journeys: Dialogues on Climate Migration” workshop in March 2024, at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Hundreds of people showed up in person at the Richmond auditorium and virtually earlier this month for the inaugural "Our Future Economy: Transforming Economies for Communities, Workers and Climate Wellbeing" series we're hosting. The attendees heard from organizers about the strategies, ideas, skills and relationships required to build a future economy in Richmond, CA that ensures the wellbeing of all workers, communities, and ecosystems. See coverage of the event in the Richmond Confidential here.
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Updates to our Zoning Reform Tracker
We have just finished updating our Zoning Reform Tracker to show the latest efforts (up to September 2024) in cities across the United States to allow for more inclusionary zoning. We launched this project two years ago to serve as a hub for documenting zoning reform efforts across the country. There are two components to the Zoning Reform Tracker: a sortable database, and an interactive webmap.
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Check out this 75-minute-long interview with OBI Director john a. powell on Live Faith First, a Christian podcast. The interview looks at work in bridging, belonging, and overcoming othering. Director powell talks about how his family and upbringing shaped his view on belonging, and offered practical ways to build bridges. |
We are happy to invite you to join us in person on March 5 to celebrate the launch of our director john a. powell's latest book, The Power of Bridging: How to build a world where we all belong, written with Rachelle Galloway-Popotas. The evening event, hosted jointly by the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) and OBI, will take place at the International House at UC Berkeley. Director powell will give an opening talk before engaging in conversation with GGSC's Juliana Tafur, with a book signing to follow.
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Dr. Samantha Keaulana-Scott and Leshay Keliiholokai will present their work on historical and intergenerational trauma within the context of Wāhine (Native Hawaiian women) at this in person event on March 4 at UC Berkeley. This presentation will share findings from a qualitative study aimed at contextualizing historical trauma among Wāhine and developing a culturally appropriate measure to capture their experiences.
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We are co-sponsoring this March 4 virtual book talk featuring author George Lipsitz to present on his new book, The Danger Zone is Everywhere: How Housing Discrimination Harms Health and Steals Wealth. The book argues that residential racial segregation is both an economic injustice and a public health hazard. It contends that housing insecurity and its attendant health consequences make up key components of an unjust, destructive, and deadly racial order. |
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Join us in person on Wednesday, March 12, for a panel discussion focused on “Rebuilding After Disaster.” The panel will discuss the housing and equity implications of catastrophic events, disaster reconstruction, and community resilience. We will hear from: - Rémy De La Peza, Founder/Principal, morena strategies
- Laurie Johnson, Principal, Laurie Johnson Consulting
- Jenni Klose, Executive Director, Generation Housing
- Colette Pichon Battle, Partner, Vision & Initiatives, Taproot Earth
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Did you know that we offer free, online courses? Check out our virtual learning platform, OBI University (OBIU). It's home to a community of nearly 8,000 learners and is growing every day, so why not join them?
OBIU offers interactive courses on the key frameworks of othering and belonging, a four-part crash course on bridging, a primer on structural racism, and more, all led by friendly human guides. We are cooking up an exciting new course on targeted universalism too.
Currently we're having a book club on The Power of Bridging which features group discussions, arts workshops, and Q&A sessions with expert thinkers. The book club runs through October 2025.
Last year, we dug into john powell and Stephen Menendian's Belonging without Othering as a community in our virtual book club, and we are planning another one to accompany The Power of Bridging in February 2025. |
If you missed our 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference in Oakland, here's your chance to grab some exclusive swag we had designed just for the event. Grab your Belonging-themed apparel before they run out from our O&B Conference merch store. This merch is separate from our regular merch store which sells our standard items.
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Together, we can make belonging the norm, not the exception. – The Othering & Belonging Institute |
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