On your plane, train, or car ride into Chicago for #BuildingTogether24 , listen to powerful bridging case studies that impact individuals, communities, and structures from the Othering and Belonging Institute's (the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley) Who Belongs? podcast:

bit.ly/3QqwinO

Enroll in 'Theater for Social Change' an in-person summer workshop at Cal taught by BRC member Chelsea Gregory. The workshop explores OBI frameworks through performance; it is open to the public and begins July 1st! Click here to learn more and register: bit.ly/3UxvfE6.

Join #OBI 's Josh Clark as he presents Bridging and Equity, Hand in Hand, at #BuildingTogether24 ! He will attend a philanthropic event in Chicago from May 6 to 9 to learn how to bridge differences and counteract toxic polarization. Will we see you there? cof.org/bt24

While the much-touted diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are undeniably failing, and activists narrowly focus on specific and sometimes conflicting communities, Belonging without Othering prescribes a new approach that encourages us to turn toward one another in…

This month, slow down and simplify.
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Our $1000 Older Writers Grant opened for submissions today! Visit bit.ly/olderwritersgr… to learn more about the grant and submit an easy, free application. International applicants are welcome to submit to the grant as well.

Happy May Day / International Workers’ Day

I will be giving the keynote address for the multi-day symposium “Displacement and Reparation: Climate, Labor, and Migration Justice” at UC San Diego this month.

If you’re around San Diego on May 15, 23-24 and interested, drop by.

Home from the #Othering and #Belonging Conference by the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley. This idea moved me deeply:

Belonging is 'when everything I am not falls away' and everything I am is accepted by the people around me and by the place I find myself.

Whoa. New Goals Unlocked.

the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley Happy to see Baha’is represented at your conference considering that the majority of LGBTQ Baha’is feel like the “invisible minority” in the Baha’i Faith

Pleasure to be invited to speak at #OBCONF24 organised by the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley on the panel titled “Long Bridging Towards Belonging & Democracy”.

You can watch (from 5:21:10) the full panel session via: youtube.com/live/U3VlOlzJJ…

john a. powell UC Berkeley City of Oakland

This 'transformative research toolkit' by the the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley is a gem! Kudos to the team behind it for creating up a power-aware way of working that shows 'innovation theater' the door. belonging.berkeley.edu/transformative… #research #Innovation

This toolkit is for cultural workers, organizers, & community leaders. It helps transform public policy & systems, build power, & shift public narratives. #OBI 's CP3 Program created it from our experience with partner organizations over the last few years. belonging.berkeley.edu/transformative…

Join #OBI 's Josh Clark as he presents Bridging and Equity, Hand in Hand, at #BuildingTogether24 ! He will attend a philanthropic event in Chicago from May 6 to 9 to learn how to bridge differences and counteract toxic polarization. Will we see you there? cof.org/bt24

@deaf258 🍉🦄 | @deaf258.bsky.social the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley @[email protected] Day 1! youtube.com/live/TELwEQNO6…

#OBCONF24 Mainstage Panel: Long Bridging for Belonging and Democracy

Panelists DeAngelo Bester, Myriam Méndez Montalvo, Pastor Bob Roberts, Omar Salha, & moderator Yuna Blajer de la Garza will offer practical applications for long bridging.

Livestream: OBIU.org

the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley #OBConf24
Amazing narratives to understand global realities - there is a major global violent othering happening - so what are our true convictions when leading institutions to not participate or support such violence? #PeaceNotWar

What does this global moment mean for belonging movements ?
“There is a new possibility of creating something new together!” - Sherene Seikaly #OBICONF24 the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley

Discover the journey of Pulitzer Prize-winner and Berkeley alumnus, Viet Thanh Nguyen ('92, Ph.D. '97). Sit in on his conversation with UC Berkeley Library as he explores his campus memories, his book-turned-HBO-series, and his favorite campus spots! bit.ly/3U3SUvn

#OBCONF24 : Mainstage Panel: Collective Memory, Identity, Trauma, and Belonging

What is the role of collective memory in creating identity and belonging? Is it even possible to imagine a belonging that does not require flattened identities that pit one group against another? And…

At the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley conference and one key message: how do we approach people from curiosity rather than judgement?