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Important Announcement: #OBCONF26 will now take place on October 9-10, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
Registration for #BuildingTogether2026 is now open! Join me in Seattle, May 4-7, to explore the skills, strategies, and relationships needed to connect and collaborate across differences. Register now. cof.org/building-tog...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Registration for #BuildingTogether2026 is now open! Join me in Seattle, May 4-7, to explore the skills, strategies, and relationships needed to connect and collaborate across differences. Register now. cof.org/building-tog...
Important Announcement: #OBCONF26 will now take place on October 9-10, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Important Announcement: #OBCONF26 will now take place on October 9-10, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
We understand this change may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact us at obconf@berkeley.edu if we can assist in easing any difficulties.
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watching this talk on the new(-ish) Belonging Without Othering book from @obi-belonging.bsky.social and i just love it so much it gives me so much hope for the world, more hope than anything stereotypically radical ever has
Belonging without Othering, with john a powell and Maria Hinojosa | OBConf24
YouTube video by Othering & Belonging Institute
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October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
watching this talk on the new(-ish) Belonging Without Othering book from @obi-belonging.bsky.social and i just love it so much it gives me so much hope for the world, more hope than anything stereotypically radical ever has
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This is excellent, by john a powell at the Othering & Belonging Insitute @obi-belonging.bsky.social.
"We must also be careful not to slip into demonizing those we disagree with."
belonging.berkeley.edu/what-we-do
"We must also be careful not to slip into demonizing those we disagree with."
belonging.berkeley.edu/what-we-do
What We Do
belonging.berkeley.edu
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is excellent, by john a powell at the Othering & Belonging Insitute @obi-belonging.bsky.social.
"We must also be careful not to slip into demonizing those we disagree with."
belonging.berkeley.edu/what-we-do
"We must also be careful not to slip into demonizing those we disagree with."
belonging.berkeley.edu/what-we-do
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another thing i like to do (when not raising alarms abt #CrisisLines) is share beautiful, important, human, creative, hopeful, voices. What you might not otherwise find. Starting w #NaimaGreen but explore the project #CulturesOfCare @obi-belonging.bsky.social
belonging.berkeley.edu/cultures-of-...
belonging.berkeley.edu/cultures-of-...
Naima Green | Interview | Cultures of Care
What pieces of the present are missing from the archives of the future? What if we looked more at possibility and intimacy, rather than death?
belonging.berkeley.edu
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
another thing i like to do (when not raising alarms abt #CrisisLines) is share beautiful, important, human, creative, hopeful, voices. What you might not otherwise find. Starting w #NaimaGreen but explore the project #CulturesOfCare @obi-belonging.bsky.social
belonging.berkeley.edu/cultures-of-...
belonging.berkeley.edu/cultures-of-...
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@PolicyWise.com is sharing resources to empower the social-serving community.
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@PolicyWise.com is sharing resources to empower the social-serving community.
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
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🎨 Welcoming America
🎨 The Center For Third World Organizing
🎨 @gmfus.bsky.social
🎨 @worldcitiesculture.bsky.social
🎨 Narrative Arts
🎨 @obi-belonging.bsky.social
🎨 People's Action
🎨 The Opportunity Agenda
🎨 Berkeley Media Studies Group
🎨 @narrativepower.bsky.social
🎨 Transgender Law Center
🎨 The Center For Third World Organizing
🎨 @gmfus.bsky.social
🎨 @worldcitiesculture.bsky.social
🎨 Narrative Arts
🎨 @obi-belonging.bsky.social
🎨 People's Action
🎨 The Opportunity Agenda
🎨 Berkeley Media Studies Group
🎨 @narrativepower.bsky.social
🎨 Transgender Law Center
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🎨 Welcoming America
🎨 The Center For Third World Organizing
🎨 @gmfus.bsky.social
🎨 @worldcitiesculture.bsky.social
🎨 Narrative Arts
🎨 @obi-belonging.bsky.social
🎨 People's Action
🎨 The Opportunity Agenda
🎨 Berkeley Media Studies Group
🎨 @narrativepower.bsky.social
🎨 Transgender Law Center
🎨 The Center For Third World Organizing
🎨 @gmfus.bsky.social
🎨 @worldcitiesculture.bsky.social
🎨 Narrative Arts
🎨 @obi-belonging.bsky.social
🎨 People's Action
🎨 The Opportunity Agenda
🎨 Berkeley Media Studies Group
🎨 @narrativepower.bsky.social
🎨 Transgender Law Center
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Structural racism — or the way systems like housing, education, employment and justice create racial disparities without overtly racist actors — is a concept that is often “deeply misunderstood,” according to Stephen Menendian at @obi-belonging.bsky.social. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/w...
Watch a Berkeley scholar explain structural racism - Berkeley News
Structural racism — or the way systems like housing, education, employment and justice create racial disparities without overtly racist actors — is a concept that is often “deeply misunderstood,” acco...
news.berkeley.edu
October 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Structural racism — or the way systems like housing, education, employment and justice create racial disparities without overtly racist actors — is a concept that is often “deeply misunderstood,” according to Stephen Menendian at @obi-belonging.bsky.social. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/w...
"A belonging story also honors and celebrates difference—race, gender, religion, and all types of group identity are not rendered invisible in service to a larger, universal story or short-term political project." - john a. powell
Full #FightForward Essay: belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-st...
Full #FightForward Essay: belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-st...
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"A belonging story also honors and celebrates difference—race, gender, religion, and all types of group identity are not rendered invisible in service to a larger, universal story or short-term political project." - john a. powell
Full #FightForward Essay: belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-st...
Full #FightForward Essay: belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-st...
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We're hiring! Assistant Professor — Disparities and Education Policy. This faculty position is for someone whose scholarship addresses the goals of the Education Policy Cluster of the @obi-belonging.bsky.social. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04211
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're hiring! Assistant Professor — Disparities and Education Policy. This faculty position is for someone whose scholarship addresses the goals of the Education Policy Cluster of the @obi-belonging.bsky.social. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04211
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@PolicyWise.com is sharing resources to empower the social-serving community.
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@PolicyWise.com is sharing resources to empower the social-serving community.
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
Explore a new toolkit by @obi-belonging.bsky.social aimed at empowering community leaders to gain influence, reshape narratives, and drive policy change through transformative research.
Learn more at: buff.ly/MLBDmsx
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Who Is Included in and Who Will Fight for “We the Civic”? nonprofitquarterly.org/who-is-inclu... - john a. powell, @obi-belonging.bsky.social - @npquarterly.bsky.social
Who Is Included in and Who Will Fight for “We the Civic”? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Belonging and bridging are sometimes dismissed as the tools of the meek. This is false. Expanding the scope of belonging requires courage and steely determination.
nonprofitquarterly.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Who Is Included in and Who Will Fight for “We the Civic”? nonprofitquarterly.org/who-is-inclu... - john a. powell, @obi-belonging.bsky.social - @npquarterly.bsky.social
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Excellent from john a powell at @obi-belonging.bsky.social at Berkely, where bosses acceded to Trump's demand for list of names.
"To fight forward means to defend rights not simply to preserve the past, but to carve out a future where belonging is real."
belonging.berkeley.edu/fighting-for...
"To fight forward means to defend rights not simply to preserve the past, but to carve out a future where belonging is real."
belonging.berkeley.edu/fighting-for...
Fighting Forward: Free speech, due process, and belonging in a time of fear
Editor's note: The ideas expressed in this blog are not necessarily those of the Othering & Belonging Institute or UC Berkeley, but belong to the author. --
belonging.berkeley.edu
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Excellent from john a powell at @obi-belonging.bsky.social at Berkely, where bosses acceded to Trump's demand for list of names.
"To fight forward means to defend rights not simply to preserve the past, but to carve out a future where belonging is real."
belonging.berkeley.edu/fighting-for...
"To fight forward means to defend rights not simply to preserve the past, but to carve out a future where belonging is real."
belonging.berkeley.edu/fighting-for...
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Stephen Menendian, the director of research at @obi-belonging.bsky.social, has spent over 15 years studying structural racism. Watch him explain how most of the mechanisms that form structural racism have taken shape in the post-Civil Rights era. youtu.be/y1DA6P3QQNM?...
Structural racism explained in 101 seconds | 101 in 101
YouTube video by UC Berkeley
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Stephen Menendian, the director of research at @obi-belonging.bsky.social, has spent over 15 years studying structural racism. Watch him explain how most of the mechanisms that form structural racism have taken shape in the post-Civil Rights era. youtu.be/y1DA6P3QQNM?...
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(En)Gendering Authoritarianism: This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, and lay the groundwork for authoritarian power consolidation and violence. belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-... by @obi-belonging.bsky.social
(En)Gendering Authoritarianism
This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, launder and normalize social hierarchies, reshape cultural norms, and lay th...
belonging.berkeley.edu
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
(En)Gendering Authoritarianism: This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, and lay the groundwork for authoritarian power consolidation and violence. belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-... by @obi-belonging.bsky.social
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What's Gender got to do with Authoritarianism?
Theory: (En)Gendering Authoritarianism
belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-...
Practice: Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching 'Gender Ideology'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Theory: (En)Gendering Authoritarianism
belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-...
Practice: Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching 'Gender Ideology'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
@obi-belonging.bsky.social
(En)Gendering Authoritarianism
This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, launder and normalize social hierarchies, reshape cultural norms, and lay th...
belonging.berkeley.edu
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What's Gender got to do with Authoritarianism?
Theory: (En)Gendering Authoritarianism
belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-...
Practice: Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching 'Gender Ideology'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
@obi-belonging.bsky.social
Theory: (En)Gendering Authoritarianism
belonging.berkeley.edu/engendering-...
Practice: Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching 'Gender Ideology'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
@obi-belonging.bsky.social
We are hiring for three positions: Development Director, Research Associate, and Climate Agrarian Justice Student Research Assistant.
You can find full details about each position, including pay and benefits, here: belonging.berkeley.edu/positions-ot...
You can find full details about each position, including pay and benefits, here: belonging.berkeley.edu/positions-ot...
August 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are hiring for three positions: Development Director, Research Associate, and Climate Agrarian Justice Student Research Assistant.
You can find full details about each position, including pay and benefits, here: belonging.berkeley.edu/positions-ot...
You can find full details about each position, including pay and benefits, here: belonging.berkeley.edu/positions-ot...
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Research director of UC Berkeley’s @obi-belonging.bsky.social Stephen Menendian explains how a complex web of systems perpetuates racism — and proposes policies to right these wrongs in his new book. news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/28/f...
This Berkeley scholar wants everyone to understand what ‘structural racism’ really means - Berkeley News
Stephen Menendian’s new book explains how a complex web of systems perpetuates racism — and proposes policies to right these wrongs.
news.berkeley.edu
July 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Research director of UC Berkeley’s @obi-belonging.bsky.social Stephen Menendian explains how a complex web of systems perpetuates racism — and proposes policies to right these wrongs in his new book. news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/28/f...
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our horror and outrage at Israel's forced starvation and ceaseless bombings of Gaza.
We invite people from all institutions to sign onto this letter, or use it to create your own.
Sign #StopStarvingGaza Letter now: belonging.berkeley.edu/letter-stop-...
We invite people from all institutions to sign onto this letter, or use it to create your own.
Sign #StopStarvingGaza Letter now: belonging.berkeley.edu/letter-stop-...
July 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our horror and outrage at Israel's forced starvation and ceaseless bombings of Gaza.
We invite people from all institutions to sign onto this letter, or use it to create your own.
Sign #StopStarvingGaza Letter now: belonging.berkeley.edu/letter-stop-...
We invite people from all institutions to sign onto this letter, or use it to create your own.
Sign #StopStarvingGaza Letter now: belonging.berkeley.edu/letter-stop-...
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🧵1/4 This Resource Guide for Belonging-Builders by the @obi-belonging.bsky.social (OBI) is just what I needed to read this week.
🌟Download their free guide acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
🌟Download their free guide acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
July 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🧵1/4 This Resource Guide for Belonging-Builders by the @obi-belonging.bsky.social (OBI) is just what I needed to read this week.
🌟Download their free guide acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
🌟Download their free guide acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
We’re excited to share our Resource Guide for Belonging-Builders, a helpful tool that summarizes these frameworks and assists you in applying them within your communities.
Your involvement is not just appreciated; it's vital. Read the guide today: belonging.berkeley.edu/resource-gui...
Your involvement is not just appreciated; it's vital. Read the guide today: belonging.berkeley.edu/resource-gui...
A Resource Guide for Belonging-Builders
Around the world, people are seeking effective ways to build just, equitable, and inclusive institutions that can serve everyone without fueling fragmentation, division, and fear.
belonging.berkeley.edu
July 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We’re excited to share our Resource Guide for Belonging-Builders, a helpful tool that summarizes these frameworks and assists you in applying them within your communities.
Your involvement is not just appreciated; it's vital. Read the guide today: belonging.berkeley.edu/resource-gui...
Your involvement is not just appreciated; it's vital. Read the guide today: belonging.berkeley.edu/resource-gui...
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ICYMI: Preparing for AI + Foundations Fight Back + Asking for Help is Good + Jobs — Read our June Newsletter here: mailchi.mp/comnetwork/j...
Special shoutouts to @apnews.com, @obi-belonging.bsky.social, @propublica.org, @kff.org, @easibey.bsky.social, @gailfuller.bsky.social, and more!
Special shoutouts to @apnews.com, @obi-belonging.bsky.social, @propublica.org, @kff.org, @easibey.bsky.social, @gailfuller.bsky.social, and more!
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ICYMI: Preparing for AI + Foundations Fight Back + Asking for Help is Good + Jobs — Read our June Newsletter here: mailchi.mp/comnetwork/j...
Special shoutouts to @apnews.com, @obi-belonging.bsky.social, @propublica.org, @kff.org, @easibey.bsky.social, @gailfuller.bsky.social, and more!
Special shoutouts to @apnews.com, @obi-belonging.bsky.social, @propublica.org, @kff.org, @easibey.bsky.social, @gailfuller.bsky.social, and more!
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I'm listening to webinar introducing a book titled "Structural Racism" hosted by @obi-belonging.bsky.social. I encourage others to watch when you get time. belonging.berkeley.edu/structural-r...
Structural Racism
Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America, a groundbreaking new book by OBI Assistant Director Stephen Menendian,&
belonging.berkeley.edu
June 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I'm listening to webinar introducing a book titled "Structural Racism" hosted by @obi-belonging.bsky.social. I encourage others to watch when you get time. belonging.berkeley.edu/structural-r...
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From @obi-belonging.bsky.social's book talk conversation about @smenendian.bsky.social's new book
June 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
From @obi-belonging.bsky.social's book talk conversation about @smenendian.bsky.social's new book
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ooooh watching the premiere of the book launch for “structural racism” by the author (steven menendian (sp?)) and creator of the concept (john a powell) from the othering and belonging institute!!! @obi-belonging.bsky.social
Structural Racism Book Launch
YouTube video by Othering & Belonging Institute
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
ooooh watching the premiere of the book launch for “structural racism” by the author (steven menendian (sp?)) and creator of the concept (john a powell) from the othering and belonging institute!!! @obi-belonging.bsky.social