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.

"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...

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...

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-...

"I think we are in a crisis of imagination, and so I feel like the more we imagine and we ping pong to each other ideas that are out of what we are, programmed to think, the better we can raise our own liberation as a collective." -Siouar Douss from our Rights, Equity, Dignity & Social justice

You don’t have to “poet” alone. You can join @ageedubb.bsky.social for a free Inclusion Poetry Workshop at today's OBI Book Club.

Time: 11:30 to 1:00 PM PT.
Full details are on OBIU.org.

Ramadan is a month of belonging. Omar Salha, speaking at our 2024 Othering and Belonging Conference, shares his insights on this.

We invite you to watch the short video and share your thoughts in the comments below.

How to defeat Demagogues?

Are you curious about what a demagogue is?

Check out this excerpt from #OBI's assistant director, @smenendian.bsky.social answering the question and what we can do about them.

Join us on Wednesday, March 5, at 7 pm at UC Berkeley to celebrate the launch of The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong. This launch will feature #OBI Director john a. powell in conversation with Juliana Tafur,

Full details: belonging.berkeley.edu/power-bridgi...

A new edition of "Racing to Justice", authored by OBI Director john powell, has just been released!

This second edition features numerous updates, including a new chapter on polarization and a revised foreword by Elsadig Elsheikh.

Learn more here: belonging.berkeley.edu/racing-justice