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haasinstitute.berkeley.edu SPRING 2018 SPRING What Comes What Next? Q&A with Institute Josh Clark scholar on voting and the electorate in 2018 and beyond the Reinventing Wheelchair Story of groundbreaking designer and his life's work to increase mobility for people with disabilities

New Online Hub Online Hub New Narrative For Change and Research multimedia tools for movement builders in California Tracking & Exposing Islamophobia and Research tools to study the growing Islamophobia movement Where Culture Can Take Community Culture Can Take Where Us, Reimagined Us, ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Kerner@50 Kerner@50 Conference marking the 50- year anniversary of release of historic Report Kerner Haas Institute faculty visit the film's themes on bioethics, disability, eugenics, and more , Two Gattaca, Two Decades Later DIRECTORS’ NOTES From john a. powell...... 3 From Stephen Menendian...... 5

MEDIA ROOM State of California Adopts Opportunity Maps...... 6 Bringing Belonging to Bioneers...... 7 Revealing What's Hidden About Race...... 8 People on the Move...... 8 Working Across Partisan Lines to This news magazine is published by the Humanize Those Living in Poverty...... 8 Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Black Panther & A Wrinkle In Time...... 9 Berkeley. The Haas Institute brings together Latest Publications...... 10 researchers, community stakeholders, New Staff and Affiliates...... 11 policymakers, and communicators to identify and challenge the barriers to an inclusive, Kerner Commission at 50 Conference...... 12 just, and sustainable society in order to Kerner@50: An Illustratrator's Diary...... 14 create transformative change.

FACULTY NEWS This issue covers activities from September 1, 2017–April 30, 2018. To receive a hard Gattaca Turns 20...... 15 copy or be added to our email list please Economist Hilary Hoynes named to email [email protected]. Academy of Arts & Sciences...... 16 Immigration & Racialization in the Era of Trump: Find this edition and all previous ones at Q&A with Chris Zepeda-Millan...... 17 haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/newsletters. Research to Impact Series...... 18

PROJECTS & PROGRAMS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR PHOTOS Rachelle Galloway- Marc Abizeid Tracking and Exposing Islamophobia...... 19 Popotas Bob Hsiang New Web Hub on Narrative ...... 20 Serghino Roolsbad This is Home: The Staying Power Program...... 21 MANAGING EDITOR Dwayne Marsh Sara Grossman Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity First Cohort...... 22 ILLUSTRATIONS What Comes Next? Interview with Joshua Clark...... 23 WRITERS Kelly Baird Marc Abizeid Dustin Craun COVER FEATURES Takiyah Franklin “The Land of WE,” Honor- Us, Reimagined: Where Culture Sara Grossman ing Altar maker Ofelia Can Take Community...... 25 Stephen Menendian Esparza of East LA by LA Reinventing the Wheelchair...... 32 john a. powell muralist Erin Yoshi ART DIRECTION & DESIGN BOOK REVIEW Rachelle Galloway- Three Works About Inequality Popotas Converge on Similar Policy Agenda...... 35

ACTIVITIES Haas Institute List of Activities ...... 37

PERSPECTIVE Takiyah Franklin on South Africa...... 43 FROM DIRECTOR john a. powell

THE LATEST EDITION of the Haas Institute’s Inclusiveness Index, released on the last day of 2017, is our most recent work to describe the global pattern of rising ethnic nationalism. In a rapidly changing world, the manipulation of social media has revealed not simply the vulnerability of democratic societies to demagogic messaging, but that such messages also stoke fear and anxiety. The challenges of Othering, which we continue to define as the problem of the 21st century, along with the need for Belonging, have rarely seemed so urgent. At the Haas Institute we lean into the social and political moment with a ro- bust, proactive research agenda and communication efforts. Our annual journal, Othering and Belonging (see otheringandbelonging.org), is bringing fresh voices and brilliant scholars into a conversation around these matters. And our work through the lens of targeted universalism promotes practical applications of belonging and bridging, which I discuss in more detail below. A challenge is knitting together the relationships and building the power to contest rising ethnic and religious nationalism. Some argue that the best strategy for an inclusive economic and social policy agenda is to minimize particular identity claims. This seems to suggest a fear that cen- tering issues such as criminal justice reform as embodied in the Black Lives Matter movement, sexual ha- rassment as advanced by the #MeToo movement, or any other issue, risks alienating particular certain constituencies needed to win elections. This From left: Ashara Ekundayo of Impact Hub Oakland with critique is often made under the label of Haas Institute director john a. powell at the Haas Institute- identity politics. co-sponsored community film screening of Black Panther Yet what is often called identity politics at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland are in reality salient and real concerns con- fronting particular groups. And to ask any marginalized group to silence their advocacy around an issue that defines their ability to not only thrive but also simply to live—be that immigration reform, disability rights, or police violence—is effectively erasing their particular experiences and silencing their needs. We cannot subsume the needs of marginalized groups under a false, blanket universal. On the other hand, there is also a need to find ways to connect with members of different groups, including those who may not be directly suffering or -ex cluded in the same way. How might we do this? Social science suggests a route. Social capital is a concept that describes relationships between and among different groups of people in society. Having a high level of social capital is an continued on next page continued from previous page

advantage since it strengthens cultural dexterity while promoting resilience. Its benefits rebound to the good of the overall society. Bonding social capital describes when members of the same group turn inward and focus only on each other. This can occur when members of the same class, religion, and ethnicity or race move into the same neighborhoods or join the same social clubs. Although bonding can be natural and healthy, there is another form of bonding social capital that is more pernicious that I call “breaking.” Breaking occurs when members of a group not only turn inward, but erect a bar- rier that signals to members of other We cannot subsume the needs groups that they are not welcome or don't belong. Breaking emerges from of marginalized groups under a belief that people who are not part a false, blanket universal. of the favored group are somehow dangerous. These beliefs could be based on a fear that "those people"—whoever they are—are stealing our jobs, harm- ing our neighborhoods, or that they pose a threat to our sacred values and norms. Extreme breaking encourages violence, even genocide, as it refuses to acknowledge the basic humanity of all people. Breaking is inconsistent with a belonging paradigm, but so is silencing marginal groups so that the more favored groups might be more comfortable. One might no- tice that such a strategy is itself identity politics, but it is the identity of the selected group with whom we must become the most concerned. Even if this is for strategic reasons, such as to win elections, it is still deeply flawed. To promote inclusion and belongingness, we need to foster a third form of social capital, known as bridging. Bridging occurs when group members reach out beyond their own identity formations to members of other groups. Bridging requires an acknowledgment that the world is changing, that we are changing as a culture and as a people. Bridging requires human connection and engagement. It doesn't mean you have to abandon your position. It doesn't mean you're going to agree on policy. But it means you listen. You give the other person the benefit of the doubt and you acknowledge their humanity. On an operational level, it means executing programs in a way that bridge. On an institutional level it means creating policies that bridge. Breaking between people or within families can deny us what we need to be whole and belong. But when breaking is done by governments and other powerful institutions, it is even more destructive and signals to individuals that they have permission to break as well. Breaking is constructing a smaller and smaller "we," while bridging promotes belonging in a larger "we" with greater resilience. Bridging is not easy. And as bell hooks reminds us, bridges get walked on. To bridge requires strength, empathy and vulnerability. As Roberto Mangabeira Unger eloquently wrote in his book The Religion of the Future: "Raising up begins in a willed acceptance of heightened vulnerability to disappointment, disillusion- ment, and defeat; that in throwing down our shields, we regain the first condition of vitality..." Doing so does not ask that we sacrifice our values nor our identity. But it does entail risk and vulnerability. n

4 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU one white—separate and unequal.” For that reason, the Commission’s report offered more than 100 recommendations, (catalogued on our website at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/kerner50). These recommendations are remarkable for their relevance today, including calling for thousands of affordable housing units, ending “stop and frisk” policing, universalizing pre-kindergarten education, and the development of a universal basic income. From February 27-March 1, we co-hosted a major national conference commemorating the Kerner Commission’s landmark report. Working with the 21st Century Cities Initiatives at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity and the Economic Policy Institute, we organized this event to better investigate why the Kerner Stephen Menendian at the 2018 Race & Report’s recommendations were never implemented Inequality in America: Kerner Commission at so that we might envision a similar and equally bold 50 Conference in Berkeley policy agenda for this moment. As our Director john a. powell noted in his introductory remarks, the Kerner Report was the “road not taken, but the road is still there.” FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The events studied by the Kerner Commission STEPHEN MENENDIAN have particular resonance in light of the spate of violent police shootings of young Black men that spurred the Black Lives Matter movement in recent THIS YEAR IS one of remarkable anniversaries and years. The stories are chillingly similarly. The commemorations in the ongoing quest for social jus- conditions, analysis, and grievances are largely the tice. Notable among these are the 50th anniversary same. For that reason, we invited director Sabaah of the Fair Housing Act and the 150th anniversary Folayan to screen her documentary Whose Streets? of the enactment of the 14th Amendment to the about the uprising in Ferguson after the murder of United States Constitution. As grist for academic Michael Brown. conferences, these anniversaries are familiar points Our conference examined most of the major of reflection. However, there is another anniversary substantive areas of the Kerner report, including with a more poignant and painful resonance: the education, health, criminal justice reform, and hous- 50th anniversary of the release of the Kerner Com- ing, and closed with a stirring keynote by Sherrilyn mission report. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Convened by President Johnson in the wake of Educational Fund, and a panel focused on remedies. more than 150 uprisings in more than 100 cities na- Shaun Donovan, former US Secretary of Housing tionwide—all sparked by violent police encounters and Urban Development and former Director of in the "long hot summer’ of 1967"—the Kerner Com- the Office of Management and Budget, and Robert mission produced a remarkable historical and politi- Sampson, a sociologist at Harvard University, also cal statement. After sending field teams into dozens gave keynote talks. of cities to conduct detailed demographic and social A recap on pages 12–13 of this news magazine scientific analyses, the Kerner Commission conclud- includes coverage of the conference, while videos ed that white Americans had denied opportunity to are available on our YouTube channel (@haasinsti- far too many fellow Black citizens, locking them out tute). This summer we will release a report synthe- of schools and jobs, and into neighborhoods that sizing the key ideas and recommendations from the were far inferior to those enjoyed by whites. conference, ensuring that we continue our long- Without dramatic intervention and an aggres- term efforts to envision a bold policy agenda for the sive federal response, the Kerner Commission challenges our society faces today. n warned–in its most famous phrase—that “our Nation is moving toward two societies, one Black,

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 5 EQUITY METRICS State of California adopts Haas Institute Opportunity Maps for Future Housing Projects

A COLLABORATION between the Haas Institute, the Terner Center at UC Berkeley, Enterprise Community Partners, the California Housing Partner- ship Corporation, and several other organizations led to a decision by the largest low-income housing program in California to utilize “opportunity maps” as part of criteria for where new housing projects for families with children will be built. According to a report from the California Treasurer, opportunity maps are intended to display “which areas, according to research, offer low-income children and adults the best chance at economic advancement, high educational attainment, and good physical and mental health.” Last December, the California Tax Credit Al- location Committee (TCAC), which administers housing funds via the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, voted to adopt opportunity maps into the 2018 regulations to promote low-income families’ access to high-opportunity neighborhoods. This move will help reverse patterns of developing new housing in segregated neighborhoods with high rates of poverty. Using the Haas Institute’s opportunity mapping framework, and incorporating the most up-to-date research on upward mobility and intergenerational opportunity, the task force's 10-month project cul- minated in producing maps for all census tracts in California. The taskforce process also incorporat- ed considerations raised by stakeholders across the state during the public comment period. Opportunity maps are intended to display This development follows extensive work by the “which areas, according to research, offer California Fair Housing Taskforce, which was convened in February 2017 by TCAC and the California low-income children and adults the best Department of Housing and Community Develop- chance at economic advancement, high ment (HCD). These agencies brought taskforce educational attainment, and good physical members together to identify an appropriate data- and mental health."–California Treasurer driven tool for measuring and mapping opportunity within the state. The group was formed partially in response to research by the Haas Institute showing that LIHTC projects for families in the Bay Area were overwhelmingly sited in low-opportunity areas. The Haas Institute jointly developed a research-based methodology for mapping opportunity to help direct the siting of LIHTC developments that are intended for families. - SARA GROSSMAN

6 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Bringing Belonging to Bioneers

THE HAAS INSTITUTE was well-represented at the most recent Bioneers conference, an annual gathering in northern California of progressive- minded communities working on environmental, racial, and social justice. Haas Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Victor Pineda was invited to give a keynote address to the hundreds of attendees gathered last October. Pineda's talk, entitled "Radical Inclusion: Cities, Technology and the Power of Inclusive Thinking,” discussed the groundbreaking work of cities, tech companies, and universities to re-imagine urban spaces There are no problems and unlock society’s collective potential. Pineda, who is also president of that are impossible if we the organization World Enabled and a leading advocate for inclusive urban have the imagination development and disability rights, told to look beyond what is the gathered crowd that “There are no problems that are impossible if we apparent. - Victor Pineda have the imagination to look beyond what is apparent." Haas Institute Director john a. powell was also a keynote Bioneers speaker. In his talk he urged the audience to focus on compassion, shared human- environment for people the dominant human beings, something that can be ity, and reshaping structures to create group views as a threat. Alternatively, accomplished by focusing on empathy spaces in which no one is left out. In his the response can be one of "bridging" with others, and sharing stories of suf- keynote address, entitled "Co-Creating and "belonging," meaning to embrace fering and joy. Alternative Spaces to Heal," powell laid those changes and form bonds with Haas Institute Senior Fellow Sonali out the challenge before us as one of people from different backgrounds and Sangeeta Balajee also participated in moving "from an exclusionary society, with different views. a panel at Bioneers on “radical organiz- to an integrated society, to an inclusive "Belonging is not just how we treat ing," As part of that discussion she dis- society, to a belonging society.” He each other, it is how do we actually cussed how advocates can go beyond noted that demographic changes in the organize our economy, our structures, organizing for singular issues or can- country where non-whites are becom- our schools ... where everyone be- didates and think more deeply about ing more visible creates anxiety among longs? Yet also still recognizing we transforming structures and culture. dominant groups. This is a natural have differences," powell said. Recog- An audio interview with Sonali from the feeling, he said, the response to which nizing our differences is not enough, Bioneers conference is available on the can take at least two forms. The first is however, he added. To move away Haas Institute website.- SARA GROSSMAN "breaking"—that is, to resist this change from breaking, we must also under- More at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/resources and create an unwelcoming or hostile stand the deep connections between

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 7 SCHOLARSHIP People on the Move

REVEALING AT A JANUARY 25, 2018 event in Oakland, Elsadig Elsheikh, the head of the Haas Institute's Global Justice program, presented findings from a new WHAT'S HIDDEN Haas Institute report on the global refugee crisis. Entitled “Moving Targets: An Analysis of Global Forced Migration," the report, which Elsheikh co- ABOUT RACE authored with Hossein Ayazi, takes an in-depth look at how neoliberal policies, securitization, and effects of the climate crisis have led to the current A NEW BOOK focused on obstacles to creating a more just economy and the role that global refugee crisis. racial inequities play in that arena, includes During the talk, Elsheikh elabo- a chapter co-written by the Haas Institute's rated on key elements of the Wendy Ake and john a. powell. The Hid- report's research and analysis den Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive to explain root and longstand- Economy aims to provide ing causes of the upsurge in readers with an under- people being forcibly dis- standing of the driving placed. He also contrasted forces of racial in- the global responses to the equality in the country, displacement of people during addressing questions the World War Two era with such as why Black today's response by powerful adults own less and countries in a position to help: From left: Elsadig Elsheikh and have more barriers to in contrast to the post- WWII Gerald Lenoir of the Haas Institute opportunity, educa- international response today tion, jobs, and voting countries are building fences, shutting their borders, and ignoring or scut- rights than whites. tling longstanding international refugee resettlement agreements. Elsheikh The book also identi- also discussed how the vast majority of refugees remain in countries in the fies why segregation Global South, with European countries only hosting and resettling a tiny still exists, more fraction of current refugees. than half a century af- The event featured remarks by Catherine Tactaquin, the executive direc- ter Brown v. Board of Education tor of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, as well struck down legal segregation. as a performance by Kiandada Dance Theatre. The talk was moderated Ake, who leads the Haas Institute's Just by the Haas Institute’s Gerald Lenoir, with introductory remarks by Nunu Public Finance program, and Institute director Kidane, the Director of the Priority Africa Network. –MARC ABIZEID john a. powell contributed a chapter they co- Find the report at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/movingtargets wrote entitled "Creating Structural Changes: The Role of Targeted Universalism." In it they address the simultaneous rise of two ideo- Working Across Partisan Lines to logically opposed movements in the US and Humanize Those Who Live in Poverty Europe. The first movement is one whose Director john a. powell co-authored an article on the agenda explicitly targets marginalized groups HAAS INSTITUTE plight of poverty in America with leader of the conservative American and draws distinctions between who de- Enterprise Institute Arthur Brooks. In their joint piece, entitled “America serves rights and social protections, and who Can't Fix Poverty Until It Stops Hating Poor People, published in The doesn't. And the other is one that demands Atlantic's CityLab, powell and Brooks offered their viewpoints on the inclusion and equity for all. "These...are many ways poor people are treated as Other from those in the middle born out of two different solutions to shared and upper classes, and issued a “bipartisan plea to stop 'Othering’ those social realities," the introduction to their joint living on the economic margins.” powell and Brooks are both members chapter reads. “We have to rethink the frame- of the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, and, as powell notes, works that give rise to strategies for systemic "We are both sincere in our desire to end poverty. We may disagree on change and intervention. And we need to how to do that, but both of us are interested in facts and science, so we create practices that support a new language can be convinced. It's not just an ideological position." When you bridge of discourse–one that promotes equity, inclu- with other people, you can create fertile ground to begin addressing the sion, and belonging." –SARA GROSSMAN problems you want to solve, powell added. –SARA GROSSMAN More info at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/resources See more at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/news

8 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU PHOTOS BY BOB HSIANG AND MARC ABIZEID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Black Panther & A Wrinkle In Time Community Screenings

HUNDREDS OF community members from around the Justice Society, Michael McAfee, president of Policy Bay Area gathered at the screenings of two major Link, and Oakland resident Ebone Carter. Hollywood films this past spring in events that were Two weeks later, the same organizations, along with co-hosted by the Haas Institute and local partners. The California Endowment, hosted another free, The films— A Wrinkle in Time and Black Panther— community-invited screening, this time the Bay Area were both major cultural moments in their own right, premiere of Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time. Held and both challenge dominant narratives of "who be- again at the Grand Lake, the Wrinkle in Time event longs" on the big screen, featuring central characters featured a panel of local youth community leaders, in- that are non-white and multifaceted. cluding George Hofstetter, a junior at Alameda Com- The events generated immense interest and en- munity Learning Center, Rebecca Taylor, a Computer thusiasm within moments of their announcements Science major at CSU East Bay, Ngan Ly, a senior at online— tickets to the free Black Panther event, which Oakland Technical High School, and Roxana Franco, was open to communty members and advertised who works with Oakland Kids First at Castlemont through social media platforms, were taken in under High School. The panel was moderated by Ashara 15 minutes. Ekundayo. The Wrinkle in Time audience was packed On February 19 the mega-blockbuster superhero with young attendees and their families from a number film Black Panther, directed by Oakland native Ryan of local organizations and schools. Coogler, was the occassion for the The two films represent a groundbreaking moment community screening. Free to all in the history of filmmaking. Black Panther became participants, the screening was the first billion-dollar film starring a majority Black hosted at Oakland's renowned cast and has already joined the ranks of the top 10 Grand Lake Theatre and co- highest grossing films of all time. With the premiere sponsored by the Haas Institute, of A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay became the PolicyLink, and the Equal Justice first woman of color to direct a film with a budget Society. A short discussion was over $100 million. Both films heralded a moment to held before the film with john promote deep social, emotional, and community powell, Ashara Ekundayo, health by building narratives which can allow co-founder of Impact Hub communities to bond, envision, and experi- Oakland, Eva Paterson, ence joy together. - DUSTIN CRAUN president and co- founder of the Equal George Hofstetter spoke on the youth panel at A Wrinkle in Time in Oakland

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 9 was at the epicenter of a nationwide debate around Latest Publications free speech and hate Find all our publications at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/resources speech in the US. At that time, Right-wing provo- been felt by their suffering cateur Milo Yiannopou-

Annual Report What Didn’t in relation to safe and af- December 2017 los had announced the Measuring Global Inclusion and Marginality Happen? fordable water, the hous- campus as the site for his BY JOSHUA CLARK ing crisis, and access to so-called “Free Speech Donald Trump defeated healthcare. The report Week,” which was to Hillary Clinton in a bitterly explores the paradox feature a number of far- fought 2016 campaign and potential of Med- right speakers. Although by outpacing past GOP icaid Expansion, or the the “week” of events Healthy Michigan Plan, ended up lasting about for Detroiters following 20 minutes (and which

RESEARCH HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU REPORT November 2017 the city’s bankruptcy. The the university later called author examines efforts at “the most expensive WHAT leveraging health equity examines inclusivity in ab- photo op in the univer- DIDN'T against the backdrop of sity’s history”), we sought HAPPEN? solute terms and relative Breaking down the results of the 2016 presidential election ineffective water policies to examine the context of By Joshua Clark to other nations. and housing insecurity this speech event within experienced by Detroit The US fell from the most the larger debate around residents. Ultimately the inclusive group of nations free speech. Our Free author argues for rear- in 2016 to the middle Speech Resource Guide rangements of traditional group of the presented research-based economic evidence and perspec-

Research Brief 120 countries and gov- November 2017 tives on a range of free PUBLIC FINANCE included in this RESEARCH ernment Public Health & Wealth in SERIES speech issues. The guide candidates among Post-Bankruptcy Detroit year's report, rural whites and whites practice to by Suparna Bhaskaran according to a discusses coded racial without a college degree, ameliorate ranking system appeals in the form of particularly in states challenges that uses six "dog whistle politics," and where turnout simulta- Detroit faces indicators: how other nations handle neously dove among in order to Outgroup Vio- hate, among other critical Democrat-leaning groups, create sys- lence, Political topics.

.e du .b e r ke ley argues a new study from temic change haasinstitute Representa- the Haas Institute and centered on tion, Income Tides Foundation. The policies that Inequality, Legalizing report uses data from the promote equity Anti-Discrimination Laws, Othering and inclusion. US Census Bureau, major Rates of Incarceration, BY BASIMA SISEMORE, post-election surveys, and and Immigration/Asylum ELSADIG ELSHEIKH, other sources to examine Inclusiveness Policies. to determine a NATALIA RAMIREZ LEE shifts in voting behavior Index 2017 nation's level of inclusiv- This in-depth report, pub- among different demo- BY STEPHEN MENENDIAN, ity. Inclusivity is defined lished in September 2016, graphic groups that led to ELSADIG ELSHEIKH, AND as access to power, traces the rise and impact last year’s major upset. SAMIR GAMBHIR and public and private of the Islamophobia move- resources, as well as how The Netherlands, Swe- ment in the United States dominant group members Public Health & den, and Norway retained since 2000, identifying key view non-dominant group Wealth in Post- the top three spots in the actors behind a national members. Bankruptcy Haas Institute’s 2017 campaign to spread fear Detroit Inclusiveness Index and misinformation about released in December, Speech and Muslims. Authored by BY SUPARNA BHASKARAN which ranks nations Belonging researchers from the This report discusses based on their levels of in- Resource guide Institute’s Global Jus- how the declining wealth clusion and group-based BY HAAS INSTITUTE STAFF tice program, Legalizing and health of ordinary De- marginality. The Index troiters has most recently Last fall, UC Berkeley continued on next page

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Research Report September 2017 and economic exclusion, with the Haas Institute historical disenfranchise- Legalizing Othering The United States of Islamophobia ment, segregation, zon- Nwamaka Agbo by Elsadig Elsheikh, Basima Sisemore, Natalia Ramirez Lee ing, community health, PROJECT MANAGER, RICHMOND COMMUNITY-OWNED and other issues. Much of DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE the research and cre- Nwamaka Agbo is a restorative econom- ative development of this ics practitioner, bringing a solutions- report was done by the oriented approach to her project Staying Power Fellows, management consulting work with community-owned and governed HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU a group of Richmond projects. With a background in or- residents impacted by the ganizing, electoral campaigns, policy housing crisis who carried and advocacy on racial, social and out interviews, analyzed Othering shows how environmental justice issues, Nwamaka data, and examined well-funded figures on the supports projects that build resilient, healthy their own experiences and self-determined communities rooted in shared prosper- extreme right influenced over the past year. The ity. In addition to her consulting practice, Nwamaka is also a state lawmakers around Staying Power fellow- Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center She gradu- the country to introduce ship is co-sponsored by ated from UC Davis with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology legislation and pass laws the Haas Institute. The and African American Studies and has an MPA from San banning the application of Francisco State University. report includes a set of Sharia. These anti-Muslim activists helped get nearly Evan Bissell 200 anti-Sharia bills intro- Research Report ARTS & CULTURE STRATEGIST, STAYING POWER January 2018 duced in 39 state legisla- Housing Policy and FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR tures across the country Belonging in Richmond Evan facilitates participatory art and research between 2010 and 2016. projects that support equitable systems As the report describes, and liberatory processes. Previous proj- the motivation for this ect include an interactive online history type of legislation is not of freedom and confinement in the US to combat a perceived told through 50 miniature paintings; threat to US democracy, poster installations and community surveys about broken windows policing but rather to stoke fears HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU in the Bronx; and life-size portrait paintings of Muslims in an effort to created with incarcerated fathers and chil- exclude them from society, dren of incarcerated parents. Evan has exhibited at CUNY and to present Islam as an Graduate Center, on Alcatraz Island, at Yerba Buena Center poems by local residents enemy. for the Arts, Intersection for the Arts, and SOMArts, and and pictures of a know- facilitated projects in schools and communities nationwide. your-rights housing mural Evan received a master’s in Public Health and City Planning Housing Policy in the city produced by from UC Berkeley. and Belonging a Staying Power fellow. in Richmond The stories, poetry, data, Arthur Gailes Released in January images, and policies that FAIR HOUSING COORDINATOR, EQUITY METRICS 2018, this report ex- make up this report seek Arthur Gailes specializes in data analysis, econometrics, plores how the city of to answer questions like: and policy research. He contributes to the Richmond, California can What does it mean to Fair Housing Research Initiative and the continue working towards truly belong in Richmond? Opportunity Mapping Project in his a more equitable housing How do our homes capacity as the new Fair Housing landscape. While us- shape how we think of Coordinator. His work focuses on the geospatial mapping of inequality of ing Richmond as a lens who belongs? And what solutions and actions are opportunity using GIS, R, and Python through which to view the to collect and present data that allows needed to achieve a city larger Bay Area housing for actionable insight. Arthur received crisis, the report outlines where everyone belongs? his Master's degree in Applied Economics legislation that can be –COMPILED AND EDITED BY from Johns Hopkins University in 2015 and holds a Bach- implemented in cities SARA GROSSMAN elor's in English from George Mason University.

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 11 PHOTOS BY MARC ABIZEID AND SERGINHO ROOSBLAD

John Koskinen (right) and Victor Palmieri at the Race & Inequality in America: Kerner Commission conference in The Kerner Report at 50 Berkeley

NEARLY 1,000 people from around the country came to- The bi-partisan and politically mainstream commission is- gether on February 27–March 1 for the “Race & Inequality sued its landmark report on February 29, 1968, offering the in America: The Kerner Commission at 50” conference at dramatic conclusion that white society had denied opportu- UC Berkeley, and at an additional location in Baltimore, to nity to Black Americans living in poor urban neighborhoods. hear dozens of experts speak on a range of topics related Its most famous line, cited by the US Supreme Court as to racial justice in America. recently as 2015, was: “Our Nation is moving toward two The conference, co-hosted by the Haas Institute, the 21st societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, and Harris, the former senator and last surviving commission the Economic Policy Institute, marked the 50th anniversary member, recalled visiting cities affected by the civil unrest of the publication of the "Report of the National Advisory with others to interview residents, who often expressed Commission on Civil Disorders," more commonly known as distrust in them and skepticism in their mission. “They didn't the Kerner Report. The conference featured eight panels, trust white politicians like us to do anything about racism several keynote speeches, and several artistic performances and poverty,” Harris recalls. Senator Harris described Presi- from distinguished figures, including former housing secre- dent Johnson's indignation at the report’s findings, saying he tary Shaun Donovan, former Senator Fred Harris who is the wanted to prevent its release despite having commissioned only surviving member of the Kerner Commission, NAACP it, but could do nothing to stop it after it was leaked to the Legal Defense and Educational Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill, public and garnered widespread media attention. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and many others. The final report was unanimously endorsed by the com- Haas Institute Director john powell opened the conference mission’s members, Republicans and Democrats alike. In with historical context on the Kerner Commission, which that regard, it was not merely speaking “truth to power.” was formed in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Rather, it was “speaking truth from power,” as Donovan, response to a series of uprisings across the country, most President Barack Obama’s housing secretary, put it in his notably in Detroit and Newark. The commission was tasked keynote address. with investigating the immediate causes of the rebellions, as In organizing the conference, the Haas Institute sought well as the underlying conditions of racial segregation and to not only examine the legacy, successes and failures of discrimination that gave rise to them.

12 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU From top (l-r): Jitu Brown listens to fellow panelist Rucker Johnson From top: Members of the speak on their panel on education Kerner50 student art collective and racial disparities; New Orleans in front of one of their pieces; Mayor Mitch Landrieu during his Camille Charles (left) and Betsy welcome address Julian on the housing panel; Sonya Joseph of Faith New York/ PICO National, who spoke on the Black Lives Matter & Criminal Justice Reform panel From top: Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund during her closing keynote address; Attendee Sande Smith of the California Wellness Foundation; and, Whose Streets? film co-director Sabaah Folayan (left) speaks to the audience

the commission, but also to envision what a contemporary “White folks who say ‘I'd really like to be in integrated set- Kerner Report might look like in every major area of Ameri- tings, but I've got to worry about my property values’ would can life, including housing, education, healthcare, policing, all of a sudden say ‘if I'm worried about my property values I and more. want to make sure I have a racially integrated and socioeco- In the closing panel, titled “Remedies, Big and Small,” nomically integrated community’,” Boger explained. He also former dean of North Carolina’s law school Jack Boger proposed that leading universities favor admissions applica- advocated for ending mortgage interest tax deductions to tions from racially-integrated high schools.–MARC ABIZEID neighborhoods that refuse to integrate low-income and Videos of all speeches, panels, and performances from the conference are available at haasinstitute.com/kerner50. non-white residents.

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Artist and UC Berkeley student Dulce María López González presents the student collective art work commissioned for the conference

Tucson police chief Chris Magnus talked about Attendee Rochelle Shaw looks his participation in a through the conference program #BlackLivesMatter protest

Attendee Ora Hatheway, a UC Berkeley alumna, shared thoughts regarding some of the Senator Fred Harris, the only surviving issues highlighted at member of the Kerner Commission, spoke the conference about the probe into the 1967 civil unrest

14 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU Gattaca Turns 20 Two decades after its release, Haas Institute faculty visit the iconic film's themes on bioethics, disability, eugenics, and more

ALONG WITH the Center for Genetics attendees. Nakamura raised critical and Society, the Haas Institute Disabil- questions about society’s perceptions ity Studies and the Diversity & Health of belonging in relation to people with Disparities faculty research clusters disabilities. Nakamura encouraged collaborated on two events anchored the panelists and audience to reflect around the 1997 sci-fi film Gattaca. on our own society’s obsession with The two events, one held in Berke- categorizing people and organizing ley and one in San Francisco, were society according to these categories— designed to revisit the film’s impact on just like in Gattaca. how society considers the ethical and Obasogie, meanwhile, shifted focus to social questions around human repro- the film’s use of eugenics—the process ductive and gene editing technologies. of trying to produce a population with Both featured a screening of the film certain genetic traits by controlled followed by a panel and public discus- breeding. He challenged the audience sion that explored the importance of to reflect on the complex history of this the movie in light of emerging technol- “science” and the lethal ogies that make what was considered perversion of scientific science fiction at the time of Gattaca’s ideology when used to release simply science today. socialize people into The main character in Gattaca, Vincent, believing they must fit a played by Ethan Hawke, was born of specific profile. natural conception in a society domi- The second event was nated by genetically engineered elites. held March 8 at the San Because Vincent was born without Francisco Public Library genetic manipulation, he is deemed an and was followed by a “invalid” and unable to participate in panel discussion with society. Meanwhile Eugene, a different Alice Wong of the Dis- character who requires a wheelchair af- ability Visibility Project, ter an accident, can no longer operate Sara Acevedo of the in the Gattacan society only designed California Institute of for humans in “perfect” physical and Integral Studies, Per- mental condition. Thus Eugene’s life former/artist Dominika becomes a symbolic sacrifice of his Bednarska, Lawrence "valid" DNA, in the form of daily dona- Carter-Long of the Dis- tions of blood and urine, to Vincent, to ability Rights Education help “validate” the latter’s entry into a and Defense Fund, Cath- job that allows him to travel to space. erine Kudlick of SFSU, At the Brower Center in Berkeley, the Marcy Darnovsky of the event opened with a brief talk from UC Center for Genetics and Berkeley faculty emeritus Troy Duster Society, and moderated who contextualized the ongoing signifi- by Nakamura. cance of the questions raised by the Obasogie had previously raised film. Following the screening, Health similar questions about the social and Disparities chair Osagie Obasogie, political acceptance of technologi- Disabilities Studies chair Karen Naka- cal developments used to “engineer mura, and fellow panelist Rosemarie better humans” in a piece in Scientific Garland-Thomson from Emory Universi- American last year entitled “Revisiting ty took part in a public discussion with continued on next page

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Gattaca in the Era of Trump,” Economist Within the context of racial hatred, xenophobia, and growing Hilary Hoynes inequalities across all aspects of society, Obasogie noted in named to the piece, “What made previous eugenics movements so lethal Academy and pernicious were not only the tools, practices and research of Arts & programs that were developed then. Rather, it was the ideologi- Sciences cal context of abject racial hatred that led these approaches PROFESSOR OF Economics to be used for particular abhor- and Public Policy and Dis- rent ends.” tinguished Chair of the Haas The panelists emphasized that Institute Economic Disparities society must continue contend- faculty research cluster Hilary ing with the harsh realities in the Hoynes was elected to the function of structural racism and prestigious American Academy its locking of specific groups out of Arts and Sciences in April, joining a select group of scholars, business of opportunity. leaders, and changemakers from around the US who have received one of Biotech companies leading in this country’s highest honors. regulatory approvals to research The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned and to treat genetic diseases societies in the US and is devot- must be held accountable to ed to the advancement and study create equity and inclusion in of the key societal, scientific, and their work that can advance all intellectual issues. people, not just those who may Hoynes’ contributions are rooted already be considered privileged in her scholarship on poverty, or even “elite.” The ongoing inequality, food and nutrition scholarship and public engage- programs, and the impacts of ment and discourse around Gat- government tax and transfer pro- taca highlights the reality that grams on low income families. society faces critical questions More specifically, her research around regulations. As they exist has looked at the impact of now, regulations are driven by major US anti-poverty programs, Haas Institute chair Hilary Hoynes speaks powerful tech companies who demonstrating critical findings like at an event she helped organize on SNAP use market-based logic to make the fact that residents in counties decisions about what may be that adopted the Food Stamp program before their third birthday enjoyed the fate of humanity. better health later in life and that Head Start preschool programs have A special episode of the longer-lasting impacts for children who do not speak English at home, podcast Life of the Law among other findings. She is also the co-editor of the leading economics (lifeofthelaw.org) was produced journal, American Economic Review. on the Gattaca theme, covering The Academy's announcement regarding Hoynes’ election noted that both of the screenings and her research has provided “a clear and dynamic picture of how these featuring interviews with social programs affect poverty, health, and food security, especially during Obasogie, Duster, and other economic recessions, and...is distinguished by its focus on critical policy panelists. The episode is called issues and methodological rigor.” "Up the Borrowed Ladder." Visit Other notable people elected to the Academy this year included author www.geneticsandsociety.org Ta-Nehisi Coates, novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, former president Barack to see a video of both Gattaca Obama, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor, among others. events. –TAKIYAH FRANKLIN –SARA GROSSMAN

16 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU Immigration and Racialization in the Era of Trump Chris Zepeda-Millan is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies and Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Berkeley and is a member of the Haas Institute’s Diversity and Democracy research cluster. His scholarship focuses on issues related to social movements, immigration, public opinion, racial politics, and interdisciplinary research methods. His first book, Latino Mass Mobilization: Im- migration, Racialization, and Activism was published by Cambridge University Press.

You wrote a book that examined the causes and effects of the 2006 immigrant rights protests, one of the largest demonstrations in US history. What has changed in the decade since? In many respects, everything and nothing has changed. Nothing has changed in the sense that we still don't have comprehensive immigration reform and Republicans today are in control of every branch of the federal government, just as they were back in 2006. At the same time, things have changed for the worse in that we’ve gone from having a Republican president in George W. Bush who was willing to support legalization for undocumented immigrants, to the most anti-Latino and immigrant president—Trump—who wants to terrorize, cage up, and deport both people without papers and legal permanent residents. On the positive side, things haven’t changed in that we still know we have the capacity to mass mobilize people. What has changed, however, is that Trump’s victory made more evident than ever that our street protests have to be accom- panied by electoral mobilization such as naturalization, voter registration, and get out the vote drives, in order for activism Chris Zepeda-Millan to be impactful. We’re on our way to doing this but, in many respects, our ability to put this strategy into action depends on a lot of funding and on the slow but steady demographic cades. So yes, Trump is definitely uniquely more dangerous changes that are occurring, especially in key swing states compared to the previous president. like Florida and Arizona.

What are some trends in the ways local cities Is President Trump’s administration uniquely are resisting or responding to the current fed- dangerous to immigrants? If so, how? As bad as it was under Obama—and it was extremely hor- eral immigration policies? How can pro-immi- rible in terms of deportations—we did make some important grant groups and people react and resist? gains through political activism. A lot of what we couldn’t In an interesting way, the hostile nature of the national achieve had to do with Republicans’ control of Congress political contexts has opened up space for positive policy during most of his presidency. change at the local level in progressive states like Califor- nia. If we push our elected officials right now, we have both Today, things have gotten substantially worse because this the capacity and the will (given the anti-Trump sentiment president doesn’t need the Latino vote and, in fact, his base in the state) to not only pass laws that make it harder for is demanding that he specifically target Latinos, which has the federal government to implement Trump’s draconian led to immigrants being attacked legislatively, culturally, and nativist agenda, but also expand immigrant rights. We’ve physically. Unlike Obama, Trump is making lifetime judicial appointments that will undermine immigrant rights for de- continued on next page

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already done THE HAAS INSTITUTE’S faculty research this through clusters organized a year-long, 11-part speaker things like policy series for the 2017-2018 academic year that FALL 2017 FALL around driver’s brought leading scholars from around the coun- licenses, but we try to UC Berkeley to present on a wide range HAAS INSTITUTE Faculty Colloquium Series could do more of issues around diversity and inclusion. like, for example, The talks kicked off in the fall with a presentation OCT 19 OCT 20 NOV 17 DEC 1 DEC 8 expanding our by Joseph Fischel of Yale University, who spoke joseph erin Jovan Paul Elizabeth fischel Kerrison Lewis Frymer Alexander Yale University UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Princeton Columbia local democracy on the limits of consent discourse in adjudicat- University University by allowing non- ing forms of pleasure. citizens that live The following week, UC Berkeley’s Erin Kerrison in and contribute presented on how the US prison system fails to our communi- inmates of color, illustrated through the compel- A new year-long colloquium series organized ties to vote. ling narration of formerly incarcerated partici- by the affiliated faculty of the Haas Institute that pants of drug treatment programs. aims to share leading edge research and spark generative exchange and collaborationReimagining on issues Political Knowledge: Race and How does Jovan Scott Lewis of UC Berkeley then present- of diversity and inclusion. the Carceral State your scholar- ed on how theories of reciprocity and econom- The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society is a major initiative at UC Berkeley dedicated to scholarship and public engagement that exposes the many challenges of marginalization and inequality and promotes ics of exchange can be applied to the study of opportunities for inclusion and equity. Faculty are organized into seven topical areas: Disability Studies; Diversity ship intersect Takingand Democracy; Economic Back Diversity; Health Disparities; LGBTQ Citizenship; Race & Educational Policy; and DemocracyReligious Diversity. See haasinstitute.berkeley.edu for more information. poverty in Jamaica. ALL EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC • PLEASE REFRAIN FROM WEARING SCENTED PRODUCTS with that of RelationalWHEELCHAIR Organizing ACCESSIBLE • MOREand INFO AT HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU/EVENTS

Political Engagement APR 13 12:00– the Haas In- In another talk, Paul Frymer of Princeton Uni- 1:30 PM Social Science versity shared his research on how the federal Matrix, stitute’s work Barrows Hall 8th Cathy Cohen Floor Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor at the University of Chicago. Cohen is the author of The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics and Democracy government crafted a white America through Berkeley Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics. She is also co-editor of the anthology Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader. Her articles have been published in numerous journals and related to campus edited volumes including the American Political Science Review, NOMOS, GLQ, Social Text, and the DuBois Review. Cohen is the founder and director of the GenForward Millennial Survey Project and the Black Youth Project. Cohen has also been the recipient of numerous awards including the Robert Wood Johnson

APR 27 APR Investigator’s Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellowship. land policy by populating territory with European 12:00– inclusion and 1:30 PM Women’s Faculty settlers and denying land to non-whites. Club HAAS INSTITUTE Faculty belonging? Berkeley Lisa García Colloquium campus Series BedollaLisa García Bedolla is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley. Since its inception, ninety-eight years ago, García Bedolla ALL EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC • PLEASE REFRAIN FROM WEARING SCENTED PRODUCTS Poet Elizabeth Alexander, who was recently ap- is the first woman to direct the IGS. García Bedolla is the author of four books and dozens of research WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE • MORE INFO AT HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU/EVENTS articles. Her works Latino Politics (Cambridge, UK: Polity 2014), Fluid Borders: Latino Power, Identity, and I wanted to be Politics in Los Angeles (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005); in addition to, her co-authored text, with Melissa R. Michelson, of Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the- Vote Campaigns (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012) have earned five national book awards.

pointed president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foun- HAAS INSTITUTE part of the Haas Faculty Colloquium Institute because dation, rounded off the fall segment with a look Series

ALL EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC • PLEASE REFRAIN FROM WEARING SCENTED PRODUCTS of its mission at Black arts collectives, and some ways in which WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE • MORE INFO AT HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU/EVENTS to promote Black art eulogizes, remembers, and makes an- cestral references to death and violence. equity, fairness, among white, Black, and Latino people for their and inclusion Opening the series’ spring segment was families over different generations. locally, nation- Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institute, who Karen Nakamura, chair of the Haas Institute's ally, and across argued that there is too much emphasis given Disability Studies cluster, later gave a talk that the globe. My to the top one percent of wage earners, and critiqued traditional approaches of academics to research on im- not enough on the top 20 percent, in studies the field of disability studies, demonstrating how migration—which of wealth and power in America. That talk was films, books, conferences, and research are exclu- is simultaneously followed by a critique and panel discussion sionary of non-white people with disabilities. a local, national, with UC Berkeley scholars Paul Pierson and and international Cybelle Fox. In the next talk, the University of Chicago’s Cathy Cohen showed how the advent of new media has issue—intersects Victor Rios of UC Santa Barbara spoke at changed how young, Black Americans are more perfectly with the the next event on the criminalization of Black in control of capturing and disseminating visu- Haas Institute’s and Latino boys, and his nearly 20 years of als, and that such a shift has also impacted their goals.–INTERVIEW research examining the perspective of youth levels of political knowledge. BY SARA GROSSMAN experiencing punitive social control on the streets and in schools. In the final talk of the year-long series, UC Berkeley’s Lisa García Bedolla spoke on "Taking In a joint talk, Mary Pattillo of Northwestern Uni- Back Democracy: Relational Organizing and versity, and Jordan Conwell from the University Political Engagement." of Wisconsin-Madison, presented their research on “Race, College Quality, and Intergenerational Videos, photos, and summaries of most of the Mobility,” using qualitative and quantitative data talks can be found at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/ to show the implications of education gaps researchtoimpact. –MARC ABIZEID

18 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU Tracking and Exposing the Rise of Islamophobia

RESEARCHERS FROM the Haas Institute's year that details how far-right actors have Global Justice Program have become key undertaken coordinated efforts to alienate, contributors to the expanding field of Islamo- criminalize, and spread fear of Muslims in phobia studies in the United States with a the United States. slate of newly-released publications, inter- The report, titled “Legalizing Othering: The national partnerships, and ongoing research United States of Islamophobia,” authored by that offers deep examinations of the increase Elsheikh and researchers Basima Sisemore of anti-Muslim sentiment and policy across and Natalia Ramirez Lee, shows how well- the country. funded figures on the extreme right influ- “Our work to address Islamophobia provides enced state lawmakers around the country research, policy recommendations, and tools to introduce legislation and pass laws that to understand and challenge the mechanisms banned the application of “Sharia law,” or a used to legalize and institutionalize the Other- set of guiding principles, from being consid- ing of Muslims,” Elsadig Elsheikh, the director ered in US courts. of the Global Justice Program, said. The Haas Institute has also been a regu- Recognizing gaps in Islamophobia research lar co-sponsor of the Annual International and a lack of coordination among scholars Islamophobia Conference, an initiative run by in the field, Elsheikh and colleagues set out UC Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender. to build a structure to share knowledge and connect people working to confront anti-Muslim bigotry. While anti-Muslim bias is not new in the US, concerted efforts to single out Muslim communities through legislation and policy have increased dramati- cally since the attacks of 9/11. The Haas Institute was one of the founding members of the international Islamophobia Studies Consortium, a network of scholars and partners studying Islamophobia in a global context, comprised of more than 23 partners at universities and research centers. These partners are working on multiple areas of Islamophobia research within a network that facilitates collaboration and communication. Elsheikh explained that this area of work “seeks to unmask the multiple layers of Islamophobia that are influencing the legal, political, and social geographies of the US, ranging from anti-Muslim legislation to supporting critical community and scholarly Forthcoming initiatives include a reading engagements that examine and challenge resource pack that catalogs literature on Islamophobia.” anti-Muslim bigotry. Plans are to release a Recent initiatives of the Institute’s Islamo- US-focused resource document first, and phobia efforts include this year’s launch of a then globally by region.–MARC ABIZEID searchable database that identifies anti- More at haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/islamophobia Muslim bills introduced in US state legis- latures, as well as a report published last

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 19 New Web Hub on Narrative for California Movement Makers

THE BLUEPRINT for Be- challenged dog whistle longing (B4B) project of the politics, xenophobia, and Haas Institute is working structural racialization. with movement organiza- Other new media include tions across California to a long-form audio dia- develop and operational- logue between community ize a strategic narrative to organizing leader Christina underpin advocacy work Livingston and Haas Insti- across issues, campaigns, tute director john powell. and communities. The two discuss the work In March, the B4B team needed to dismantle a launched a new online web dominant anti-government, hub full of new materials pro-corporate, hyper-indi- the team has been collab- vidualistic narrative, while oratively developing with simultaneously building a partners over the last 18 new narrative that is based months. Components on on a government and public the new online platform sphere that serves people include a series of newly over profits. published research briefs Another major component from scholars and move- of the B4B initiative in- ment leaders such as cludes a statewide survey Rashad Robinson of Color conducted by the Haas of Change, Manuel Pas- Institute and Latino Deci- tor from the University of sions to better understand Southern California, Alan the interaction of Califor- Jenkins of The Opportunity nians’ intergroup and iden- Agenda, Rachel Godsil of tity perceptions with their the Perception Institute, and attitudes towards several the University of California's policy goals, social values, john a. powell, George and responses to mes- Lipsitz, Ian Haney Lopez, sages based on a strategic and Chris Benner, among narrative. The study gives others. These papers an initial baseline for under- were developed to offer standing where as a state analysis and proposals on and regionally California sits issues identified as criti- in relation to core pillars of cal to informing narratives progressive agendas. The new web hub features more than 15 and advocacy centered on The B4B team is set to belonging and inclusion. research briefs from next roll out new research scholars and advocacy The B4B team also pub- briefs that will compare group leaders on licly launched a new video, regions within the state and organizing, movement- titled “From Red to Blue,” examine the responses of building, agenda-setting, that documents the suc- populations such as young and other areas of cess of social movements adults and unregistered advocacy work. in California in creating a voters. more progressive political Find out more at haasinstitute. atmosphere in the state, berkeley.edu/b4b pushing for policies that

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Local Partnerships Change Public Narrative, Policy, and Community Infrastructure for Belonging

IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, the Haas Institute has part- sights from their research into creative arts pieces, including nered with community leaders and organizations to create the Walking Testimonies poetry book, a "Know Your Rights" strategies to further belonging in the face of persistent racial mural, among other projects. inequities and displacement. Three related projects unfolded The Haas Institute's Richmond team also wrote and pub- through participatory process to develop policies, creative lished Housing Policy and Belonging in Richmond, a report arts, and new organizational infrastructure for belonging. that shares data, stories, In early 2018 community leaders launched a new hybrid and policy recommenda- organization, the Richmond Community-owned Development tions rooted in the Staying Enterprise (RCDE), with the goal of ensuring the needs of Power fellowship and related Richmond residents who have been historically left out of research by the Institute the benefits of new development are central to the city’s and its community partners. emerging projects. The report provides context Economic development projects are too often planned by on the roots of the hous- private developers and arrive ‘fully baked’ by the time coming crisis, data pointing to munity members find out about the project. The aim of the critical issues in the city RCDE is to restructure this process so that development and region, a framework for developing inclusive housing WALKING TESTIMONIES planning begins with an inclusive and participatory com- RICHMOND IS HOME policies, and specific policies munity vision, a clear commitment to social equity, and a Poems by Ciera-Jevae Gordon process for remaining accountable to impacted residents. that Richmond could adopt to achieve a more fair and The Haas Institute provided research support to the devel- inclusive city. opment model of the Richmond CDE model; Eli Moore, Der- rick Duren, and Nwamaka Agbo worked with local leaders The vision of this work is that the city of Richmond becomes to provide research into existing development trends and de- a model for democratically governed and community-owned veloped case studies of equitable development enterprises equitable development that creates resilient, prosperous, in order to facilitate the design of the new enterprise. and healthy neighborhoods. “For Richmond to achieve a vision of social equity and broadly shared prosperity, we need Another project carried out in Richmond was the Staying a vehicle for development that has these values at its heart,” Power Fellowship, which brought together a group of six Eli Moore, who heads up the Richmond-based work, noted. residents to carry out their own research, creative arts, and community organizing related to themes of belonging and “The theme of belonging emerges as central to address- displacement. The fellows were nominated and supported ing housing needs,” said Sasha Graham-Croner, one of the by community organizations Safe Return Project, RYSE, and Staying Power fellows. “Belonging within a city is not about Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. Stay- being born there. It is not even about owning a home there. ing Power Fellows explored their own experiences through Belonging represents the communal spaces that are genu- writing and photography, interviewing fellow residents, and inely inclusive and supportive to all," she added. researching historic policies like redlining and other policies –DERRICK DUREN, ELI MOORE related to housing and development. They developed in- haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/ccp

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 21 Atlantic Fellows for Racial BY TAKIYAH FRANKLIN Equity Announces First Cohort PHOTO BY SUSAN WILCOX

SOUTH AFRICA Dallas Goldtooth FELLOWS Indigenous Environmen- tal Network Obenewa Amponsah Harvard University Mary Hooks Southerners On Asanda Benya New Ground (SONG) University of Cape Town Talila Lewis Christopher John Helping Educate to AFDA (The School of Advance the Rights Creative Economies) of Deaf Communities Brian Kamanzi (HEARD) University of Rukia Lumumba The first cohort of AFRE Fellows on location Cape Town People’s Advocacy at a field trip in Marikana, South Africa Kelly-Eve Koopman Institute Coloured Mentality Marlon Peterson IN NOVEMBER 2017, the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Joel Modiri The Precedential Group (AFRE) program named its first cohort of 29 fellows for a year- University of Pretoria Christopher Petrella long leadership program aimed at challenging racism in the US Ntombikanina American University and South Africa and disrupting the rise of white nationalism Malinga Rasheedah Phillips and white supremacy. Sastela Community AFRE is a unique partnership of leading organizations focused Neo Muyanga Legal Services of on racial equity, including the Haas Institute at UC Berkeley, Johannesburg Interna- Philadelphia Center for Community Change, the NAACP Legal Defense and tional Mozart Festival & Alberto Retana Educational Fund, Nelson Mandela Foundation, and Columbia the National Arts Festi- Community Coalition val of South Africa University. AFRE, one of six Atlantic Fellows programs funded by Rashad Robinson The Atlantic Philanthropies, is a $60-million program centered on Siyabonga Shange Color of Change Grace Family Church exposing and ending racial discrimination and violence that dehu- Favianna Rodriguez manize Black people which, ultimately, harm all people. Sarah Summers CultureStrike Coloured Mentality The inaugural cohort of AFRE Fellows is composed of activists, Holiday Simmons lawyers, artists, scholars, advocates and community leaders and is Stha “Sthandiwe” Generative Somatics the first of 10 cohorts that will take place over the next 10 years. Yeni Michael Smith Tshintsha Amakhaya MBK Alliance & “The United States and South Africa share Obama Foundation US FELLOWS a long history of racism, inequality and white Thenmozhi supremacy, all of which have reached a Devon Carbado Soundararajan boiling point in recent years. But we also UCLA School of Law Equality Labs are witnessing a new generation of leaders Dara Cooper Richard Wallace National Black Food Workers Center for standing up to break this corrosive cycle of and Justice Alliance Racial Justice injustice,” said Kavitha Mediratta, executive Marisa Franco director of the AFRE program. Mijente “These extraordinary individuals demonstrate great courage," Alicia Garza Mediratta added, "and, by awarding these fellowships, we hope National Domestic Workers’ Alliance to help them achieve our collective goal of a truly just and inclusive society for all.” haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/afre

22 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU In conversation with Senior Fellow Joshua Clark about his post-2016 election research and analysis—work that is part of his joint position with the Haas Institute and Tides Foundation.

consistently participate. What Comes Next? There are many ideas about how to improve structures around elections to make them more inclusive, and several Voting and the Electorate are getting adopted at the state level. In 2016, Oregon became the first state to implement automatic voter registration in 2018 and Beyond (AVR), a system that registers eligible citizens automatically any time they in- On the week of the one-year an- teract with the DMV. Recently Washing- niversary of the 2016 presidential ton also passed AVR legislation, along election, we released a report you with pre-registration for 16- and 17-year authored called “What Didn’t Hap- olds and Election Day (“same-day”) pen?” By using that title, what are registration. In California this year we some misconceptions you wanted to will begin to see the implementation of address? the Voter’s Choice Act, which contains The main misconception I wanted to a suite of changes meant to give voters spotlight was the idea that there was greater flexibility and convenience in any single, master explanation for the how, when, and where they vote. outcome of the 2016 presidential elec- All of these reforms are meant to facili- tion. We all saw the dizzying succes- tate voting, but intent is not the same sion of talking points: “It was turnout!” as outcome. We need to continue to or “It was women!” or “It was Trump’s build on these types of reforms, not appeal to the working class!” To be Joshua Clark only in election administration but also fair, these weren’t just headlines—many through innovative voter engagement of those claims were backed by sub- and mobilization efforts, while evaluat- stantial data and plausible arguments. “structures of exclusion” not ing who we are reaching and where And in many cases, those analyses enough? non-participation persists. were at least partially right. I worry that if we set our mission only But overall, Trump’s victory in the Elec- as removing barriers or structures that You’re currently working to reframe toral College required the confluence exclude, we accept the popular fallacy the idea of “voting rights” by bring- of multiple factors and many anoma- that there is a way to set the structures ing in notions of “targeted univer- lous voting behaviors that combined back to “neutral.” It is to act as though salism” and “positive obligations.” in distinct ways across regions. If there can be, or used to exist, a place What would a reframed under- there are a lot of “one-big-thing”-style of equilibrium in our laws and institu- standing look like? arguments about what determined the tions that can be restored. That simply 2016 outcome, it’s because you can Most of my past work centered on is not the case. To strive for structures international human rights in the post- come up with a lot of counterfactuals of inclusion means advocating for that would have landed us a different WWII context. In that sphere, there has laws, policies, institutions, processes, been a real shift in ideas about securing result. But just because you can make and even forms of sociality that deliver a plausible “if only x had happened…” rights for everyone. Especially since the equality across constituencies situated end of the Cold War, the international argument doesn’t mean you can’t do many ways in our society. the same for factors a, b, and c. human rights system has pursued an Now, what would those structures look implementation agenda that takes rights So my aim was to say: “What do you like when it comes to voting? I would to be only as real as their actual enjoy- mean ‘what happened’? Actually, what say that we only know by testing ideas ment in practice. So that means asking didn’t happen?” and seeing their effects. A legal or a bigger set of questions than just policy reform, or any other intervention whether there are cases of rights being You are also doing research on in how people can register and vote, is attacked; it means trying instead to "legal structures of inclusion” in a mechanism of inclusion insofar as it assess whether rights are being equally relation to voter turnout and voter actually increases the participation of and effectively enjoyed, and if not, re- suppression. Why is dismantling voters, particularly those we know don’t continued on next page

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 23 continued from previous page organized and you have a plan. That’s gist—like me—elected to the Virginia politics. The whole idea that “demo- House of Delegates. What could be quiring positive actions to fulfill them. graphics are destiny” is an expression more unexpected than that? Targeted universalism calls for some- of anti-politics, because it suggests you don’t have to do the hard work of thing similar, but offers a more sys- What issues and trends are you listening to people, organizing, and tematic mode of operationalization. It paying particular attention to in the building something together. foregrounds the fact that what we’re upcoming midterms? talking about is creating differential poli- Like anyone who follows these things, cies and practices tailored to the needs You wrote a piece on learnings I have my own personal favorite races of differently-situated individuals and “After Virginia,” about what we can of interest. Some of them are primaries communities. take away from the Democratic on both sides of the partisan divide. In Where voting rights are concerned, I victories in Virginia last year. the past few years there has been a lot think that both point to the same main What does Virginia signal? of push and pull around issue stances things: First, let’s move from a minimal- The Virginia election results are in both major parties, and primaries can ist standard of “can they vote?” to “are suggestive of a number of interest- be an indicator of how likely it is that they voting?,” with the obvious ca- ing things. Maybe the most under- new stances will spread and solidify. So veat that we’ll never see 100 percent appreciated lesson going into this for example there are a handful of state- participation. And second, if there are year’s midterms is that the polarization wide races where you have long-time patterns in who’s making it to the polls and nonstop political spectacle of the locally popular GOP elected officials and who’s not, we need to design past couple of years is likely to pump squaring off against nativist, provoca- some positive steps to facilitate the ex- up turnout across the board, not just teur-type candidates. On the other side, ercise of voting rights for those groups among opponents of the current there are a lot of first-time Democratic for whom the existing structures are administration. If you don’t believe candidates who are running on very not effective. that, you’re probably taking too much bold progressive proposals that polls from a highly unusual Alabama special suggest have support, but that conven- Some seem reliant on the idea that election, and not enough from Virginia. tional wisdom has long said “can’t win.” demographic shifts in the US will I think that people often forget that there are “occasional voters” on—or naturally cause politics to grow There's a current debate about with leanings toward—both sides of more favorable to their causes. Do what we should understand as the the political spectrum. I expect we’ll you agree with this analysis? “baseline” for the electorate moving see high rates of all of them at the This is a topic of longstanding and forward: the patterns from the 2012 polls in November. sometimes heated debate. When and 2016 presidential elections. Was people make this kind of claim, of My Virginia piece made some pre- 2016 an aberration? dictions about where progressive course there’s something there. But to I think that question is important, but electoral strategy was headed that me, there is much more that is wrong I worry that the most influential voices I think have proven correct, at least than right about the analysis. in these analyses will continue fore- so far. The Virginia elections un- First, this type of argument often grounding partisan swings—especially doubtedly show that young people, relies on census figures on ethnic and with respect to white suburbanites and Latinos, Asian Americans, and racial categories that we know do not whites without a college degree—while African Americans can indeed surge perfectly align with people’s modes ignoring fluctuations in turnout, or in the as powerful electoral forces even of identification. Further, the way we composition of the electorate. That is in a non-presidential year. Virginia define these identification categories dangerous because when a dynamic (or also suggests that these groups will today—and thus the criteria on which voter group) is omitted from analyses of mobilize for down-ballot races and today’s socio-demographic projections one election, it is likely to be left out of rally in support of new or “authentic” are based—will not necessarily be the planning for the next. That is one way voices. The new lawmakers elected same bases of self-identification for our research and analysis become complicit in Virginia were wise by running on children’s generation. We cannot take in a cycle that alienates so many voters. local issue platforms rather than for granted how patterns of self-identi- But there is also an opening there, I making everything about national fication will develop into the future nor hope, to challenge that cycle by altering partisan polemics. At the same time, how the resulting identities will interact the terms of the conversation. –INTERVIEW they included people that represent with different political positions. BY SARA GROSSMAN this country’s richness and breadth— john powell often reminds people that people from many underrepresented you don’t win by having the numbers communities and life experiences. on your side; you win because you get There was even a cultural anthropolo-

24 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU FEATURE

BY SARA GROSSMAN

Us, Reimagined Where Culture Can Take Community

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 25 his spring, singer and formed and moved.” rapper Childish Gam- Despite the enormous social challenges we face bino set off a heated today, Chang assured his audience that there is—and national debate after this is—time to assert a different vision of society. releasing the music Artists, he concluded, “have the potential to be stew- video for his song This ards of validating the righteous humanity of margin- is America. The video, alized people.” both cryptic and star- tling, is shot entirely in a t has become increasingly trendy in recent years warehouse. It opens with to use popular music as a form of resistance, says a man peacefully strum- Lynnée Denise, a “DJ scholar” and current Visit- ming a guitar, only to be quickly executed; a Black I ing Artist in CSU Los Angeles’ Pan African Studies choir is gunned down, sirens and crowds rage in the Department. background, a man jumps off a balcony. In front of In addition, popular music, particularly that it all, Gambino (whose real name is Donald Glover) T which is produced by Black artists like Childish dances joyfully with a group of schoolchildren, as Gambino, often has multiple layers of “coding” that if to say: let us distract you from the horror. Within can speak to specific subgroups while still being ac- hours of its release, the video had captivated the on- cessible to larger audiences. line sphere. Some viewers argued that it was meant “Black music has been historically coded, as it as a critique of US gun culture, others said it was an allowed us to communicate under the plantation indictment on the superficiality of social media. Still regime,” Denise said. “At the root of Black American others claimed it was a denunciation of anti-Black music is that throughout US history we were exclud- violence. Glover himself has remained silent, letting ed from participating in social life. Music offered audiences have their own conversation. a space where we could to express ourselves and This is, of course, not the first time a work of art critique and share our experiences in America.” has generated such frenzied debate. And yet, at a time Denise added that coded music has long been used when US leaders remain unable to address even the as a “cultural survival strategy” within Black commu- most alarming social inequities, Glover’s work serves nities. Generations ago, enslaved Black people used as a stark reminder that art and storytelling have criti- song to communicate escape plans and poke fun at cal roles in mirroring society back upon itself. slavemasters. Today, artists like Beyonce continue to While research and policy have often provided use codes to speak to Black audiences and recognize the backbone with which to construct an agenda for their unique histories and experiences. change, it is culture that can provoke shared reflec- Beyonce's performance at Coachella in 2018 with tion as well as new ways of seeing and being. an all-Black marching band is a significant example In his captivating keynote at the Haas Institute’s of codified culture, Denise said. “The Black expe- Othering & Belonging conference last year, author riences that Beyonce spoke to required intimate and scholar Jeff Chang illustrated what artists can knowledge of those experiences, without leaving do to “advance the social imagination.” “Culture people out. It was a coding rooted in healing.” is the realm of narratives and images,” said Chang, Pop culture not only has the capacity to heal, but who is the executive director of Stanford’s Institute also to foreground difficult conversations for the for Diversity in the Arts. “Culture is where we find larger society. “Pop culture has long been an impor- community, where the collective will to change is

previous page: “The Land of WE,” Honoring Altar maker Ofelia Esparza of East LA by muralist Erin Yoshi, courtesy of Erin Yoshi.

26 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU tant space of critique,” said Evan Bissell, a public provoked conversation in ways that political debate artist and researcher who is currently serving as cannot. And they have done so while also creating the inaugural role of cultural strategist for the Haas touchstones and masterpieces during times of great Institute. “And a lot of pop culture has been heavily social challenge. influenced by movement organizing.” American history is rife with examples of how it is often local art that can best engage com- social movements and creative culture have inter- munities in healing, says Erin Yoshi, a public twined for powerful results, working to effectively Imuralist based in Los Angeles. “Murals are the remind the public of where society is at, as well as billboards for the people,” Yoshi explained in a re- light the path forward towards something better. cent interview. “I consider myself a visual translator Singing in 1939 in front of a mixed-race audience of people’s experiences.” in New York, Billie Holiday gave her first chilling Yoshi’s work, which can be found in public spaces rendition of Strange Fruit. The song, originally around the world, particularly in her native Cali- written as a protest poem by American writer Abel fornia, is rooted in her own cultural memories and Meeropol and published in a union-organizing mag- informed by current global conditions. Through azine, was frank and unflinching in its description of her practice, she has found that murals often serve lynching. It captivated the night’s audience and went as places of unification and community healing, as on to become a national sensation, surfacing a larger was the case with a mural she painted of Oscar Grant conversation on white brutality and the country’s and Trayvon Martin in Oakland. While painting the unperturbed acceptance of anti-Black violence, all in piece, community members began coming by and a manner that could be available to mass audiences. turned the site into a shrine for the youth. More than half a century later, Beyonce similarly This community action not only created a space used the work of feminist Nigerian writer Chimam- for shared healing, Yoshi recalled, but also a moment anda Ngozie Adichie in her 2013 hit ***Flawless. to envision something better. The song, which peaked on the US Top 100 charts, “As artists, it is our responsibility to remind peo- pulled from Adichie’s viral speech “We Should All be ple where we’ve gone, where we’re going—and light Feminists” and brought a critical analysis of modern the path along the way,” Yoshi said. “A lot of time art gender relations to the forefront of popular culture will provide a space for imagining what’s possible.” in an accessible and compelling way. The Chicano Mural Movement of the 20th Cen- "I have had young people in Nigeria who prob- tury is a historical illustration of how hyper-local art ably would have never heard of my TED talk without can effectively reimagine place, people, and “what’s Beyonce and who are now talking about feminism,” possible.” This artistic movement championed the Adichie said later. representation of Mexican peoples, cultures, and Gambino, Beyonce, Holiday—just a few among iconographies in public spaces across the western many who have produced game-changing art—have US, fostering a renewed sense of pride and histori-

“Black music offered us a space where we could critique and share our experiences in America.” DJ scholar Lynnée Denise, CSU Los Angeles

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 27 “My motivation is to learn people's stories and tell them with integrity.”

–Artist Jetsonorama

cal awareness within the Chicano community—a his mission has long been to challenge narratives community whose history was, and often remains, of people of color that are widely presented in the overlooked in the larger public consciousness. The popular media. “My motivation is to learn people's murals not only lifted up the iconography of an un- stories and to tell them with integrity,” he said. derrepresented community, but also pushed viewers Jetsonorama noted that the Diné people are among of all backgrounds to engage with Chicano heritage the most impoverished in the nation, with 20 percent and its role in shaping US landscapes. of his patients lacking in water and/or electricity—de- The legacy the Chicano muralist movement and spite living on a land rich in natural resources. others like it are clearly visible today, especially in “In this environment there are social challenges the urban landscape. Not as well known are those that accompany poverty including a diminished artists working in other geographies such as public sense of self, known as the soul wound, or an inter- artist Jetsonorama (aka Chip Thomas). Jetsonorama, generational emotional trauma,” he said. Yet, be- a Black public artist whose "day job" is working as a cause of a strong sense of culture and community, physician for the the Diné (Navajo) nation in north- “the spiritual strength of the culture remains strong.” ern Arizona, uses local and community-specific im- While he works to illuminate Navajo culture agery to center stories not often told in mainstream and history, the pieces also make Native stories and media, particularly stories that elevate the challenges people more visible to non-Natives. “Seeing large but also the joys and triumphs of Native Americans. scale photos of people placed in the landscape hu- In a recent interview, Jetsonorama explained that manizes the space and gives the viewer a better idea

28 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU A mural from artist Jetsonorama shows Rose Hurley with her great grandson, Edzavier on the Navajo nation in northern Arizona. of who is here,” Jetsonorama said. “I hear stories of how tourists have stopped at some of the roadside stands where my art appears and have engaged the local people in conversations that initially started about the art, but evolved into the tourists getting ling his emotions. He cried while recounting some invitations to local people's homes for meals.” of his experiences. Last year in the Bay Area, Jetsonorama experi- “He said he’d gone into service believing in enced such a connecting moment himself while put- this country and its promise of democracy both ting up a large scale installation in the city of Oak- here and abroad, only to realize he’d wasted eight land. The work features an upside down American years of his life and is a changed man,” Jetsonorama flag, with a small Navajo child being hoisted merrily wrote on his blog after the encounter. “I thanked in front of it. While at work installing the piece a him for returning and providing an opportunity for veteran walked by and angrily proclaimed that he discussion. We shook hands and embraced before fought for the flag and didn’t like seeing it upside he headed on his way.” down, ending with a “Trump 2017!” chant. Art and culture has the capacity not only to il- Two days later, the man returned and apologized luminate struggle, but to create new connections for his behavior, sharing that after eight years in Af- and foster belonging. This is at the heart of what it ghanistan he now suffers from PTSD, sleeps poorly, means to have compassion, says Haas Institute Di- is unable to hold a job, and and has trouble control- rector john a. powell. “To share suffering is to have

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 29 compassion,” powell explained in a recent speech. and political challenges. Or, as the Institute's Evan “Bridging and belonging are based on our willing- Bissell phrased it, "to think about how can we make ness to engage and share in each other’s suffering, things more human." failures, stories, and aspirations.” “My job is to think about how we can expand the power, relevance and reach of our work, through a bridging strategy that honors different types of olicy centers, research institutes, and local knowledge,” Bissell said. governments have begun more intentionally One project that Bissell has worked on with the prioritizing the critical importance of art and P Haas Institute is Staying Power, a program that culture in building community, building power, and supports Richmond residents impacted by the Bay strengthening cross-cultural community bonds. Area’s housing crisis. Through participatory research The city of Oakland has made moves to prioritize and creative activities, the group developed policy, arts and culture in engaging local residents. In its arts, and culture projects to strengthen and support new cultural development plan, the city noted that the belonging of people of color in Richmond and “everything that happens in the city is infused with fight continued displacement. culture—in its broadest sense, that is, ways of being.” “There’s a need to think about the larger narra- Culture, the authors write, is the manifestation tive that exists around housing and displacement,” of diverse forms of knowledge and wisdom that Bissell said. “There’s a lot of humanness that exists people gain through their unique lived experiences. there, and if we don’t bring that in as well, we’re not The role of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs department is doing justice to the totality of life.” to understand and promote these diverse forms of Since the program’s inception two years ago, the understanding and create a stronger, more inclusive sponsored fellows and four partner organizations Oakland community. have facilitated a youth poetry workshop in an afford- The city's cultural development plan’s goal is to able housing site, created a know-your-rights mural ensure that Oakland’s people “not only feel a sense featuring key housing victories, and a book and video of belonging in the city and to each other, but know of poetry created from interviews with Richmond that the city belongs to them—with the rights and residents impacted by the housing crisis. The fellows responsibilities that entails,” the authors write. “The also presented poetry and policy proposals to the guiding vision of this plan is: Equity is the driving City Council and distributed policy fact sheets and a force. Culture is the frame. Belonging is the goal.” report outlining a comprehensive housing strategy. The Haas Institute also approaches culture, and “To be able to participate in a collaborative man- belonging, as integral to its work in collaborating ner with others who share the vision of a strong, with communities in addressing social, economic,

The “Know Your Rights” housing mural in Richmond, California, led by Evan Bissell and Sasha Graham-Croner

30 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU “The mural I helped envision and create is now for all to see. I am now known as a warrior in my community.”

–Sasha Graham-Croner

unified Richmond has brought hope to those as- well. At its last Othering & Belonging conference, sumed forgotten,” said Staying Power fellow Sasha the Institute hosted Oscar-winning playwright Graham-Croner. “The mural I helped to envision Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), renowned and create is now for all to see. I am now known as a photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier, and deaf cho- warrior in my community and I intend to live up to reographer and dancer Antoine Hunter, along with it for as long as I am alive.” many others, as part of a way to explore and experi- Since its inception, the Haas Institute has sought ence themes such as marginality and identity. Artist to create space for artists and culturemakers in many Taro Hattori brought his mobile teahouse "Rolling aspects of its work. At this year's conference com- Counterpoint" on site to the conference, using the memorating the 50-year anniversary of the Kerner Japanese ritual of tea to create a space for visitors to Commission report, the Institute’s most recent large- engage in dialogue about division and belonging in scale public event (see p. 12), the use of arts and contemporary society. culture as a policy and narrative lens were embed- Artists like McCraney, Frazier, Hattori, Hunter, ded in the structure of the conference. New work was and others are able to expose audiences to new ways commissioned from Oakland poet Chinaka Hodge, of seeing and being through the use of their art. St. Louis-based artist Damon Davis, and San Fran- Their methods and perspectives can open audiences cisco performance collective Campo Santo, in order up to themes and realities not typically explored in to fold layers of texture and provocation that re- mainstream society, such as queerness, poverty, dis- energized the policy and systems work, and caused ability, and environmental racism. attendees to feel these issues deeply. The Institute also hosted a public film screening lthough today we face growing hatred, divi- and discussion of the documentary Whose Streets?, sion, and xenophobia across many areas of an intimate portrait of how the activists and com- society, art and culture remain critical out- munity in the Ferguson community responded to A lets to critique the moment, articulate the struggle, the police killing of teenager Michael Brown. Ad- and identify pathways to a more inclusive future. ditionally, the Haas Institute sponsored the work of a Artists' unique capacity to embody both collective Kerner50 art collective with students from Bay Area pain and shared joy allows them to share the lay- universities, which produced art specifically around ered narratives of communities and foster empathy the themes of the conference as an experimental way for those who may live outside the dominant cul- to illustrate the findings of the Kerner Report, expos- ture—ever more important in today's exclusionary ing new questions around its themes. political climate. In bringing culture in alignment with policy and As author Toni Morrison famously wrote: “This is community advocacy, the Haas Institute seeks to precisely the time when artists go to work...There is make complex issues related to inequality, race, and no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for Othering accessible for consideration in new light. silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do Culture has been a throughline of the Institute's language, that is how civilizations heal." n work in the framework of Othering & Belonging as

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 31 FEATURE Ralf Hotchkiss demonstrates how his wheelchair design can climb up curbs and traverse rough terrain

BY MARC ABIZEID

WEARING A SLIGHTLY mischievous smile, 70-year-old Ralf Hotchkiss waits until I get my camera focused on him before he plows his wheelchair through some branches drooping from a small tree near the creek that runs through the UC Berkeley campus. He proceeds to mow over a plant, then positions his chair on a stone ledge a few inches from the ground—balancing on the rear wheels with his knees pointed towards the sky—before dropping down to the asphalt walkway. Using techniques borrowed from mountain bike riders, the engineer, activist, and co-founder of the Berkeley-based nonprofit Whirlwind Wheelchair is demonstrating how Reinventing the standard wheelchairs—typically doomed to destruction when ridden anywhere without a smooth surface— Wheelchair can be taken off road to withstand real-world abuse with some crucial, low-cost modifications. Engineer Ralf Hotchkiss has made “My first chair lasted half a block. I hit a crack in the sidewalk, smashed it his life-long mission to bring “real one of the front wheels, and had to mobility” to millions around the world be dragged back to the hospital,” said in need of durable, low-cost, and Hotchkiss, who would later win the Genius Award from the MacArthur safe wheelchairs Foundation for his international contributions to independent living. “From that point on I was repair- ing, reinforcing, and reengineering

32 | SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE HAASINSTITUTE.BERKELEY.EDU chairs” so they would, at minimum, match the standards of bicycles built in the 1890s, he added. That was 1966. Hotchkiss was 18 and had become a paraplegic after crashing his friend’s new motorcycle while coming around a corner too fast.

Real Mobility The founding of Whirlwind Wheelchair in 1979 marked the start of what would become his life’s mission: to provide real mobility to the 50 million people worldwide that he esti- mates require sturdy and safe wheelchairs. “We’ve hardly started,” said Hotchkiss, who from 1989–2014 taught a course on wheelchair design and construction at San Francisco State University. He puts the number of wheelchairs Whirlwind and its network of workshops has built over the past four decades at around 100,000. Hotchkiss' chair features an extended front wheelbase to eliminate tipping over forward The Whirlwind project began after Hotch- kiss traveled to Nicaragua in late 1979. There, he met four boys who reinforced a single “It just drives us crazy whenever there’s wheelchair they shared between them so it another injury.” wouldn’t crumble on roads made from large, The safety hazards and lack of develop- round cobblestones that villagers used for ment of wheelchairs was partly due to a mo- barricades against government tanks during nopoly on wheelchair production and sales the country’s revolution. in the US by Everest & Jennings. The monop- Since then he’s traveled to more than 40 oly was broken when the company agreed countries throughout Asia, Latin America, to a 1979 settlement following an antitrust east Africa, the Near East, and Siberia, link- lawsuit filed by the US Justice Department. ing together a network of workshops that The nature of those poorly-designed and modify and reinforce hand-me-down and constructed chairs, combined with the lack throw-away wheelchairs from the US and Eu- of replacement parts in poorer countries, rope so they can be used on farms and over resulted in an activation of local ingenuity rough terrain. around the world to rebuild wheelchairs to It didn’t take long for Hotchkiss to realize meet the conditions of the terrain in their that the standard wheelchair wasn’t much own countries. safer than the jerky-throttled two-stroke mo- “When your chair breaks down, there’s torcycle that led to his accident. nothing you can do. You can’t get a replace- For decades he would get tossed to the ment from the people who came once and pavement once or twice a year whenever his gave away 1,000 chairs and disappeared for wheelchair got stuck in a sidewalk crack. In five years,” Hotchkiss says. the early 2000s he sliced off one of his toes Some of the key features of his current which had been dangling off the edge of his chair are the 24-inch mountain bike tires in chair’s footrest when it came up against a the rear with the top of the wheels angled door frame. And then there’s the problem of inwards for a more ergonomic function, a the rear brake mechanisms situated too close German-inspired rear brake, and an extended to the tires--and thus the rider’s fingers. front wheelbase to prevent tipping over for- “Everyone’s ripped a whole thumbnail ward, which he explains is the primary cause off on a [standard wheelchair],” he says. of injuries among wheelchair riders, often

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 33 Hotchkiss poses across the street from the UC Berkeley campus

leading to broken femurs or fractured skulls. This assessment of the problem is perhaps His front wheels, made of thick rubber in best supported in a revealing quote from a their centers, but hollowed out at their ends, February 1981 New York Times article which were taken from Zimbabwean push carts cites Everest & Jennings’ then-Executive Vice designed to roll smoothly on solid ground President Bruce Blickensderfer. When asked while not getting dug in sand—a marvelous to account for the common problems wheel- design he’s trying to pass on to other parts of chairs were documented as having such as the world. brittle spokes, Blickensderfer’s response was: “We’ve done our best to spread the Zim- “I guess they want a wheelchair that would babwe technology, and they’re in a dozen make them able-bodied again. I'd love to do countries now,” he added. it. I don't how to.” But the innovators around the world working to fill the gap for wheelchair rid- "Custom of Pity" ers—left by an industry which doesn’t regard In addition to the wheelchair monopoly, them as whole persons—operate with a dif- Hotchkiss also attributes the safety hazards ferent mentality. For Hotchkiss, the end goal and poor reliability of standard wheelchairs is to perfect a wheelchair design which can to society’s “custom of pity” that keeps be built and maintained in any corner of the people with disabilities excluded from par- world using locally sourced materials and ticipating in society in a meaningful way. which are cheap enough to compete with Simply offering help or care is not imported chairs. enough, Ralf argues. It’s more important to Upfront costs of the chairs are less im- understand the needs of wheelchair riders so portant than long term maintenance, he chairs can be built to “liberate” them, as op- explains, so they can be performed by local posed to leaving them feeling bound. blacksmiths and mechanics. “People are just kind of given a wheelchair “That’s the only way people will have and forgotten about…or [they’re] allowed consistent, sustainable, transportation and to have a little bit of mobility, but are not live independently for their whole lives,” he encouraged to go out, go to school, get a job, said. “If you get one wheelchair, it better last fight for political office, demonstrate, all you one lifetime.” n those things,” Hotchkiss said .

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BOOK REVIEW Three Works About Inequality Converge on

BY STEPHEN Similar Policy Agenda MENENDIAN

In a span of three months vivid story of racial inequal- in 2017, three Richards— ity structured into post-war The Color of Law Reeves, Florida, and America. A Forgotten History of How Our Government Rothstein—published three Richard Florida, best Segregated America well-received books on known for his evangelism inequality in America. Each and work on the “Creative By Richard Rothstein work begins at starkly differ- Class,” writes a mea culpa ent origin points, but end at of sorts in his book The remarkably similar conclu- New Urban Crisis. Begin- sions. The consensus policy ning roughly where Roth- agenda developed by the stein’s book ends, Florida three Richards suggests not opens with a personal only the unfinished business vignette of growing up in of past generations, but also Newark, New Jersey during the unique challenges that the uprisings that were confront our society today. carefully documented in the In The Color of Law, Kerner Commission Report Richard Rothstein draws of 1968. Explaining how upon the tradition of ur- “place itself had become ban historians in telling a the central organizing unit of familiar, yet surprising story the new knowledge-based of government-sponsored economy,” Florida describes Dream Hoarders residential segregation in a new, equally troubling How the American Upper the 20th Century. In this pattern. In this iteration, Middle Class Is Leaving story, government mortgage well-educated knowledge Everyone Else in the Dust, and housing policy opened workers are returning to the Why That Is a Problem, and wealth-building opportuni- urban core, displacing poor What to Do About It ties for millions of white and lower skilled workers Americans while locking to the urban peripheries. By Richard Reeves most African Americans Such divides, as he system- in declining and decaying atically demonstrates, are The New Urban Crisis urban ghettos. “causing greater inequality How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Meticulously researched, both within cities and metro Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Rothstein describes the areas, and between them.” Class — and What We Can Do About It macro-policy decisions that Specifically, he observes an By Richard Florida built suburban America and unfolding of “small areas of systematically segregated affluence and concentrated metropolitan regions beyond advantage, and much larger sees the same or similar In Florida’s telling, cities are the Jim Crow south. At areas of poverty and con- pattern playing out in dif- “the engine of innovation the micro-level, Rothstein centrated disadvantage.” ferent degrees of extremity and economic growth.” But weaves intimate and pain- Critically, this pattern is across the globe. Nearly the conditions they encoun- ful stories of the families not simply a feature of US everywhere, people are ter are heartbreaking. By affected by these policies. residential life in major moving to cities for oppor- his account, more than 800 The result is a bracing and metropolitan regions. Florida tunity, amenities, and jobs. continued on next page

@HAASINSTITUTE SPRING 2018 NEWS MAGAZINE | 35 continued from previous page greatest upward ing field in favor of upper Despite their divergent mobility now middle-class children.” starting points and analyses, million people worldwide Developing an argument all three books converge live in “destitute poverty and tend to be the similar to Florida's, but with on a similar policy agenda substandard conditions in most unequal. a more narrow lens, Reeves anchored by a focus on land slums, barrios, and favelas, In one notable identifies the key barriers use policy and the distort- and their numbers will con- to upward mobility and the ing effects of the tax code. tinue to grow as the world’s anecdote, Florida mechanisms that perpetu- The primary pillar of Florida’s urban population surges.” relates that “San ate inequality. Focusing on reform agenda focuses Florida deploys data and Francisco’s levels university admissions, family on “reforming zoning and painstakingly developed wealth, the tax code, and building codes” that make research to describe these of inequality are land use policy, he points it difficult to build affordable patterns in novel and com- similar to those out how income and wealth housing and invest in need- pelling ways, including the of El Salvador inequality translate into qual- ed infrastructure. Similarly, growing concentration of itatively distinct educational Rothstein proposes a “ban capital in “superstar cities” and Rwanda, experiences and childhood on zoning ordinances that and emergence of mega- respectively.” environments, describing prohibit multifamily housing opolises. how upper middle-class chil- or that require all single-fam- Florida’s argument outlines Florida's conclusion is ines- dren “spend their first quar- ily homes in a neighborhood each dimension of a global capable: “Place and class ter century in a greenhouse to be built on large lots with crisis that we are only now combine to reinforce and for human capital growth.” high minimum requirements beginning to confront. reproduce socioeconomic At the same time, he shows for square footage.” While attentively focused disadvantage.” Residing how disinvestment in higher Given Reeves’ focus on on questions of race and in the best communities education has burdened land use policy and exclu- class, Florida maintains a affords not only access to middle- and lower-income sionary zoning, it should macro-focus. Policies that the best schools, services students with greater debt not come as a surprise that exacerbate and perpetuate and jobs, but also the best loads, making college more this, too, is the centerpiece inequality also tend to re- networks and social capital. difficult, while it has never of his policy recommenda- duce economic growth. He Not coincidentally, this been more important. tions. He calls for “curbing points out that metropolitan theme is also the heart Like Rothstein and Florida, exclusionary zoning” and regions with the highest of Richard Reeves’ book, Richard Reeves reserves provides practical insight rates of inequality also Dream Hoarders. Contrary special concern for land use into the on-the-ground bat- have slower rates of overall to the well-known brandish- policy. Zoning ordinances, he tles needed to accomplish economic growth, a feature ments of the Occupy Wall notes, have become “mecha- this. In addition to Rothstein he is able to observe using Street movement, Reeves nisms for incorporating class and Florida, Reeves also novel indices of inequality. asks the reader to readjust divisions into urban geog- takes aim at the mortgage Highlighting recent studies their focus from the very top raphies.” Thus, the cluster- interest deduction, which by a pair of economists, one percent of earners to ing of tax base capacities, he claims is “using the unwinding restrictive land a broader swath of upper- services, and other amenities tax system to help richer use policies is not just an middle income households, follow these policy deci- people buy bigger houses equity measure, it is an eco- roughly the top 20 percent. sions. Place-based sorting near the best schools.” nomic growth precondition. In almost every area of life, reinforces economic segre- It is telling that three major As he notes: “If the housing he argues, they are rigging gation. Reeves also draws books on inequality focus and land use restrictions the system to their advan- attention to the unfair use their attention on the is- that constrain development tage. In his view, the key of the tax code to subsidize sue of place and space. were eliminated, so that ev- mechanisms of “opportunity the upper-middle class while Moreover, all three scholars eryone who wanted to work hoarding” (a term borrowed providing a relative pittance target exclusionary and in San Francisco could from the late Charles Tilly), to lower-income Americans, restrictive zoning as a key afford to live there, the city are “exclusionary zoning; un- and the remarkable fact that cause and impediment to would see a 500 percent fair mechanisms influencing elite American universities creating a fairer and more increase in jobs." college admissions, includ- continue to consider legacy inclusive society. This is ing legacy preferences; preferences in admissions, clearly a policy agenda we One of the and the informal allocation while pointing out the United must heed. n challenges is that of internships.” For Reeves, Kingdom phased them out the places with “Each of these tilts the play- decades ago.

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2017 Our Government and Health Disparities Targeted Universalism" onment on future felony Segregated America cluster, was published for the new book, The convictions and prison was nominated for a in the Journal of Hidden Rules of Race: admissions,” published September National Book Award. Offender Rehabilitation Barriers to an Inclusive in the Proceedings of showing racial bias Economy. the National Academy SEPT 5: The Haas SEPT 14: Karen in prison-based drug of Sciences journal, Institute joined 10 Trapenberg Frick, treatments. The paper SEPT: The Government which shows a causal human and civil rights Assistant Adjunct is titled “An historical Alliance on Race and relationship between organizations to Professor of City and review of racial bias in Equity (GARE) un- sentencing and the denounce the Trump Regional Planning at prison-based sub- veiled a new resource likelihood of future administration's an- UC Berkeley, gave a stance abuse treatment guide developed to incarceration. nouncement to end talk, titled “Rethinking design.” assist jurisdictions use the DACA program Activism: Strange a racial equity lens to OCT 5: Haas Institute in a statement, titled Bedfellows in Digital SEPT 25: The Haas identify a set of metrics researchers Heather “Ending DACA 'anti- Organizing,” as part Institute published an and implement a com- Bromfield and Eli thetical' to our deepest of the Thinking Ahead online resource guide munity process to have Moore co-authored a values.” lecture series. devoted to issues greater impact in their piece in Medium on of free speech and work. how municipal control SEPT 7: An op-ed by SEPT 21: Wendy Ake hate speech featuring of housing develop- Haas Institute research of the Haas Institute's research, analysis, and ments and lax enforce- assistant Joel Sati Just Public Finance perspectives. October ment of California's was published in the program was inter- “fair share” legislation Washington Post, titled viewed on KPFA about SEPT 25: In an article OCT 2017: A new mural designed to mandate “How DACA pits 'good the fiscal and humani- posted to the Institute’s informing renters of the construction of immigrants' against mil- tarian crisis in Puerto website titled “Why their rights was un- low-income housing lions of others." Rico, a US territory They Keep Coming: veiled on the facade of units across the state, ravaged by hurricanes Understanding the a building in Richmond, SEPT 8: The Haas is obstructing efforts Jose and Maria. Far-Right's Motives,” California as part of the Institute released to address the housing Program Manager Eli Haas Institute Staying “Legalizing Othering: crisis. SEPT 23: Karen Barkey, Moore describes how Power program. The The United States of the endowed chair the repeated visits “Know-Your-Rights” OCT 5: The Haas Islamophobia,” a major of the Haas Institute by far-right and white mural, located on 23rd Institute co-sponsored research initiative that Religious Diversity supremacist groups St. and Ohio Avenue, a talk by Patrisia traces the origins of cluster, was in fit into the broader celebrates commu- Macías-Rojas, a soci- the contemporary Thessaloniki, Greece effort by opportunistic nity action for a more ologist who teaches Islamophobia move- to premiere the newest political operatives to equitable housing land- at the University of ment in the US. iteration of her proj- activate and exploit scape, and draws at- Illinois at Chicago, ect Shared Sacred SEPT 8: Director john white racial anxiety and tention to Rent Control, on her book, From Sites. The three-venue powell participated in animosity for political Just Cause Eviction, Deportation to exhibition was inau- the UC Berkeley faculty power. and Fair Chance Prison: The Politics gurated by the mayor panel on free speech Housing laws. of Immigration of Thessaloniki at the SEPT: Haas Institute hosted by Chancellor Enforcement in Post- Macedonian Museum Director john a. powell OCT 2: David Harding, Carol Christ. Civil Rights America. of Contemporary Art. and Director of our a member of the Haas SEPT 14: Senior Fellow Just Public Finance Institute's Economic OCT 10: CityLab SEPT 25: A study au- Richard Rothstein's program Wendy Ake Disparities cluster, co- published a piece thored by Erin Kerrison, book, The Color of co-authored a chapter, authored a study, titled, co-written by Haas a member of the Haas Law: A Forgotten “Creating Structural “The short- and long- Institute director john Institute's Diversity History of How Changes: The Role of term effects of impris- a. powell and Arthur

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Brooks, who leads Itaoui, a 2017 Haas series, Erin Kerrison edies to them. NOV 8: Director john the conservative Institute summer from UC Berkeley's powell published American Enterprise fellow, presented on School of Social OCT 24: Senior fel- an article in The Institute, that dis- a recent report on Welfare presented low Victor Pineda Guardian titled “Us cusses the limitations the US Islamophobia on “The Costs and was interviewed by vs Them: the Sinister of addressing poverty movement at her Benefits of an ad- the magazine Cities Techniques of in America until we home school in diction Diagnosis: Today, which looks ‘Othering’ – and How stop dehumanizing, Australia. The talk A Critical Look at at sustainable urban to Avoid Them,” which criminalizing, and featured a Q&A via Racial Disparities in development and argued that if we are Othering those who video link with report Prison-Based Drug other issues around to combat the rising are poor. co-authors Elsadig Treatment Rhetoric city planning. tide of extremism Elsheikh and Basima Buy-in.” across the globe, we OCT 10: In a talk Sisemore. must actively create hosted by the Center OCT 20: Haas Institute November bridges across differ- for African Studies OCT 17: Haas Institute Senior Fellow Victor ence. Elsadig Elsheikh of Assistant Director Pineda, who heads NOV: The Haas the Global Justice Stephen Menendian the organization Institute released the NOV 11: In an Program presented was quoted in a World Enabled, gave Fall 2017 issue of NPR story, Health on a report he co-au- Christian Science a keynote at the our bi-annual news- Disparities cluster thored on the global Monitor story titled Bioneers Conference letter, covering the faculty member refugee crisis, titled “How Stockton, on “Radical Inclusion: period ranging from Amani Nuru-Jeter “Moving Targets: An Calif., has resisted Cities, Technology September 2016 to talks about how lived Analysis of Global political polariza- and the Power of August 2017. and social experience of race are related Forced Migration." tion,” about a phe- Inclusive Thinking.” NOV: Researchers to certain health nomenon observed Heather Bromfield OCT 10: Cristina Mora, OCT 22: Haas Institute conditions, such as in California's San and Eli Moore Associate Professor Director john pow- higher levels of Type Joaquin Valley developed new of Sociology at ell gave a keynote 2 diabetes, cardio- where politically and interactive webmaps UC Berkeley and address at the vascular disease, and ethnically diverse to accompany their member of the Haas Bioneers Conference, higher rates of infant residents inhabit co-authored “Unfair Institute's Diversity titled “Co-Creating mortality in certain relatively tranquil Shares” report. and Democracy spaces despite the Alternative Spaces to populations. cluster, presented deepening divisions Heal.” NOV 5: The NOV 13: Paul Pierson, on her book, and increasingly Washington Post OCT 22: Sonali a UC Berkeley politi- Making Hispanics: tense atmosphere published a piece cit- Sangeeta Balajee, cal science professor How Activists, seen in other parts of ing Emmanuel Saez, a Senior Fellow at and member of the Bureaucrats, and the country. a member of the the Haas Institute, Economic Disparities Media Constructed Economic Disparities participated on a cluster, co-wrote a New American as OCT 19: In the cluster, who argues panel at Bioneers on an opinion piece part of the Institute's inaugural talk to that the wealthiest “Radical Organizing: with Jacob Hacker, Thinking Ahead lec- the Haas Institute's 0.1 percent of people Successful a political scientist ture series. “Research to Impact” have become even Strategies to at Yale, for the New colloquium series, wealthier in part be- OCT 12: Diana Transform Institutions York Times about the Joseph Fischel, an cause they pay very Iniguez, a student and Systems.” Republican tax plan. associate professor little tax to transfer assistant with the of Women’s, Gender, OCT 23: A policy money and property NOV 14: The Haas Haas Institute and & Sexuality Studies at proposal co-authored to their heirs after Institute published a DACA recipient, had Yale University, bor- by three UC Berkeley they die. report, titled “Public a letter to the editor rowed themes from faculty members, Health & Wealth in published in the his forthcoming book, NOV 6: Director john including two mem- Post-Bankruptcy New York Times in Screw Consent: powell was cited bers of the Haas Detroit” that de- response to an article Horses & Corpses, extensively in a long Institute's Economic scribes the relation- outlining the White Kink & Cannibals, Huffington Post Disparities cluster— ships between the House's immigration to critique traditional article explaining his Hilary Hoynes and health of Detroit’s demands in exchange approaches and laws concept of Targeted Jesse Rothstein—was residents, housing, for retaining the governing sex, plea- Universalism, and featured in an article and disparities in program for 800,000 sure, and harm. what sort of effects in Pacific Standard political power, four undocumented youth policies based on magazine, which years after the city to stay in the US. OCT 20: In the second that theory would installment of the focuses on social filed for bankruptcy. OCT 16: Rhonda problems and rem- have on different Research to Impact communities.

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NOV 15: The Haas DEC 2017: The Haas Institute and Tides Institute's Tides Foundation co- Fellow Josh Clark released a report, authored a chapter titled “What Didn’t called “Knowing and Happen?: Breaking Doing with Numbers: Down the Results of Disaggregated Data the 2016 Presidential in the Work of the Election,” authored by Committee on the Tides Senior Fellow Elimination of Racial Joshua Clark. Discrimination,” in a volume that looks at NOV 17: Haas the United Nations' Institute-affiliated 1965 International faculty Jovan Lewis, Convention on the an assistant profes- Elimination of all sor of Geography Forms of Racial and African Discrimination. American Studies The Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) California 2018 at UC Berkeley DEC 1: Paul Frymer, Capitol Cohort participants from twelve state agencies involved in a gave a public talk Professor of Politics pilot year learning about the racial equity framework. titled “Reparations, at Princeton, provid- Deferral, and the ed a visual narrative Promissory of of the mass dis- Poverty” as part of placement enacted DEC 13: The 2018 JAN 4: Program the Haas Institute's through the 19th California Tax Credit Manager Eli Moore Research to Impact Century as a result of Allocation Committee spoke on the pod- speaker series. the federal govern- (TCAC), which January cast “Let Me Clear ment's use of land administers housing My Throat” about JAN 4: The NOV 22: The New policy to control funds via the Low his research on the Government Alliance York Times selected territory and establish Income Housing Tax affordable housing on Race and Equity The Color of Law: states in a talk at UC Credit (LIHTC) pro- crisis nationwide (GARE) kicked off The Forgotten Berkeley as part of gram, voted to adopt and in Richmond, another learning year History of How the Haas Institute's the Haas Institute’s California. Eli shed cohort in Northern our Government Research to Impact opportunity maps into light on the perils of California, with a Segregated America, series. the 2018 regulations unequal growth in dozen cities and authored by Haas to promote low- communities and how DEC 8: Elizabeth counties returning Institute Senior income families’ ac- those sympathetic to Alexander, the for a deeper dive in Fellow Richard cess to high-amenity the values of a more Wun Tsun Tam racial equity work Rothstein, as one neighborhoods. inclusive society can Mellon Professor in via participation in of its “100 Notable take action on a local the Humanities at an “Implementation Books of 2017.” DEC 30: Elsadig level to affect change. Columbia University, Elsheikh of the Haas Year” cohort. GARE spoke at UC Berkeley Institute's Global also began piloting JAN 4: California December in a Research to Justice program, the first-ever cohort State Senator Scott Impact series talk was quoted in The learning year any- Wiener cited the DEC 2017: Emmanuel titled “Total Life is Guardian talking where in the nation Haas Institute’s Saez, a member What We Need: about the “Legalizing with 12 state-level Unfair Shares report of the Economic Self-determination Othering” report the agencies participat- (published in August Disparities cluster, and Black Arts Institute published in ing in the year-long 2017) in a perspec- released a report Collectives.” September. program. California tive he wrote about he co-authored with also hosted a state- three bills he is DEC 8: Senior Fellow a number of other DEC 31: The Haas wide GARE meeting, introducing to the Richard Rothstein experts that fea- Institute released convening previous legislature that would presented his criti- tures new data and its second annual and current learning make housing more cally acclaimed book analysis on the global Inclusiveness Index, year participants to equitable. trend of rising eco- The Color of Law which ranks na- share challenges, nomic inequality over to an audience in tions based on their insights, and best JAN 14: Global Justice Cleveland. the past 37 years. levels of inclusion practices. program director and group-based Elsadig Elsheikh marginality. was interviewed

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on KPFA's Sunday Haas Institute and Policy Studies at Show about his re- the Institute for the University of port “Moving Targets: Research on Labor Wisconsin-Madison, An Analysis of Global and Employment, presented their Forced Migration.” about his book, titled research on “Race, Dream Hoarders: College Quality, and JAN 15: Director john How the American Intergenerational powell wrote a letter Middle Class is Mobility” as part commemorating Leaving Everyone of the Research Martin Luther King, Else in the Dust. to Impact speaker Jr. day in which he series. noted that the holiday JAN 29: Haas served as a reminder Institute researchers FEB 13: Assistant that his legacy stems Basima Sisemore Gordon Whitman, the deputy director of Director Stephen from his radically and Rhonda Itaoui the PICO National Network, at a Haas Menendian penned inclusive beliefs, ac- published an article Institute-sponsored talk about his new an op-ed for the tions, and commit- in The Conversation book Stand Up! How to Get Involved, East Bay Times that ment to combating titled “Trump’s travel Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire offers context for injustice everywhere. ban is just one of the conference and many US policies that FEB 2: Victor Rios, “The Real Story Of demonstrates the JAN 16: Director legalize discrimination a professor of The Civil Rights consequences over john powell was against Muslims.” Sociology at UC Movement.” The the past five decades interviewed by Emily Santa Barbara, video discussed how of the failure to Kasriel, Head of JAN 30: Senior Fellow presented a talk titled the stories about implement the Kerner Editorial Partnerships Josh Clark gave an “The Mis-Education Martin Luther King Commission's recom- and Special Projects invited presentation and Criminalization Jr., Rosa Parks and mendations. for BBC News. to the Berkeley Media of Black and Latino Muhammad Ali are Studies Group, titled, FEB 13: Director JAN 20: Institute Boys” as part of well known, but ques- “What Is Left to the Haas Institute's tioned how accurate john a. powell gave researchers and Debate about Donald a keynote address staff Eli Moore, Evan Research to Impact these stories actually Trump’s ‘Base’?: speaker series. are. at the University of Bissell and Derrick Class, Race, Health, Oregon School of Duren, helped orga- and Resentment.” FEB 3: Director john FEB 8: Gordon Law. His presentation nize a public gather- a. powell and af- Whitman, the was centered around ing in Richmond for JAN 2018: Hilary filiated faculty Lisa deputy director of free speech and the the launch of the Hoynes, the chair García Bedolla spoke the PICO National psychological harm “Housing Policy of the Economic on “A Conversation Network, presented of hate speech. His and Belonging in Disparities cluster, on Race, " a panel some ideas from his keynote addressed Richmond” report. was featured in a hosted by US recently published Derrick Bell’s con- video published Congressional book, Stand Up! vergence theory and JAN 25: Elsadig by the National Elsheikh, the head of Representatives How to Get Involved, Mill’s concept of Bureau of Economic Barbara Lee and Speak Out, and Win self-regarding acts. the Haas Institute's Research talking Global Justice Mark DeSaulnier. in a World on Fire, The address also about the effects of The panel was held at a talk with Haas discussed the action program, presented welfare reform policy key points from his at Contra Costa Institute director john steps that we can and the expansion of College in San Pablo, powell co-sponsored take to build informed “Moving Targets” Earned Income Tax report at an event in CA. by the Haas Institute and inclusive ap- Credit in the 1990s. and the Institute proaches to tackle Oakland co-spon- FEB 3: Alyson for Governmental hate speech on col- sored by the Haas Reimer, the Executive Studies. lege campuses and Institute, the Priority Assistant to director February beyond. Africa Network, and john powell, gave FEB 9: Mary Pattillo, the Arab Resource FEB 2: Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein a keynote at the a professor of FEB 15: Director john and Organizing "Creating a Peaceful Sociology and African a. powell joined a Center. and director of our Racial Politics School" conference American Studies panel at Berkeley JAN 26: Richard Project Ian Haney in Lafayette, CA. at Northwestern Law School discuss- University, and ing how to address Reeves of the Lopez participated FEB 4: Haas Institute Jordan Conwell, an institutional racism Brookings Institute in a Berkeley Law Director john a. assistant profes- through the Othering gave a talk at UC Symposium titled powell was featured sor of Sociology and Belonging frame- Berkeley, co- “United Against in a video from AJ+, sponsored by the White Supremacy.” and Educational work. Co-panelists

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included Savala FEB 20: Director john Trepczynski from the powell gave the key- Thelton E. Henderson note address for the Center for Social Government Alliance Justice, Professor on Race and Equity Bertrall Ross from (GARE) at their Berkeley Law, and 2018 Capitol Cohort Sid Reel from the speaker series in Office of Equity & Sacramento The Inclusion. event was attended by over 170 State FEB 16: Karen government employ- Nakamura, the chair ees from a range of of the Haas Institute sectors. Disability Studies cluster, gave a talk FEB 22: john powell titled "Disability gave a keynote ad- Studies as White dress at Morehouse Disability Studies College on the impor- / Disability Studies tance of historically as Intersectional black colleges and Disability Studies," universities and how that examined how students play a crucial role in sparking academics approach Haas Institute staff and scholars at the Kerner at 50 Conference, including, social movements. the field of disability clockwise from top left: Olivia Araiza, Mahasin Mujahid, Richard Rothstein, studies. FEB 25: The San Denise Herd and Taeku Lee. FEB 19: The Haas Francisco Chronicle Institute co-spon- published a story hosted the "Race about the Kerner sored a screening and Inequality in March MAR 13: Samir Commission and panel discussion America: The Kerner Gambhir, GIS re- Conference which MAR 6: The Haas of Ryan Coogler's Commission at 50” searcher and manag- quotes Director john Institute along film Black Panther at conference at UC er of the Opportunity powell, titled “UC with the Center for Grand Lake Theater Berkeley, which Mapping program at Berkeley panel to Genetics and Society in Oakland with featured dozens the Haas Institute, discuss 1968 report co-sponsored a PolicyLink, and the of speakers and was featured in an blaming riots on racial screening of Gattaca Equal Justice Society. hundreds of attend- article published on inequality.” at the David Brower Haas Institute ees, with a satel- SciDev.net, “Mapping Director john a. pow- Center in Berkeley. FEB 27: Haas Institute lite event hosted in techniques to ‘leave ell and Ekundayo par- Director john pow- Baltimore by the MAR 6: The Haas no one behind'"where ticipated in that panel ell, along with UC 21st Century Cities Institute hosted a talk he offered insights as well, along with Berkeley Sociology Initiative at Johns by Kathryn Moeller, based on his experi- Eva Paterson, presi- professor Sandra Hopkins University. the author of the ence working to map dent and co-founder Susan Smith, former Both events were recently published health facilities in of the Equal Justice UC Senator Fred co-sponsored by book The Gender rural India. Society, Michael Harris, and former the Economic Policy Effect: Capitalism, MAR 15: Haas McAfee, president Housing Secretary Institute. Feminism, and the Institute director john of Policy Link, and Shaun Donovan Corporate Politics of FEB: The Government powell and Bruce Ebone Carter, an were interviewed on Development. Alliance on Race Miller, Professor and Oakland native. KQED Forum with & Equity (GARE) MAR 7: The Haas Director of UCSF's Michael Krasny about FEB 20: Director john began its third year Institute co-spon- Dementia Center, the 50th Anniversary powell was inter- of introductory (first sored the Bay Area spoke to fellows from of the Kerner viewed on KPFA's year) learning cohorts premiere of Ava the Global Brain Commission report, UpFront with Brian in both Northern and DuVernay's A Wrinkle Health Center and and the conference Edwards-Tiekert Southern California. in Time at Oakland's the Memory and of the same theme about the Institute's Another “implementa- Grand Lake Theater Aging Center about at UC Berkeley and “Race & Inequality in tion year” (follow-up which included a Othering, hatred, and Johns Hopkins. America: The Kerner year) cohort also pre-screening youth brain science. The Commission at 50" FEB. 27–MAR 1: began in Southern panel. conversation will be Conference. The Haas Institute California. used as a starting

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Decolonizing Mental Health” with UC Berkeley’s Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. The event responded to the Asian American Literary Review's publication of “Open in Emergency: A Above: Haas Institute affiliated faculty Special Issue on (and alumnus faculty director) Michael Asian American Omi and his wife Dianne at the Black Mental Health. At the Panther community film screening in event, members of Oakland; Right: john powell speaks at the the AALR focused Black Panther community film screening on new ways of understanding mental illness in the context point for different sets sions was building Martin Luther King, research cluster, of social factors with of Atlantic Fellows, a sustainable racial Jr.” Institute Director won a “Best Paper” a goal of empower- including both the equity discipline. In john a. powell was award from the ing people to make Atlantic Fellows for Northern California, invited to be part of a American Economic informed decisions Race and Equity and guest speakers from keynote conversation Association. In regarding their own the Atlantic Fellows Asheville, NC and alongside Dr. Bernice “Income, the Earned mental health. for Brain Equity. Seattle, WA shared A. King and George Income Tax Credit, APR: GARE brought their history and Lakey. and Infant Health,” in Erika Bernabei to MAR 20: Director john expertise in advanc- Hoynes and co- teach Results-Based a. powell gave a key- ing racial equity. In APR 18: The Blueprint authors Doug Miller Accountability and note address at the Southern California, for Belonging project and David Simon Melissa Jones of National Interagency guest speakers from of the Haas Institute evaluate the impact the Bay Area Racial Community Fairfax County, VA launched a new of the Earned Income Health Inequities Reinvestment and St. Paul, MN video, “Transforming Tax Credit on infant Initiative to teach Conference. The ad- shared their experi- California from health outcomes, ar- Adaptive Leadership dress discussed how ences and perspec- Red to Blue: guing that the health as tools to support Federal Reserve data tives in advancing How Community benefits of non-health racial equity work confirms that wealth racial equity in their Organizing Changed programs, such as in local government and income inequality jurisdictions. the Political this tax credit, should jurisdictions with both in the US is accelerat- Landscape." The be taken into account the Northern and ing as well as how we eight-minute video, when discussing Southern California can expand the circle directed by Bay US social safety net April cohorts. GARE also of human concern Area director Tracey programs. through targeted APR 5: The King Quezada, looks convened an annual universalism. The ad- Center, in partner- at how California APR 25: The Haas national membership dress also focused on ship with The Carter activists, like Institute co- meeting in Chicago action steps we can Center, Volunteers Eva Patterson, sponsored “Tech with jurisdictions take to build inclusive of America and Marqueece Harris- Profiling, Policing from around the approaches to tack- The Center for Civil Dawson and Karla and Disruption of our nation to reflect on ling economic and and Human Rights, Zombro, were able to 'Sanctuary Cities'” how the movement housing inequality. presented a special change the narrative that featured analy- has grown, share Beloved Community and make California sis by legal experts resources, and con- MAR: GARE contin- Talks: "Together a more inclusive, and on-the-ground nect with staff from ued its cohort series We Win…Facing progress-oriented organizers. other jurisdictions to with the Advancing Racism, Poverty and state. strengthen and ex- APR 28: The Haas Racial Equity Speaker Militarism" as part pand the movement Institute Disability Series in Northern of the commemo- APR 20: Hilary to advance racial Studies cluster co- and Southern ration of the 50th Hoynes, Chair of equity via the public sponsored “Open California. The theme Anniversary of the the Haas Institute’s sector. n in Emergency: for the first of the ses- assassination of Dr. Economic Disparities

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n April, I had the opportunity to attend trip was planned by the a South African field tour organized for Nelson Mandela Foun- the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity dation, an AFRE partner (AFRE) as the representative of the Haas organization, and fol- BY TAKIYAH FRANKLIN Institute, one of the partners of AFRE lowed a tour of the US (see p. 22). The weeklong trip was part South organized by the of connecting efforts between the work NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The South African of the AFRE Fellows and their organizations programming took AFRE fellows on a leap from Iand communities to eradicate anti-Black exploring paleontological discoveries of human racism in South Africa and the US, as well as to origins to examining the parallels between US understand the mechanisms of Othering that and South African race-based injustices. After have long defined both places. visiting Maropeng, we were led on a tour of the Apartheid Museum, where the stark parallels of Inside the Maropeng center, a World Heritage the segregated US South under Jim Crow stood Site known as The Cradle of Humankind for out boldly. The tour guide its fossils of early human asked us to choose a line to ancestors, I was struck by a enter into the museum—one quote plastered on the ce- entrance marked in Afri- ment wall: “Human popula- kaans read Blankes (whites) tions appear to be different and the other Nie-Blankes in terms of colour, body size, (non-white). To honor my limb proportion, hair texture ancestors and those who and other physical attributes. fought against Jim Crow and Beneath the surface, we are Apartheid segregation, I en- all virtually identical. There tered the museum through is no genetic boundary for the white-only line, to make race. We are one species.” a point. However, let me While the sign is technically be clear: let's not be fooled scientific fact, I felt that its into thinking symbolic bright optimism lacked proper marks of explicit racism are contextualization of social reali- a thing of the past. The very ideology ties—realities represented in the stark racialized that AFRE fellows are grappling with is the way economic disparities in both South Africa and systemic and structural racism has managed the US that have had a tremendously violent to survive despite the legal removal of a racial impact on Black populations. caste system and the “so called” abolition of Jim I was not alone in my critique. The 29 AFRE Crow and apartheid systems of racial exclusion fellows who joined the trip echoed these con- and segregation. The Apartheid Museum was an cerns, discussing how dominant narratives, such especially painful reminder of how state spon- as those perpetuated by the well-intentioned sored violence continues to rear its ugly head Maropeng curators, can continue to maintain to try and crush the dreams of realizing a true privilege rather than address uncomfortable democratic society. truths about how society actually functions. These activities invited all of us to reflect on the This was just one example of many in how we as inequities deeply embedded in multiple layers a group engaged with difficult questions around of societies, and to contemplate on the com- the social construction of race and power in- plexities of race, specifically Blackness and the equalities in South Africa. The Johannesburg paradoxes of privilege within both contexts. n

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