Othering and Belonging Conference



Focus of the 2019 Conference:

 

Of all the forces shaping politics and power around the world, perhaps none are more important than our sense of who we are, and who we are becoming. We are in a period of accelerated change in at least four areas - globalization, technology, the environment, and demographic change.

 

The 2019 conference will highlight models of bridging that give us examples and potential blueprints of how to build and sustain a diverse, pluralistic society underpinned by a new, inclusive social compact where group-based difference and forms of identity—whether race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, among others—are not dehumanized nor are they subsumed, but instead are celebrated and included in our imagined and real community. A social compact based on belonging calls for us to be active participants in our political, economic, and cultural life, and takes action when those boundaries are breached.

 

The 2019 conference will also prioritize an examination of global political and social phenomena across this same spectrum of analysis, how they are in close interaction and relationship with US political and economic systems, and how the global rise of exclusionary, ethnic-nationalist, and authoritarian politics are informing and threatening our world today.  

 

Whether on the main room or in our concurrent breakout sessions, the conference agenda will create spaces that deepen our thinking, sharpen our tools, and help define our strategies on how a belonging lens helps further our mutual efforts in building a fair and more just world. We will host an expanded offering this year of workshop sessions, curriculum materials, and interactive elements where our focus will be to grapple with some of the following questions:

 

  • How can we create structures that support a large, diverse society, with people who are connected across cultures, religions, race, and other lines of  group difference?

  • What models and systems already exist and how can we strengthen them? What new or re-calibrated institutions are needed to realize a diverse and inclusive society?

  • How do we form and sustain relationships, advance narratives, and build movements that truly support a larger more inclusive “we”?

  • How we respond to breaking and how can we activate bridging? How does this analysis help inform our work?

  • How do we make clear connections between global models, struggles, tools, and strategies for expanding belonging? How can we think about this work in a way that recognizes our local realities while connecting our work to global movements, struggles, and systems in order to build a truly international movement of belonging?  

 

These conferences prioritize building sustainable, working relationships with a global network of diverse actors rooted in a common framework for realizing a fair and inclusive society.  

 

We hope you will join us in Oakland next spring at this dynamic event—register today!

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC, Federal Government, State & Local Government, FDA, Foreign Governments/Agencies

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When
Mon-Wed, Apr 8-10, 2019


Cost

Bridgebuilder:  $2500.00
Pay It Forward, Businesses & Foundations:  $1050.00
Sustainer:  $695.00
Individuals:  $350.00


Where
Oakland City Center
1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
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Website
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Organizer
Haas Instititute for a Fair and Inclusive Society



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