August 16, 2021

The Roots of Structural Racism Project

A project from the UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute to investigate the persistence of racial residential segregation across the United States. The project includes a national segregation report, an interactive mapping tool, and other elements that help us better understand segregation and work toward integration across our nation.
August 16, 2021

Just Program

Just is not a certification program, it is a transparency platform for organizations to disclose their operations, including how they treat their employees and where they make financial and community investments. Just is a nutrition label for socially just and equitable organizations. This approach requires reporting on a range of organization- and employee-related indicators. Each indicator outlines measurable accountabilities in order for the organization to be recognized at four levels of performance, which are summarized elegantly on the label.
August 16, 2021

Urban Displacement Project

The Urban Displacement Project (UDP) is a research and action initiative of UC Berkeley. UDP conducts community-centered, data-driven, applied research toward more equitable and inclusive futures for cities. Our research aims to understand and describe the nature of gentrification, displacement, and exclusion, and also to generate knowledge on how policy interventions and investment can respond and support more equitable development. The goal of UDP is to produce rigorous research and create tools to empower advocates and policymakers, to reframe conversations, (more...)
August 16, 2021

White Supremacy Culture: Still Here

Tema Okun provides an update to the original list of Traits of White Supremacy Culture published in 1999 with new perspectives on how fear, intersectionality, and other forces contribute to the perpetuation of white supremacy culture.