In Washington, an emerging “network of networks” is working across sectors to rebuild trust, civic connection, and create systems where more people feel they truly belong

Infectious disease expert Dr. Charles Whittaker on how public health can stop a pandemic.

Read the fourth piece in the Blueprint for Belonging paper series, "New Organizing Strategies for California’s Future," featuring Miguel Hernandez of the OCCCO, a faith-rooted, community-led organizat...

The Denver Foundation leaders talk about their effort to connect Colorado residents through Belonging Colorado, a long-term initiative that aims to bring residents together to strengthen communities a...

YouTube video by Othering & Belonging Institute

OBI’s Places of Belonging program supports community efforts to rebuild trust, share power, and create systems where everyone belongs.

YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment

We currently live in a world that is rapidly changing. And depending on where you stand, many would say it is for the worse.

There is a clip of US Senator Bernie Sanders making the rounds from a recent episode of Bill Maher’s HBO program, in which the host asked Senator Sanders to distinguish “equality” from “equity.” Senat...

We currently live in a world that is rapidly changing. And depending on where you stand, many would say it is for the worse.

At a first glance, the European Union – and the European identity centred on it – might seem like a good example of what belonging without othering might look like. This is certainly how the EU would ...

YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment

We currently live in a world that is rapidly changing. And depending on where you stand, many would say it is for the worse.

Make the Road Nevada Deputy Director Blanca Macias: “People often ask why bridging matters in a time of deep division. My answer is simple: because democracy will collapse if we only talk to “our peop...

YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment

We currently live in a world that is rapidly changing. And depending on where you stand, many would say it is for the worse.

At a first glance, the European Union – and the European identity centred on it – might seem like a good example of what belonging without othering might look like. This is certainly how the EU would ...

Make the Road Nevada Deputy Director Blanca Macias: “People often ask why bridging matters in a time of deep division. My answer is simple: because democracy will collapse if we only talk to “our peop...

This project explores how authoritarian movements leverage and weaponize gender to divide society and opposition movements, launder and normalize social hierarchies, reshape cultural norms, and lay th...

Othering and Belonging Institute’s Bridging for Democracy project, a coalition of grassroots organizations across the country, started listening to people. What they are finding is an antidote to auth...