The current attacks on low income people, trans people, immigrants, Black folks, and other groups being othered require our movements to prioritize measures to defend their dignity and safety. Focusing on defense is necessary but not sufficient because the conditions even before this round of attacks were already dire, and going back to ‘normal’ will fail to undo the foundation from which authoritarianism has risen. So there is a need to continue to uplift and insist on real solutions that fit into a proactive and equitable policy agenda for belonging and wellbeing for all people.

The Othering and Belonging Institute is hosting a podcast series with leading advocates from across the country to uplift and insist on bold policy solutions that would move the country towards belonging and wellbeing for all people. The othering of people who have already been marginalized is a false solution claiming to respond to real problems. This podcast and event series will go beyond defending against current attacks and lift up a progressive and equitable policy agenda. By creating space to share and amplify active campaigns, the podcast aims to make visionary policy voices widely accessible and connect across a wide range of advocates, policy makers, and other agents of change across the state and the country.

Speakers

• Christina Livingston, ACCE
• Gordon Mar, NUHW
• Ivan Luevanos-Elms, Local Progress
• Irene Kao, Courage California
• Jane Kim, Working Families Party
• Lucas Grindley, Next City
• Rithika Ramamurthy, Climate & Community Institute
• Saqib Bhatti, Action Center on Race & Economy
• Sara Hudson, Nonprofit Quarterly
• Tony Samara, Right to the City
• Zach Lou, California Green New Deal Coalition

Hosts

• Richard Aviles, Othering & Belonging Institute
• Eli Moore, Othering & Belonging Institute

Series Co-Sponsors

• Action Center on Race & Economy
• Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
• CA Green New Deal Coalition
• California Budget and Policy Center
• Climate & Community Institute
• Common Cause
• Courage California
• Local Progress
• National Union of Healthcare Workers
• Next City
• Nonprofit Quarterly
• Right to the City Alliance
• Working Families Party