Ongoing Members’ Events
As a Forum member, you’ll have access to a wide variety of exclusive events and opportunities designed to help you connect and engage with fellow members. Through in-person and online gatherings, original research, storytelling, and funded joint communities and projects, you’ll deepen your understanding of concepts like othering, belonging, breaking, and bridging. You'll also share practices and strategies to counter polarization and democratic erosion while navigating the complexities of power, privilege, and positionality in our diverse social and cultural contexts.
Virtual Events
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Processing Politics
New Member’s series where Forum members can make sense of—and collectively process—ongoing political developments through a bridging and belonging lens.
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Bridgers Roundtable
Monthly virtual meetups to exchange insights on depolarization and facilitate dialogue, while sharing experiences in bridging divides.
Learning Programs
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Introduction To Bridging & Belonging Orientation Program
Biannual program for new and current members interested in more deeply grappling with Othering & Belonging frameworks and connecting with fellow Forum members.
Member-led Communities
These communities are seeded and resourced by the Forum’s Network Catalyzers Program but are entirely managed by individual Forum members. Please reach out to the Forum’s Head of Community Evan Yoshimoto at evan.yoshimoto@berkeley.edu if you’d like to learn more or get involved in one of these communities. (But please note that some of these communities are in-person, requiring local engagement, and/or may be invitation-only at the behest of the organizers).
Virtual Events
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Democracy & Belonging in Cities
Bi-monthly virtual meetups exploring vibrant cities as dynamic environments for cultivating democratic participation and a sense of belonging.
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Coming Home through Adopted Families
In-Person Events
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Les gouters historiques de Chalais
(The Historical Gatherings of Chalais) is a monthly afternoon tea at the community café, bringing together elders and younger generations to share life histories, memories, and knowledge of the land