john a. powell

john is a co-founder of SEED Collaborative. He is also the Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a co-founder of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and serves on the boards of several national and international organizations. john led the development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education, health, health care, and employment and is well-known for his work developing the frameworks of “targeted universalism” and “othering and belonging” to effect equity- based interventions. His latest book is Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society. John received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and his J.D. from UC Berkeley.