Conference

The Scholar and Feminist 49: Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, & Transnational Feminism

March 22-23, 2024 | The 49th annual Scholar and Feminist Conference will explore transnational Black feminism in the context of “third world” liberatory movements since the 1940s.

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Video

Ella Baker for the 21st Century: Symposium Video

Full Program and Keynote by Barbara Ransby and Angela Davis

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S&F Online

Reproductive Injustice

Issue 19.2 | Fall 2023: Guest edited by the Editorial Board with contributors Dána-Ain Davis, Virginia R. Dominguez, Ugo F. Edu, Nessette Falu, Sarah Haley, Frances M. Howell, Janet Jakobsen, Kelly Marshall, Devika Maulik, Premilla Nadasen, Miriam Neptune, Cara Page, and Hakima Payne

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S&F Online

To Make Visible Everywhere: Our Bold, Beautiful, Aging Bodies

Issue 19.1 | Summer 2023: A special issue of the Scholar and Feminist Online guest edited by Gabri Christa and Sheril Antonio

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Workshop

Feminist Freedom School

A tuition-free week-long summer workshop for students involved in social movements to engage with urgent themes in feminist politics.

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Events

Featured Publications

Fall 2023

Reproductive Injustice

Guest edited by the Editorial Board with contributors Dána-Ain Davis, Virginia R. Dominguez, Ugo F. Edu, Nessette Falu, Sarah Haley, Frances M. Howell, Janet Jakobsen, Kelly Marshall, Devika Maulik, Premilla Nadasen, Miriam Neptune, Cara Page, and Hakima Payne

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Summer 2023

To Make Visible Everywhere: Our Bold, Beautiful, Aging Bodies

In this special issue "To Make Visible," guest editors Gabri Christa and Sheril Antonio have curated a selection of essays, videos, interviews, and visual art by women of color on race, performance, embodiment, and aging.

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2022

Paradoxes of Neoliberalism: Sex, Gender, and Possibilities for Justice

From the rise of far-right regimes to the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent years have brought global upheaval as well as the sedimentation of longstanding social inequalities. Analyzing the complexities of the current political moment in different geographic regions, this book addresses the paradoxical persistence of neoliberal policies and practices, in order to ground the pursuit of a more just world.

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Featured Projects

Nov 1, 2023

Feminist Freedom School

Applications are open for the 2024 Feminist Freedom School! Apply at https://bit.ly/combahee50 by March 29. Decisions will be sent on April 15. 2024 Feminist FREEDOM SCHOOL: LESSONS FROM COMBAHEE 50 YEARS ON In 1974, a group of Black feminists formed the Combahee River Collective and together theorized foundational elements of Black feminist praxis. Three years […]

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Jun 13, 2023

Transnational Black Feminisms

Transnational Black Feminisms was initiated by Premilla Nadasen and Celia Naylor as a working group at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD) in 2019. In 2023, Tami Navarro joined Premilla as project co-director, Anna Reumert joined as project assistant, and the working group partnered with BCRW. The podcast and the conference are supported by CSSD and BCRW. […]

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Dec 20, 2023

Preserving Trans Histories: The Marsha P. Johnson Archival Film Project

Artist and writer Tourmaline has spent nearly two decades uncovering the history and uplifting the legacy of trans icon Marsha P. Johnson. Tourmaline is currently working with BCRW to catalog newly discovered film footage from Johnson’s life and to produce a new short film in collaboration with Johnson’s family. Prior to her time in NYC, […]

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Featured Videos

Released Aug 12, 2013
Tags: activism, class, economic justice, gender, labor, policy

What is Neoliberalism?

Featuring Lisa Duggan, Miranda Joseph, Sealing Cheng, Elizabeth Bernstein, Dean Spade, Sandra K. Soto, Teresa Gowan, and Ana Amuchástegui.

Recorded Dec 9, 2021
Tags: Abolition, Dean Spade, mutual aid

Building Capacity for Mutual Aid Groups (Workshop 3): Skills for Abolitionist Practice

A workshop with Dean Spade on giving and receiving feedback in mutual aid groups.

Released Feb 1, 2023
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Know Your Rights: A Self-Advocacy Video for Haitian Asylum-Seekers

Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees’ Know Your Rights video is co-produced by Barnard Center for Research on Women, with extensive collaboration and support from Take Root Justice.

Released Feb 1, 2023
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Chache Konn Dwa W: Videyo pou nou defann tèt nou reyalize pa Fanm Ayisyen pou Refijye Ayisyen

Se òganizasyon HWHR (Fanm Ayisyen pou Refijye Ayisyen) ki fè videyo "Chache Konn Dwa w" sila a ansanm ak BCRW (Sant Barnard pou Rechèch sou Fanm). Òganizasyon "Take Root Justice" bay bon kou kolaborasyon ak sipò nan travay la.