What Does It Mean When We Say ‘Safety’?

Ariana Gonzalez Stokas and Mariame Kaba

Feb 26, 2020 | 4:00pm
Conversation
BCRW Conference Room, 6th Floor Milstein, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Co-Sponsors: Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

What does it mean when we say ‘safety’? You are invited to join a community project that explores this question through Barnard College and New York City archives. Barnard students, alums, faculty, staff, and members of the Morningside and Harlem communities are invited to participate.

The conversation will take place on Wednesday, Februrary 26 from 4–6 p.m. in the BCRW Conference Room, facilitated by Ariana Gonzalez Stokas, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Barnard College, and Mariame Kaba, Researcher-in-Residence at BCRW.

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Image: Black Lives Matter, Demilitarize the Police, photo from Political Research Associates

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