Events
Engaging our communities
Listening to the Archives: Movements Against Women’s Imprisonment
A conversation with Anisah Sabur-Mumin, Andrea Williams, and Rhea Mallett, moderated by Obden Mondésir
A conversation between former members of the Coalition for Women Prisoners on archives, oral history, and organizing.
Read MoreLabor of Love: Performance and Politics in the South Asian Diaspora
A weekend symposium asking, "What is the work of the immigrant?"
Read MoreMother of Strangers
A reading with Suad Amiry and conversation with Rashid Khalidi
A reading with Suad Amiry from her new novel followed by a conversation with Rashid Khalidi
Read MoreRedlining, Section 9, and the Future of Public Housing
April De Simone, Samelys Lopez '01, and Ramona Ferreyra, moderated by Vanessa Thill '13
Join us for a panel discussion and closing event for Undesign the Redline @ Barnard, a year-long exhibition and event series exploring the continued impact of redlining and predatory real estate practices on communities in Northern Manhattan and beyond. Our panelists will discuss issues facing New York’s public housing – which provides affordable homes for […]
Read MoreBlack, Queer & Trans: Mobilizing in the Caribbean and Beyond
Amanda Taylor BC '22 in conversation with Kymm Foster, Emani Edwards, and Chaday Emmanuel
Live transcription is available here. Embracing the spirit of the recent publication, Beyond Homophobia: Centering LGBTQ experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean (2020), activist photographer Amanda Taylor, BC ’22 will be in conversation with leading LGBTQ+ mobilizers who are creating networks of visibility and support for queer and trans life in Jamaica and beyond. Speakers include: Kymm […]
Read MoreOrganizing Transformative Justice Responses to Gender-based Violence and Campus Sexual Violence
Xhercis Méndez in conversation with Dean Spade
Live transcription is available here. Resources mentioned during the conversation: – transformharm.org (online resource hub) – Fumbling Towards Repair (workbook by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan) – Building Accountable Communities (transformative justice video series) – What is Transformative Justice? (video) – Podmapping Worksheet (by Mia Mingus for the BATJC) As university campuses struggle to meet […]
Read MoreThe Art of Madness: Catastrophe, Memory, Desire
Mimi Khúc, Jess X. Snow, and Bazeed, moderated by Vani Natarajan
Three multimedia artists whose work forges pathways to healing amid trauma and grief will present recent works and reflect in dialogue about their creative processes.
Read MoreMad Mapping: A Guide to Creating an Emotional Safety Plan
Antoinette Chen-See and Lilac Vylette Maldonado, Fireweed Collective
In Fireweed Collective's Mad Mapping workshop, we will explore anti-oppressive approaches to emotional wellbeing, as well as build strategies for coping with and transforming individual struggles, especially in the larger context of social injustice.
Read MoreThe Deep History of Incarceration
Matthew Larsen and Mark Letteney
A lecture sketching the outlines of the prison in the ancient Mediterranean world, and how modern practices of incarceration are — and are not — unique.
Read MoreKweli: The Color of Children’s Literature Conference 2022
Join us March 25-27, 2022 for an incredible weekend with top editors, agents, authors and illustrators in the children's book publishing world.
Read MoreMad Blackness*: Rage, Resistance, Refusal
La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Kelly Baker Josephs, Théri Pickens, and JT Roane, moderated by Kaiama L. Glover
This panel in the 47th annual Scholar and Feminist Conference, "Living in Madness: Decolonization, Creation, Healing," brings together scholars delving into the myriad ways that radical black creativity confronts quotidian anti-black violence and its ensuing traumas.
Read MoreUkraine Solidarity Event: (Getting Beyond) Doomsday Scrolling
Co-sponsored by BCRW AnomalousCo, an international transdisciplinary theatre collective based in New York City, is planning an urgent evening of solidarity with Ukraine and its refugees in New York. All proceeds from the benefit will go towards refugee assistance.Tickets can be purchased via the AnamalousCo website. The benefit will be held at The Center at West […]
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