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Political Origins: An Interview with Johanna Fernández
Feb 2, 2024
At the end of May, BCRW hosted its first Feminist Freedom School on the subject of feminist abolition. The Freedom School was facilitated by Sarah Haley, Associate Professor of History at Columbia University, and co-organized by Premilla Nadasen, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History at Barnard College and Co-Director of BCRW. I joined with ten […]
Read MoreCollective Reconnection: An Interview with Sophie Lewis
Jan 23, 2024
Sophie Lewis came to speak at the BCRW Feminist Freedom School in June. She brought an extraordinarily calm and humble demeanor as she entered the classroom. Her arrival was eagerly awaited by participants of the freedom school as many were familiar with her book, Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation (Verso Press, […]
Read More“Support the Troops”: the Solider, the Citizen, and Our Ongoing Attachment to Militarism in post-9/11 America
Jan 17, 2024
Barnard Professor of Anthropology Nadia Abu El-Haj’s recently released book Combat Trauma elucidates the ways in which a rising focus on the psychological consequences of war on American combat personnel has dovetailed with ubiquitous calls to “support the troops” so as to undermine criticisms of US militarism in the post 9/11 era. Abu El-Haj tracks […]
Read MoreStudents
Dec 20, 2023
Students are core participants at every level of BCRW’s work, working on research projects with faculty and activist collaborators, assisting with and producing original content for BCRW publications (including S&F Online and the BCRW Blog) and video productions, developing and carrying out our core programming, and shaping BCRW’s work through the BCRW Student Advisory Board. […]
Read MoreThe Quest to “bring our people home”: A Conversation with Cara Page
Dec 6, 2023
Cara Page (she, her, hers) is a Black, Queer artist, organizer, and cultural worker whose people came from the Southern US and all along the Eastern seaboard. Co-creator of the Kindred Southern Justice Collective, founder of the Changing Frequencies organizing project, and former BCRW Activist in Residence, Cara has dedicated most of her life to […]
Read MoreFeminist Freedom School
Nov 1, 2023
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 […]
Read MoreElla Baker for the 21st Century: National One Day Symposium
Keynote by Angela Davis and Barbara Ransby
Presented by BCRW and the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University In honor of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Ella Baker and the Black Radical Tradition by Barbara Ransby, this day-long symposium will feature a keynote conversation by Angela Davis and Barbara Ransby, panels with nationally recognized scholars, and a celebratory reception with […]
Read MoreFeminist Revolution in Iran: Reflections on Year One
Bahareh Badiei, Kiana Karimi, N. of the Begoo Collective, and Fatemeh Shams, moderated by Manijeh Moradian
Feminists for Jina-NYC invites you to an evening of reflection with activists, artists, and scholars on the first year of an unfolding feminist revolution in Iran.
Read MoreThe Scholar and Feminist Conference 49: Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, and Transnational Feminism
Yolande Bouka, Jennifer Fish, Abosede George, Tao Leigh Goffe, Natasha Lightfoot, Zifeng Liu, Gabriella Muasya, Keisha-Khan Perry, Paula Marie Seniors, Robyn Spencer-Antoine, Charisse Burden Stelly, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Imaobong Umoren
The 49th annual Scholar and Feminist Conference will explore transnational Black feminism in the context of “third world” liberatory movements since the 1940s.
Read MoreIt’s All Policing, It’s All War: Chicago Organizers on Connecting Abolition and Demilitarization
Benji Hart, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Timmy Châu, and Dean Spade
ASL will be provided. Live transcription is available here. The prison and police abolition movement and the anti-war movement are often thought of as separate, siloed formations. However, in practice, organizers working to end racist, colonial, imperialist, patriarchial, ecocidal violence understand these to be the same fight. Join us for a conversation with Benji Hart, […]
Read MoreSurvival and Mobilization: Mutual Aid in Migrant Justice Struggles
Nikki Marín Baena and Dean Spade
In conversation with Dean Spade, Nikki Marín Baena will share her experiences working for migrant justice with Mijente and Siembra NC.
Read MoreAbortion as Abolition
Rafa Kidvai (Repro Legal Defense Fund, founder)
The goal of this event is to bring light to activists and scholars dealing with the increased criminalization of abortion care and pregnancy outcomes, and how the police state and criminal legal system works in conflict with the principles of reproductive justice. Importantly, we want to frame self-managed abortion as an abolitionist praxis. We also […]
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