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[Postponed] Queer Asylum in Germany: Between Queer Liberalisms and Colonial Sexualities

Mengia Hong Tschalaer

November 25, 2019

Taking several specific case studies as point of departure, the project illustrates the central role of Eurocentric sexual regimes in determining the parameters of…
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Publications

February 5, 2015

Supporting trans-inclusive admissions at Barnard.
Videos

How Does It Feel to Be Stateless?

October 1, 2014

Talk by Altagracia Jean Joseph on immigration laws against Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic.
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How Does It Feel to Be Stateless?

Altagracia Jean Joseph

September 22, 2014

In September 2013, the Dominican Republic passed TC168/13, a law that permanently annulled the citizenship of children born to “undocumented parents,” going back to…
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Birthright Crisis: The Power and Paradoxes of Media Advocacy

Miriam Neptune

August 28, 2014

After a September 2013 court ruling stripped citizenship from thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent, long-term efforts to critique human rights conditions in the…
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Justice in the Home: Domestic Work Past, Present, and Future

Eileen Boris, Tamara Mose Brown, Linda Burnham, Grace Chang, Janice Fine, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Claire Hobden, Tera Hunter, Fish Ip, Eva Kittay, Jennifer Klein, Elizabeth Clark Lewis, Andrea Cristina Mercado, Premilla Nadasen, Rhacel Parrenas, Ai-jen Poo, Cecilia Rio, Mary Romero, Saskia Sassen, Peggie Smith, Nik Theodore, and Martina Vandenberg

May 13, 2014

DESCRIPTION PROGRAM REGISTER Description Link to Justice in the Home Wikispaces Click here to register online. Research about domestic work, domestic workers, and domestic…
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Podcasts

Sakhi for South Asian Women

May 9, 2014

(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 11) In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, we interview Caritas Doha of Sakhi for South…
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Videos

“I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations

April 21, 2014

A conversation with CeCe McDonald, Tourmaline, and Dean Spade.
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Prisons Aren’t Safe for Anybody

April 21, 2014

CeCe McDonald joins prison abolition activists Tourmaline and Dean Spade in a conversation about her own experiences surviving trauma and impossible situations, and the…
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Police + Prisons Don’t Keep Us Safe–We Keep Each Other Safe

April 7, 2014

CeCe McDonald joins prison abolition activists Tourmaline and Dean Spade in a conversation about her own experiences surviving trauma and impossible situations, and the…
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Fighting the Isolation and Dehumanization of Prisons and Policing

March 31, 2014

CeCe McDonald joins prison abolition activists Tourmaline and Dean Spade in a conversation about her own experiences surviving trauma and impossible situations, and the…
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Videos

I Use My Love to Guide Me–Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations

March 31, 2014

CeCe McDonald joins prison abolition activists Tourmaline and Dean Spade in a conversation about her own experiences surviving trauma and impossible situations, and the…
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Videos

New York City in the World

March 28, 2014

Panel at the For the Public Good Conference. Panelists include Ana Amuchástegui, Sealing Cheng, Louis Graham, Kerwin Kaye, Mark Padilla, and Mario Pecheny. Moderated…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates – Black Boy Interrupted: American Plunder and the Incomplete Life of Jordan Davis

March 28, 2014

Keynote address at the For the Public Good Conference.
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Exploring the Public Good in NYC

March 28, 2014

Panel at the For the Public Good Conference. Panelists include John Blasco, Nico Fonseca, Ede Fox, and Robert Hawkins. Moderated by Gail Cooper. Introduced…
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Events

“I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations

CeCe McDonald, Tourmaline, and Dean Spade

March 27, 2014

EVENT INFORMATION VIDEOS ASK A QUESTION RESOURCES Event Informaton In 2011, CeCe McDonald was a fashion design student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College…
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Intergenerational Organizing Panel

March 12, 2014

Panel at "African Women’s Rights and Resilience." Panelists include Simidele Dosekun, Spectra, Hakima Abbas, and Leymah Gbowee. Moderated by Jimmy Briggs and introduced by…
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African Men and Feminisms Panel

March 12, 2014

Panel at "African Women’s Rights and Resilience." Panelists include Samuel B. Doe, Kennedy Odede, and Mohamed Yahya. Moderated by Abena Busia and introduced by…
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Women’s Rights and Transnational Feminisms Panel

March 12, 2014

Panel at "African Women’s Rights and Resilience." Panelists include Abigail Disney, Amina Mama, Sylvia Tamale, and Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Moderated and introduced by Tina Campt.
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African Women’s Rights and Resilience: Introductory Remarks

March 12, 2014

Tina Campt, Debora Spar, and Leymah Gbowee offer introductory remarks at the African Women's Rights and Resilience symposium.
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Tourmaline + Dean Spade: “No One is Disposable” Online Discussion

February 7, 2014

Online discussion exploring prison abolition as a political framework and a key issue for those committed to supporting trans and gender-nonconforming people.
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Tourmaline + Dean Spade (Part 4): Gun Control + Producing Dangerousness

January 7, 2014

Part of the series "No One is Disposable: Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition," exploring prison abolition as a political framework and a key issue…
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Tourmaline + Dean Spade (Part 3): What About the Dangerous People?

January 7, 2014

Part of the series "No One is Disposable: Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition," exploring prison abolition as a political framework and a key issue…
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Tourmaline + Dean Spade (Part 2): Practicing Prison Abolition Everyday

January 7, 2014

Part of the series "No One is Disposable: Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition," exploring prison abolition as a political framework and a key issue…
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Tourmaline + Dean Spade (Part 1): Prison Abolition + Prefiguring the World You Want to Live In

January 7, 2014

Part of the series "No One is Disposable: Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition," exploring prison abolition as a political framework and a key issue…
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Events

For the Public Good Conference

Ana Amuchástegui, Lee Anne Bell, Elizabeth Bernstein, Sealing Cheng, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Gail Cooper, Nico Fonseca, Kerwin Kaye, Mark Padilla, Mario Pecheny, and more

December 19, 2013

DESCRIPTION PROGRAM VIDEOS Description Register online. Special pre-conference panel on Thursday, March 27: Gender, Justice, and Activisms in New York City. Education. Healthcare. Policing.…
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African Women’s Rights and Resilience

Leymah Gbowee and others

December 19, 2013

REGISTER DESCRIPTION PROGRAM Description In celebration of International Women's Day, Barnard College hosts a daylong symposium with Barnard Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice Leymah…
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Women and Religion

Joan Wallach Scott

December 18, 2013

By looking at historical material from 19th century France, Joan Scott shows that secularization was not synonymous with women’s emancipation, but 
with the articulation…
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No One is Disposable: Everyday Practices of Prison Abolition

Tourmaline and Dean Spade '97

December 18, 2013

REGISTER EVENT INFORMATION VIDEOS QUESTIONS RESOURCES Event Informaton In a series of four short online videos produced by BCRW, activists Tourmaline and Dean Spade…
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Podcasts

Young Feminists Around the World: Part 2

December 4, 2013

(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 8) In the second half of our two-part series, we focus on the story of Nilab Nusrat. Nilab…
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