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January 25; February 1, 8, 15, and 22; March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29; April 5, 12, and 26; May 3, 10 and 17
February 9 and 23; March 9 and 23; April 6 and 27; May 11
Where do we learn what to expect and accept in our relationship? What are the ways to build towards relationships that are healthy, nourishing and supportive? Participants will be invited to discuss what they want relationships in their own lives to look like, what boundaries allow them to feel supported, and what communicating those needs could look like in their own lives.
Drop by and say hello, 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension.
With Megan Logan, author of Self-Love Workbook for Women.
Wednesday, May 4 3–5 p.m. West Quad (rain location: West Quad Center)
Join Muslim students and student clubs to celebrate the end of Ramadan with food, picnic blankets, games, henna table, and cultural celebrations.
Sponsors: Muslim Women’s Leadership Development Project; Muslim Women’s Educational Initiative; student government; Women’s Center
Wednesday, May 4 5–6 p.m.
What does it mean to fail? Why are we so terrified of failure? This workshop explores our ideas around success and failure, the social and cultural forces that shape those ideas, and the costs those ideas bear on us. The stakes of failure are particularly high for Asian Americans, and this workshop explores the burden of constantly feeling like a failure and how we might opt out—perhaps by leaning into failure and not having our shit together at all times.
Sponsors: Wolfe Institute; Women’s Center; Office of Diversity and Equity Programs
Join a community of Muslim women students at BC to pave the way for personal success and empowerment.
Rooted in social justice, D’Lo brings the fierce with the funny through his stories and stand-up comedy about being a queer/trans person raised within an immigrant family and community, as well as his stories about being an artist who was schooled by hip-hop, feminists, and queer artist elders.
Drop in and connect with other students to discuss daily issues we experience as women. Together, we will create a safe space to lean on each other for support, guidance, and relief as we move through the months ahead.
October 12, 19, and 26; November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30; December 7, 14
Social media guru, Ivy Bryan, shares tips for boosting your Insta account.
Meet three women of color—all CUNY alumae—who have mobilized their constituents and won a primary election for a fair and just city.
Let’s challenge the prevailing doomsday views of the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by highlighting the role of women of color, often the most marginalized, and how they are capitalizing on the opportunities to organize their communities and re-envision the crisis during this unprecedented time. Join us as these speak about their experiences and visions for New York City and CUNY, where COVID-19 continues to be ever-present.
Panelist will include:
The pandemic has brought us all to the portal of letting go of the past and living with open arms, allowing for openness and vulnerability and possibility, and accepting what is while still hoping to create the impossible. Letting go isn’t about eliminating desire, ambition, or hope, but about un-attaching ourselves from those hopes, about no longer clinging to a sense of control, about no longer seeing the world in a linear way. When we cling to the hope of a “better future,” we long for a sense of control that has never and will never exist. This workshop, led by Janice Lee (published writer, teacher, shamanic healer) and author of Imagine a Death, will consist of a guided meditation, a freewriting session, and a communal ceremony (that will be finished on your own). Please bring a small object that represents what you need to let go of, or a small stone, that will be buried in the ground after the workshop.
Add pizazz to your LinkedIn Profile. Find out what employers are looking for.
Join an interactive discussion with our guest speaker Sana Shad, clinical psychology trainee, and extern at our very own Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Center to discuss demystifying mental health, balancing virtual college and home life, and connecting with mental health resources. Join us for a safe space to decompress and talk about mental health!
Join us for a wide range of activities.
Join Briana Strong who will introduce the Tarot and lead both a general reading for the collective, invite one card pulls from individuals, and do a spirit guide pull from three different tarot decks. The last card she pulls will be from a self-care deck. A divine feminine meditation on feminine energy and empowerment and Q&A will follow.
This event is a two-hour radio show program presented by York College Social Justice Institute in partnership with the CUNY Women’s Centers Council and YC Radio. The first hour of the program will consist of an interview/conversation with Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett.
Babeland is back (virtually!) for our annual Safer Sex Workshop! Babeland representatives will lead an inclusive workshop on sex-related topics. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions anonymously. They’ll also be raffling off some Babeland merch!
Registration limited to CUNY students 18 years + only.
Fire Island Invades BC with Special Covid Destroyer Host, Victoria Falls, and other Fire Island Royalty, Ariel Sinclair and Brenda Dharling, current reigning Miss Gay NY America
Embodied Poetics (for self-identified women), led by Aimee Cox will use the poetry of a different woman of color as the embodied inspiration for accessible yoga and guided free form movement, with time to write and reflect on responses to the poetry and the movement – writing their own embodied poetics!
In response to the devastating events that occurred in Georgia on March 16, the extended Brooklyn College community is invited to a special conversation, “In Solidarity with the Asian-American Community.”
The panel will consist of:
Opening remakes by President Michelle Anderson.
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies, members of the Asian/Asian-American Faculty and Staff, members of the Black Faculty and Staff, members of Faculty of Color, Judaic Studies, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, the Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, the Brooklyn College Women’s Center, and We Stand Against Hate.
In these stressful times, meditation is a great tool to calm the mind. Learn a variety of techniques to relieve anxiety and gain clarity in your thoughts and emotions. Beginners welcome.
Come practice with us. Led by alumna and trainer Bilqis Benu, participants will learn basic yoga poses and flows that will lead to relaxation, stress reduction, and positive thinking. All levels welcome.
Introductory class for people looking to find new ways of reducing stress, increasing stamina and fitness, and gaining confidence in yoga poses. Series will continue on Thursdays throughout Summer Session 1 and 2.
Relationships are difficult. Communication is the key. This workshop will outline some techniques to establish and calibrate your relationships, either romantic, familial, friendship, or other. Jessica Martinez, health educator from CAMBA, will lead and answer questions.
Cramped quarters? Living with someone who you may be having difficulties with? Jessica Martinez, health educator from CAMBA, will help participants identify and learn how to navigate in a less-than-ideal relationship.
Become a savvy consumer of online medical information. Join Brooklyn College Health Clinic Director and Nurse Practitioner Ilene Tannenbaum and other clinic providers to learn how to evaluate fact from fiction about COVID-19.
Self-Care is a buzz word that means different things to different people. Find out what strategies are right for you. Are you creative? Athletic? Just want to sit at home and binge watch your favorite show? That’s okay. Know how to take care of yourself. Natalie Nuzzo, alumna, educator, and poet, will lead this session and Q&A.
12:30–2 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2:15 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2 p.m., Location: TBD
6:30–8:30 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2 p.m., Locations: TBD
12:30–2:15 p.m., Student Center
Join us for a series of fun relaxing activities to give you a boost before finals. Look for more details coming soon. 12:30–2 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Lunch will be served.
Free legal advice for students who have been victims of sexual assault. Led by Jessica Morack, staff attorney, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services
With discussion led by Professor Patricia Antoniello.
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. and 12:30–2 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Library
With Dulcie Delfonse
12:15–2:15 p.m., Gold Room, Student Center
RSVP is mandatory: nrenek@brooklyn.cuny.edu
6:30–8:30 p.m., Bedford Room, Student Center Tickets must be purchased in advance. Contact Wendy Romero for more information.
5–7 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library
5-7 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
9 a.m.–4 p.m., Student Center RSVP Required
5–7 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2:15 p.m. Location: TBD
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library
12:30-2 p.m., Student Center RSVP required
with Chewy May and Chanel Ali 12:30–2:15 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Refreshments will be served.
1st Meet Up 12:30–2:15 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Lunch will be served.
With Dulcie Delfonse 12:30–2:15 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2:15 p.m., 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Lunch will be served.
12:30–2:15 p.m. Lunch will be served.
6:30–8:30 p.m., Bedford Lounge, Student Center
12:30–2:15 p.m., Tanger Auditorium, Library
12:30–2 p.m. Student Center
12:30–2:15 p.m. Date and Location: TBD
6:30–9:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
300 Roosevelt Hall 12:30–2:15 p.m.
Jefferson-Williams Lounge, Student Center 12:30–2:15 p.m. RSVP
227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2:15 p.m.
12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Lunch will be served.
Book Party and Reading with Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Rosamond S. King and Nava Renek 12:30–2 p.m. Lunch will be served.
227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m.
227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m. Lunch will be served.
6:30–8:30 p.m. Student Center
Look for listings TBA.
12:30–2:15 p.m. Penthouse, Student Center
12:15–2:15 p.m. Bedford Lounge, Student Center
With Melanie Severo, Lac, MS, RN 12:15–2:15 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
With music by Rent Party 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
with Tanwi Nandini Islam 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
with Eva Melnikova, Sexual and Reproductive Rights Advocate, Amnesty International USA 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m.
Penthouse, Student Center 12:30–2 p.m. Registration is required.
with Patricio Jimenez, Esq., Director of Diversity Investigations 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2 p.m.
with Writer-Performer Michele Carlo 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension 12:30–2:15 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
7–9 p.m. Bedford Lounge, Student Center Tickets Required.
Time: TBD 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Spoken Word Performance 12:30–2:15 p.m. Student Center
12:30–2:15 p.m. Student Center
4–7 p.m. Gold Room, Student Center
6–10 p.m. Penthouse, Student Center Ticket Required.
A Title IX Workshop 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Open House, with Bushra Rehman, Author of Corona 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Refreshments will be served.
Self-defense and Personal Safety Workshop 12:30–2:15 p.m. Maroney Leddy Lounge, Student Center Led by the Center of Anti-Violence Education.
Doing It Right — A Sex Positive Workshop 12:30–2:15 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Led by Jasmine Burems.
Women’s Leadership, Internship and Community — A Student/Mentor’s Luncheon 12:30–2 p.m. Penthouse, Student Center Registration is required.
28-Days Film Series 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension India’s Daughter, with discussion led by Namita Manohar.
Rebecca Kling: Uncovering the Mirrors — Transgender Performing Artist and Discussion 6–9 p.m. Student Center RSVP required.
Holiday Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Laugh your a– off with Chewy May and Friends. Refreshments will be served.
Doing It Right: Establishing Safe and Healthy Relationships 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Angelica Thelusmond, health educator at Bridging Access to Care
Film Screening: Dark Girls 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Open Mic: Girl Be Heard/Girl Be Heard 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Broad City Binge Watching Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
The Vagina Monologues 7–9 p.m. Bedford Lounge, Student Center
Unity Week Look for details.
Asian American Erotic Reading 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Valentine Vision 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Redefining Valentine’s Day: Create your own valentine for yourself, a loved one or the world. Join us in an interactive art project.
Sharing Our Stories: Exhale’s National Pro-Voice Tour 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension With Kassi Underwood, Kate Hindman, Mayah Frank, Natalia Koss Vallejo, Renee Bracey Sherman and Ronak Davé.
The F Word: What Is Feminism Today? 12:30–2 p.m. Bedford Lounge, Student Center With Staceyann Chin; moderated by Assistant Professor Rosamond King.
Film Screening: The Invisible War 12:30–2:15 p.m. Jefferson Williams Lounge, Student Center With discussion.
Keeping It (Sex) Positive 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Workshop presented by Columbia Barnard Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center. For women only.
Help Wanted! What You Need to Know Before You Enter the Workforce — An Interactive Employment Workshop 12:30–2:15 p.m. Occidental Lounge, Student Center RSVP now. For women only.
Women’s Center’s Monster Reunion: Celebrating the Achievements of Our Students (Past and Present) 6–9 p.m. Penthouse, Student Center RSVP now.
Open House With Special Guest Performance Poet Chavisa Woods 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Food, fun, and live performance
Black Women Film Festival B(W)FF — No: The Rape Documentary 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Associate Professor Lynda Day.
Reproductive Rights: Planned Parenthood 12:30–2 p.m. State Lounge, Student Center
Partner Violence 101 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Women’s Self-Defense Workshop 12:30–2 p.m. Dance Studio, West Quad Center
28 Days Film Screening: Cover Girl Culture 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Sau-fong Au.
Women! Can You Have It All? A Look at Workplace Flexibility as It Relates to You and Your Future Employment 5–6:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Led by Suzanne Grossmen, with special guest Grace Protos. Light refreshments. RSVP required.
Black Women Film Festival B(W)FF — Silent Choices 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Assistant Professor Lynda Day.
Shirley Chisholm Day Look for scheduled activities
Holiday Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension International Beauty Bazaar, with hennae, braiding and beading. Join us for relaxation and fun. Refreshments.
Black Women Film Festival B(W)FF
Iron Ladies of Liberia 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Assistant Professor Lynda Day.
Inequities of Love 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by author Dr. Averil Clarke.
Women Activist Roundtable and Luncheon 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Alumni Lounge, Student Center
Guests include:
Book Party to Celebrate Lynda Day’s Gender and Power: The Women Chiefs of Sierra Leone, The Last Two Hundred Years 5–6:30 p.m. State Lounge, Student Center
Narrative Medicine Night 5 –7 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Jennifer Sotsky, Jocelyn Jiao, Lisa Roth
The Vagina Monologues 6:30–8:30 p.m. Gold Room, Student Center Brooklyn College’s Women’s Center and the V-Day Committee bring back their annual production of The Vagina Monologues. Proceeds will go toward organizations working to fight against domestic violence.
Shirley Chisholm Conference
Women! What’s the Value of Your Education? (for women only) 5–6:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Zavi Baynes, with guest speaker Grace Protos.
Black Women Film Festival B(W)FF 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders
Film Screening: Deaf Jam, with director Judy Lieff 12:30–2 p.m. Woody Tanger Auditorium
International Beauty Bazaar: End-of-Year Celebration 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Hennae, braiding, eyebrow threading and beading. Join us for relaxation and fun. Refreshments will be served.
Open House and Karaoke Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Domestic Violence Awareness Day 12:30–2 p.m. Gold Room, Student Center
Until the Violence Stops: An Interactive Public Forum With Keith Labelle, director, Violence Prevention & Advocacy Services Program, University of Rhode Island 5–7 p.m. Gold Room, Student Center From Non-action to Action: Gender Dialogue on Domestic Violence
Women! What’s the Value of Your College Major? (for women only) 5–6:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Dsicussion led by Zavi Baynes. Light refreshments will be served.
Reading and Panel Discussion: Men Undressed: Women Writers and the Male Sexual Experience 5–7 p.m. Woody Tanger Auditorium Four writers — Nava Renek, Allison Amend, Elizabeth Searle and Diane Williams — will read their work from forthcoming anthology. Hosted by WNYC’s Amy Eddings.
Women’s Self Defense Workshop 12:30–2 p.m. Glenwood Lounge, Student Center Led by Jonathan Chin, Brooklyn College Tae Kwon Do Club.
28 Days Film Screening: The Line, with discussion 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Holiday Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Share food, talent and fun! Women’s Center’s Got Talent: Open Mic. Sign up for your three minutes of fame.
Gallery Opening: Shift 3–7 p.m. Maroon Room, Student Center Images and narratives of African women in movement
Doing It (Right): Forming Healthy Intimate Relationships 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Film Screening: The Syrian Bride 12:30–2:15 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Refreshments will be served.
Sex Toy Store Field Trip (for women only) Time: to be announced Meet at the Women’s Center.
The Vagina Monologues 6:30–8:30 p.m. Gold Room, Student Center Ticket Price: to be announced
Women’s Self Defense Workshop 12:30–2 p.m. 240 West Quad Center Led by Jonathan Chin, Brooklyn College Tae Kwon Do Club.
Finding the Right Career and Major Workshop (for women only) 5–6:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Led by Zavi Baynes.
Express Yourself: Hands-on Art Project 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion led by Sau-fong Au. RSVP required.
Financial Fitness 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Brooklyn College alumna Denise Garrett helps students manage their money and plan for their futures.
Arranged (friendship has no religion) 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension With discussion.
Holiday Party 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension With karaoke hostess Dropsey Duzmen
Picking Up the Pieces: Taking Women Seriously in Tallying the True Costs of the Iraq War 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Jefferson Willams Lounge, Student Center With guest speaker Cynthia Enloe
Out Against Abuse: Domestic Violence Among Youth 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension Discussion and presentation led by Sabrin Chowdhury and Anindita Chaterjee.
Financial Fitness Workshop: Budgeting for Everyday Life 3:30–5 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension With Denise Garrett
Gender and Islam: All-day Panels 10:45 a.m.–8 p.m.
The Vagina Monologues Noon–2 p.m. Location: to be announced
The Vagina Monologues 6–8 p.m. Location: to be announced
Finding the Right Career and Major (for women only) 5–6:30 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension With Zavi Baynes
Film Screening: Afghan Star 12:30–2 p.m. Woody Tanger Auditorium
End-of-Semester Celebration and Open Mic 12:30–2 p.m. 227 Ingersoll Hall Extension
