Places to Be As senior assistant to the director of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Sami Binder ’18 is dedicated to creating safe spaces. Read More
Call Them by Their Name In a new internship last fall, anthropology major Lily Bello helped trans community members overcome the legal red tape of changing their names. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith to Lecture at Brooklyn College on March 16 One of her first public appearances since 2020 will serve as an extraordinary complement to Brooklyn College’s Women’s History Month celebration. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23 The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name. Read More
A Generation of Artists, Activists, and Advocates Are Emerging From the Women’s and Gender Studies Program A conversation with students reveals the depth and breadth of a course of study created to prepare them to meet the challenges faced in an evolving society. Read More
Leymah Roberta Gbowee Lectures on Peace, War, and Life as a Celebrated Leader The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate visits campus for enlightening and timely lecture. Read More
Brooklyn College Welcomes 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee The Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate will discuss gender, law, transitional justice, reconstruction, and other topics. Read More
Brooklyn College Was Well-Represented in New York City Elections Jumaane Williams was re-elected as public advocate as Shahana Hanif becomes the first Muslim woman elected to NYC Council. Read More
Spanish Professor Bernardita Llanos Elected Co-Chair of Latin American Studies Association Section Spanish Professor Bernardita Llanos, also Endowed Chair of Women and Gender Studies, was elected co-chair of the Southern Cone Section of the Latin American Studies Association. In the role, she Read More
