10 Ways To Get Involved In 2017

Back to school, back to your buds - being back at Barnard is so exciting! Here are some ways to keep personal, academic and lifestyle goals alive as the semester goes on. Also ways to be civically involved in any way accessible to you!

1. New York City Women's March

Can't make it to Washington on Saturday? No worries, march proudly with fellow New Yorkers. Political club Eleanor's legacy is leading this march; more info (map included) can be found here: http://www.eleanorslegacy.com/marchnyc

2. Women's March in DC

If you are willing and able to head to DC this weekend, amazing! Make sure that you stay hydrated, wear comfortable shoes, and dress warmly! More information on the March is available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/259885654430696/

3. A Tale of Two Cities: Discriminatory Policing in New York City Event

Via nyclu.org

Join us for a workshop by the NYCLU called A Tale of Two Cities: Discriminatory Policing in New York City! Time and date TBD but we will let you know soon. Here is the event description:

This presentation examines the discriminatory effects of the policies and practices of the New York Police Department, highlighting the disparate treatment received by various community and ethnic groups. The presentation covers zero-tolerance policing and stop-and-frisk practices and the collateral consequences of these practices on affected communities. The presentation also explores advocate led movements to reform discriminatory police practices and increase police accountability.

4. NSOP Applications

Want to have a positive impact on future Barnard students? Apply to be a crew member for new student orientation!

5. Athena Film Festival

Attend the Athena Film festival, which happens February 9-12th. Watch many incredible films, attend panels and workshops, or volunteer! Take advantage of this incredible event, happening on our own home turf.

6. Barnard Bold Event Feb 16th

Go to this event in the Event Oval to find out about the great people and student groups that make Barnard the special place it is.

7. Presidential Search Listening Sessions

Come give input on who you want our next president to be! Tuesday, January 31, 2017 All Sessions will take place in the Event Oval, Diana Center 4:00 -- 5:15 p.m.: Student Open Forum.

8. Local City Council Elections

Did you know that as of 2017, only 13 of the 51 City Council Members are women? You can help change this. Get involved with local elections whether that be interning or volunteering. City Council is just the start, there are many female candidates in need of your support! The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released their list of declared candidates for the 2017 election year.

9. Watch a documentary on Netflix

Watch an informative documentary, such as 13th, which is on Netflix. In this piece, filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.

10. Shades of Intimacy: Women in the Time of Revolution, A Lecture with Hortens Spiller

Join BCRW for a FREE event on Thursday, February 16, 2017 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST in the James Room. Here is the event description: In her trenchant analysis of U.S. history, literary critic and Black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers considers the aftermath of the notion of partus sequitur ventrem—the “American ‘innovation’ that proclaimed that the child born of an enslaved mother would also be enslaved.” In this lecture, Spillers engages the idea of the “shadow” family to explain one of the tectonic shifts in the concept and practice of social relations in the New World from the 18th century—a period of profound contradiction and change when dangerously hegemonic definitions of race, gender, and family took hold—onward.

Registration for the evening lecture is preferred but not required.