Student Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (SAIL)

Poster for Women's History Month Events

Women's History Month Events

March 4 – 5 p.m.

Part of the Women’s Center’s Virtual Wellness series “Yoga With Bilqis”

Refresh, regrow, renew with alumnae, Bilqis Benu, who will lead a Hatha yoga session and talk about mind/body connection and well-being while leading us through a series of asanas. All levels welcome.

Sponsored by: The Women’s Center and Alumni Affairs
Open to CUNY students, faculty, staff and alumni

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March 5 – 12 p.m.

“A Conversation with Transgender Prisoners' Rights Activist and Litigator Dee Farmer”

Part of the Activism/Policy/Knowledge series of the Brooklyn College Internal Endowed Chair. Dee Farmer is a legal expert and consultant for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. A legend in the transgender rights movement, she was the first transgender plaintiff to bring a case before the United States Supreme Court. In 1994, her landmark case, the unanimous Farmer v. Brennan decision, established that prisoners have a right to be protected from harm and that prisons are responsible for their safety. The case stems from the sexual assault she suffered at an Indiana federal prison where she had been placed among male inmates, a transfer levied upon her as punishment while in a minimum-security facility. In 1986, she was given an exceptionally harsh consecutive sentence of 20 years in federal prison and 30 years in state prison for non-violent crimes. Cited by thousands of courts, Farmer v. Brennan was also foundational to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Moderated by Shannon Minter, the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Co-sponsored by The American Studies Program, The Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, The Women's Center, The Women's and Gender Studies Program, The Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (S.A.I.L) Center, The Office of Diversity and Equity Programs

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March 10 – 1 p.m.

What’s In The Cards

Tarot Session with Spiritualist, Intuitive Tarot Reader, Yogi, and Holistic Health Practitioner, Briana Strong

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.

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March 15 – 4 p.m.

Meditation with Bilqis

Practice calming the mind during these uncertain times. Learn breathing skills and techniques to achieve fuller inner peace and solace.

Sponsored by: The Women’s Center and Alumni Affairs Open to CUNY students, faculty, staff and alumni

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March 16 – 11 a.m.

In Conversation with Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett

This event is a 2-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 followed by a panel discussion.

Sponsored by: York College Social Justice Institute in partnership with The CUNY Women's Centers Council and YC Radio

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March 18 – 6 p.m.

Safer Sex Workshop with Babeland

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!

Sponsored by the LBGTQ Center, The Women’s Center and others

Registration limited to CUNY students and staff only

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March 23 – 4 p.m.

CUNY Women’s Center Council Presents: Embodied Poetics featuring Aimee Cox

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!

Sponsored by the CUNY Women’s Center Council

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