We Need More People: On Finding Common Ground In Our Work To Build The World We Want To Inhabit

Join us for the second annual Grace Lee Boggs ‘35 Lecture with Mariame Kaba, longtime organizer, educator, librarian and co-author of Let This Radicalize You, followed by a conversation between Mariame Kaba, Barnard Student Emily Bach '24, and Athena Center for Leadership Director Umbreen Bhatti '00 about the role of dialogue in driving change.

Copies of Mariame's book will be provided to the first 50 student attendees.

Dinner will be provided and all are welcome.

* This is an in-person event*

Event Accessibility

Barnard College provides reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need individual disability-related accommodations for this event in order to be able to attend, we encourage you to inform us in advance in order for us to accommodate you. Possible accommodations can include real-time captioning, ASL interpretation, Braille handouts, wheelchair accessibility and more. Specific individual requests can be made via the Event Accessibility Request Form.

This event is presented by Barnard's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Athena Center for Leadership, Barnard Center for Research on Women, the Office of Community Engagement and Inclusion at Barnard, and Barnard's Young Alumnae Council.

This event is part of SPARK, a series of provocations and conversations designed to ignite your thinking about change and how it happens, hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership. The theme of SPARK in 2023-24 is dialogue. SPARK is open to all members of the Barnard community, including faculty, staff, alums, and friends of the college.

COVID Safety Precautions

To ensure the safety and well-being of all attendees, we ask that you take precautions while celebrating with us. Although vaccination and masking are not required, they are highly encouraged as critical public health tools.

Please be considerate of those around you and respect the choices of others. If you're feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for COVID-19, we kindly ask that you stay home and take care of yourself.

We're committed to creating a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone, and we appreciate your cooperation in achieving this goal. Let's work together to make this event a memorable and safe experience for all.

Thank you for joining us, and we look forward to seeing you soon!