Keywords in Understanding Israel/Palestine: A Panel on Anti-Semitism & Anti-Palestinian Racism
Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:30–3 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema This panel on the terms "Anti-Semitism" and "Anti-Palestinian Racism" is part of the Spring 2024 common course Keywords for Our Times: Understanding Israel/Palestine and will be open to the Bard College community as a whole. The course critically explores the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine with a focus on contemporary Gaza, and the vocabularies we use to understand it. The course brings scholars from a range of disciplines together to help students understand the histories of and contestations around important concepts and ideas that define our contemporary moment, and to stimulate informed dialogue within our community. Participating in the panel on the terms "Anti-Semitism" and "Anti-Palestinian Racism" will be Ken Stern of Bard College and Radhika Sainath of Palestine Legal.
Kenneth S. Stern is the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate. He is an award-winning author and attorney, and was most recently executive director of the Justus & Karin Rosenberg Foundation. Before that he was director of the division on antisemitism and extremism at the American Jewish Committee, where he worked for 25 years. Stern is the author of numerous op-eds and book reviews, appearing in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Forward, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and elsewhere. He most recently published The Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate (New Jewish Press, 2020), and previously published Loud Hawk: The United States vs. The American Indian Movement. Mr. Stern graduated from Bard College in 1975.
Radhika Sainath is a senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal, where she oversees the organization’s casework on free speech, censorship, and academic freedom. Prior to joining Palestine Legal, Radhika represented clients in individual and class action civil and constitutional rights cases involving discrimination, human rights abuses, and prison conditions at one of California’s most prestigious civil rights firms. Radhika has successfully litigated numerous state and federal class actions and other federal civil rights cases. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Jacobin, and Literary Hub. Radhika is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and the University of California, San Diego. She is based in Palestine Legal’s New York City office and is admitted to the California and New York state bars.
This event is cosponsored by the Politics Program, the Middle Eastern Studies Program, the Global and International Studies Program, the Human Rights Program, and the Center for Human Rights and the Arts. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 202 MABU is hosting weekly meetings.
About MABU Spearheading with the Reading Initiative, Men At Bard United seeks to create jumping points of connections amongst men of color at Bard in all years through bond-like activities and collaboration with clubs throughout the term.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Language Center, Room 118 Join us! This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the Queer and gender-nonconforming people of color, both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Join CSA at our annual Carniv-ALL! Come learn about and enjoy Caribbean culture, eat good food, watch some amazing performances, and have a great time!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Disability Access Services (DAS) and Title IX & Non-Discrimination Drop-In Session
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12–2 pm
Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Drop-in session for questions and concerns regarding DAS/Title IX. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Room 402 A structured, quiet study space opened to all students presented by Disability Access Services! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Gilson Place POC Jeopardy: pop culture references, shows, movies, actors. POC at Bard, there will be food, there will be prizes! In collaboration with Gilson Place.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
From Passion to Profession: Pursuing Social Justice After Bard
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:30–5:30 pm
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Join us for an inspiring session on transforming your passion for social justice into a professional path with SUNY New Paltz’s Graduate Program in Social Justice.
This interactive workshop and information session, led by distinguished SUNY New Paltz faculty, offers you a unique opportunity to explore how advanced studies can amplify your impact on social justice issues. Dive into discussions, gain insights into the curriculum, and learn how this program prepares graduates for meaningful careers in social justice.
Whether you’re considering graduate school or seeking ways to advocate for equity and change, this event is your first step toward making a substantial difference! For more information, call 845-758-7539, or e-mail [email protected].
Gilson Place Hotep Poetry is an event presented by Gilson place and BSO based on comedy and spoken word that takes influence from elements of the Black community. This is a chance for students on campus to express themselves through this cultural outlet while enjoying soul/Caribbean food, having gift bags that portray parts of the culture of the Black community, and potentially winning small prizes for the best poem. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Olin Humanities, Room 202 MABU is hosting weekly meetings.
About MABU Spearheading with the Reading Initiative, Men At Bard United seeks to create jumping points of connections amongst men of color at Bard in all years through bond-like activities and collaboration with clubs throughout the term.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Language Center, Room 118 Join us! This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the Queer and gender-nonconforming people of color, both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Campus Center, Red Room 203 This club will be started to create representation for Indigenous students that are a part of Bard’s campus. Cultural representation has been taken away from us, and the spark of cultural appropriation hides the truth of who we are and what our traditions are. Bard has many organizations for other students of color on campus, each having their own unique identity. I want to give a place where there is representation for specifically Indigenous students on campus. This association is not only made for students with Native blood, but for those who want to help us break the generations worth of misinformation, to become educated, hopefully getting inspired to educate the rest of the Bard community. People not only should know the true history, but the culture of different Indigenous peoples. I want to give students confidence, to not be ashamed of their heritage, but instead, be proud of it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Come decorate cake with WOCU! Supplies are limited on a first-come, first-served basis!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
About the CSA The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) seeks to provide a sense of social solidarity and academic support among West Indian/Caribbean students at Bard, while promoting interactions with the Bard community as a whole. We hope to achieve this goal through (1) the education of Caribbean culture, society, and politics, (2) hosting events that celebrate the diversity which Caribbean students contribute to Bard and (3) raising awareness about issues past and present of importance to West Indians and the world. The CSA is inclusive to all Bard students, Caribbean or otherwise.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Disability Access Services (DAS) and Title IX & Non-Discrimination Drop-In Session
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 12–2 pm
Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Drop-in session for questions and concerns regarding DAS/Title IX. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Room 402 A structured, quiet study space opened to all students presented by Disability Access Services! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Pool The Stevenson Athletics Center Pool is reserved exclusively for trans, non-inary, and gender nonconforming people to use for two hours. No reservation is required. If desired, there is a gender neutral changing room and shower on the ground floor of the gym.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Keywords in Understanding Israel/Palestine: A Panel on Anti-Semitism & Anti-Palestinian Racism
Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:30–3 pm
Campus Center, Weis Cinema This panel on the terms "Anti-Semitism" and "Anti-Palestinian Racism" is part of the Spring 2024 common course Keywords for Our Times: Understanding Israel/Palestine and will be open to the Bard College community as a whole. The course critically explores the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine with a focus on contemporary Gaza, and the vocabularies we use to understand it. The course brings scholars from a range of disciplines together to help students understand the histories of and contestations around important concepts and ideas that define our contemporary moment, and to stimulate informed dialogue within our community. Participating in the panel on the terms "Anti-Semitism" and "Anti-Palestinian Racism" will be Ken Stern of Bard College and Radhika Sainath of Palestine Legal.
Kenneth S. Stern is the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate. He is an award-winning author and attorney, and was most recently executive director of the Justus & Karin Rosenberg Foundation. Before that he was director of the division on antisemitism and extremism at the American Jewish Committee, where he worked for 25 years. Stern is the author of numerous op-eds and book reviews, appearing in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Forward, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and elsewhere. He most recently published The Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate (New Jewish Press, 2020), and previously published Loud Hawk: The United States vs. The American Indian Movement. Mr. Stern graduated from Bard College in 1975.
Radhika Sainath is a senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal, where she oversees the organization’s casework on free speech, censorship, and academic freedom. Prior to joining Palestine Legal, Radhika represented clients in individual and class action civil and constitutional rights cases involving discrimination, human rights abuses, and prison conditions at one of California’s most prestigious civil rights firms. Radhika has successfully litigated numerous state and federal class actions and other federal civil rights cases. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Jacobin, and Literary Hub. Radhika is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and the University of California, San Diego. She is based in Palestine Legal’s New York City office and is admitted to the California and New York state bars.
This event is cosponsored by the Politics Program, the Middle Eastern Studies Program, the Global and International Studies Program, the Human Rights Program, and the Center for Human Rights and the Arts. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Humanities, Room 202 MABU is hosting weekly meetings.
About MABU Spearheading with the Reading Initiative, Men At Bard United seeks to create jumping points of connections amongst men of color at Bard in all years through bond-like activities and collaboration with clubs throughout the term.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Language Center, Room 118 Join us! This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the Queer and gender-nonconforming people of color, both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Join CSA at our annual Carniv-ALL! Come learn about and enjoy Caribbean culture, eat good food, watch some amazing performances, and have a great time!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Disability Access Services (DAS) and Title IX & Non-Discrimination Drop-In Session
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12–2 pm
Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Drop-in session for questions and concerns regarding DAS/Title IX. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Room 402 A structured, quiet study space opened to all students presented by Disability Access Services! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Gilson Place POC Jeopardy: pop culture references, shows, movies, actors. POC at Bard, there will be food, there will be prizes! In collaboration with Gilson Place.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
From Passion to Profession: Pursuing Social Justice After Bard
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:30–5:30 pm
Campus Center, Yellow Room 214 Join us for an inspiring session on transforming your passion for social justice into a professional path with SUNY New Paltz’s Graduate Program in Social Justice.
This interactive workshop and information session, led by distinguished SUNY New Paltz faculty, offers you a unique opportunity to explore how advanced studies can amplify your impact on social justice issues. Dive into discussions, gain insights into the curriculum, and learn how this program prepares graduates for meaningful careers in social justice.
Whether you’re considering graduate school or seeking ways to advocate for equity and change, this event is your first step toward making a substantial difference! For more information, call 845-758-7539, or e-mail [email protected].
Gilson Place Hotep Poetry is an event presented by Gilson place and BSO based on comedy and spoken word that takes influence from elements of the Black community. This is a chance for students on campus to express themselves through this cultural outlet while enjoying soul/Caribbean food, having gift bags that portray parts of the culture of the Black community, and potentially winning small prizes for the best poem. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Olin Humanities, Room 202 MABU is hosting weekly meetings.
About MABU Spearheading with the Reading Initiative, Men At Bard United seeks to create jumping points of connections amongst men of color at Bard in all years through bond-like activities and collaboration with clubs throughout the term.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Olin Language Center, Room 118 Join us! This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the Queer and gender-nonconforming people of color, both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Campus Center, Red Room 203 This club will be started to create representation for Indigenous students that are a part of Bard’s campus. Cultural representation has been taken away from us, and the spark of cultural appropriation hides the truth of who we are and what our traditions are. Bard has many organizations for other students of color on campus, each having their own unique identity. I want to give a place where there is representation for specifically Indigenous students on campus. This association is not only made for students with Native blood, but for those who want to help us break the generations worth of misinformation, to become educated, hopefully getting inspired to educate the rest of the Bard community. People not only should know the true history, but the culture of different Indigenous peoples. I want to give students confidence, to not be ashamed of their heritage, but instead, be proud of it. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room Come decorate cake with WOCU! Supplies are limited on a first-come, first-served basis!Sponsored by: Student Activities.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
About the CSA The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) seeks to provide a sense of social solidarity and academic support among West Indian/Caribbean students at Bard, while promoting interactions with the Bard community as a whole. We hope to achieve this goal through (1) the education of Caribbean culture, society, and politics, (2) hosting events that celebrate the diversity which Caribbean students contribute to Bard and (3) raising awareness about issues past and present of importance to West Indians and the world. The CSA is inclusive to all Bard students, Caribbean or otherwise.Sponsored by: Student Activities.
Disability Access Services (DAS) and Title IX & Non-Discrimination Drop-In Session
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 12–2 pm
Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Drop-in session for questions and concerns regarding DAS/Title IX. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Room 402 A structured, quiet study space opened to all students presented by Disability Access Services! For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olin Hall Two hour Friday group meeting and activity session to support our neurodiverse students. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Stevenson Athletic Center, Pool The Stevenson Athletics Center Pool is reserved exclusively for trans, non-inary, and gender nonconforming people to use for two hours. No reservation is required. If desired, there is a gender neutral changing room and shower on the ground floor of the gym.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Kappa House Dean Aldebot will be available at Kappa House Room 102 every Monday from 1–3 pm. Come connect! If these hours don't work for you, email [email protected] to schedule a meeting. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural, and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities. For more information, call 845-758-6822.