by Mary Eshet In 2020, against the backdrop of George Floyd’s murder and a rapid rise in antisemitism, Rabbi Judy Schindler was alarmed about the rising hate and division in …
Certification in Social Justice & Community Organizing (SJCO) to Kickoff on February 18th
Certification Training & Speaker Series in Social Justice & Community Organizing (SJCO) (Non-Academic Certificate) Social Change begins with you! Learn to build power and create change in your …
Soul Food Shabbat – Dinner, panel and table conversations about race and antisemitism: Jim Crow and Nuremberg Laws
For years, Queens students have sponsored a Soul Food Shabbat bringing together the Queens Black Student Union and Queens Hillel for a celebration of Shabbat and an exploration of commonalities …
Greenspon Center hosts community International Holocaust Remembrance Day event featuring Stephen Smith, Executive Director Emeritus of USC Shoah Foundation & awards Rabbi Cytron-Walker with Inaugural Upstander Award
by Judy LaPietra The Greenspon Center will commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with its inaugural community event titled Combatting Hate: One Voice at a Time on January 26 at 7:00 …
Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Racial Profiling
By JB Mayfield The criminal justice system is supposed to protect people—but the opposite seems to be happening when it comes to people of color. Justin Nix, a criminologist at …
Translating Kristallnacht
By Judy LaPietra November 9th marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht, when in 1938 existent anti-Jewish policy in Nazi Germany gave way to violent pogroms throughout the German territories. Over the …
Jewish Studies Spring Signature Class: Jewish Ideas that Changed the World
Join our Jewish Studies Spring Signature Class with Rabbi Judy Schindler and Guest Scholars (who will join us on Zoom) Dates: Wednesday, January 25 through March 29 (no class on …
Let’s talk about social issues: incarceration, rehabilitation and reentrance into society, November 17 at 6 pm
By Connor Whitson Pi Sigma Alpha (PSA), the Political Science Honor Society, is hosting a lecture on the issues of the reformation of criminal rehabilitation. This lecture will also address …
Vote like your reproductive rights depend on it – a message from the Greenspon Center Reproductive Rights Collective
by Dr. Gina Navarrete, Adjunct Professor at Queens University and Co-President of the Charlotte Women’s March Vote like your reproductive freedoms depend on it… because they do! It is time …
Reproductive Rights Social Justice Meet-Up – Friday, 10/21 @10:40
Are you concerned with reproductive rights? Join other Queens’ students, staff, and faculty who are concerned about this issue too for a Reproductive Rights Social Justice Meet-Up in the Stan …