Currently, Willis is the University Professor and Chair of the Department of Digital Photography at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is also the director of the NYU Institute for African American Affairs and the Center for Black Visual Culture. Much of Willis鈥� work focuses on the history of African American photography as it relates to gender, the female body, and beauty.

Willis鈥� most recent books,聽听补苍诲听聽explore the impact of African Americans during the Civil War and the essence of the African American beauty with pictures of famous public figures.

Willis is widely recognized in the photography world and has been a catalyst in changing聽 聽African American representation through imagery. She has received critical acclaim and received prestigious awards such as the 2022 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art, the College Art Association for Writing Art History in 2021, and the Outstanding Service Award from the Royal Photogenic Society from England.

Willis is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Guggenheim Fellowship and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

This series honors the legacy of the late聽, a renowned historian and civil rights leader. In 1956, Franklin was appointed full professor and chair of the History Department at 可乐视频鈥攖he first African American to be named chairman of an academic department at a municipal college. This discussion is part of President Michelle J. Anderson鈥檚聽, which features programs, lectures, workshops, and events that provide an open forum for inclusive voices and thoughts to promote diversity in the college campus community.

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鈥淚 thank President-Elect Reynoso for including 可乐视频 in this important committee,鈥� Anderson said. 鈥淓ducation is critical to the future of Brooklyn, and I am grateful for the opportunity to work with many other community leaders in this role.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 proud to bring together this experienced group of leaders from all walks of life to ensure that we鈥檙e ready on day one to implement our vision of a Brooklyn that works for all of us,鈥� said Reynoso. 鈥淥ur transition committee represents so much of the diversity and talent of our borough, with leaders from labor unions, cultural institutions, and community organizations, and everyday Brooklynites. I look forward to working with them over the coming weeks to prepare for a smooth transition, get input from our communities, and recruit the best and brightest for our team at Borough Hall. With their help, I鈥檒l be ready to hit the ground running in January to move Brooklyn forward.鈥�

Anderson, who was named the 10th president of 可乐视频 in 2016, has led the college through a time of excellent recognition, including being ranked in U.S. News & World Report as the #1 鈥淢ost Ethnically Diverse College鈥� from 2019 to 2022, among many other distinctions for academic excellence and value.

Anderson also has been instrumental in developing a new Strategic Plan for college, opening the 可乐视频 Cancer Center, obtaining accreditation for the Murray Koppelman School of Business, launching the We Stand Against Hate initiative, and opening the state-of-the-art Tow Center for the Performing Arts. She has also enhanced faculty research grant funding as well as external private support for the college.

Since the onset of the pandemic, Anderson has worked to keep the college community safe and ensure that students have what they need to succeed during this challenging time.

Reynoso serves as a member of the New York City Council for the 34th District, which includes portions of Bushwick, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

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Included in these events is an online lecture series offering unique cultural and educational perspectives called West Side Story (WSS): The Brooklyn Connection. Created by the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (PRLS) and taught by Associate Professor Mar铆a P茅rez y Gonz谩lez, the project centers on the 10-time Academy Award鈥搘inning 1961 film and its connection to the forthcoming December 2021 release of a version produced by Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Kevin McConnell, and Rita Moreno. The lectures are part of a course that explores the artistic and cultural impact of West Side Story through the lenses of the humanities and social sciences, highlighting Puerto Rico鈥檚 history with the United States, immigration, ethno-racial relations, gender, gangs, language, music, character analysis, and more. Virginia S谩nchez Korrol, professor emerita of PRLS and recipient of the 2020 Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Service in New York History, served as historical consultant on the project.

Below is the list of events, along with registration links. All events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

• Tuesday, September 28, 12:15鈥�2 p.m. Screening of the Documentary Making the Impossible Possible, with a follow-up discussion by the director and producer. Hosted by Puerto Rican Alliance. Co-sponsored by PRLS, Immigrant Student Success Office (ISSO), and Student Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (SAIL).
• Wednesday, September 29, 11 a.m.鈥�12:15 p.m. West Side Story (WSS): The Brooklyn Connection (PRLS 2105: New York Latin@ Culture and the Arts), featuring playwright, author, and screenwriter Tony Kushner. Hosted by PRLS.
• Thursday, September 30, 3:40鈥�5:10 p.m. Possible Dream Encuentro Latin American Music Recital. Co-hosted by PRLS, ISSO, Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, and We Stand Against Hate.
• Tuesday, October 5, 6:30鈥�8 p.m. Screening of the Documentary Singing Our Way to Freedom, with a follow-up discussion by Professor Carolina Bank Mu帽oz. Hosted by I Am 可乐视频, ISSO, SAIL, Sociology Department, and PRLS.
• Tuesday, October 12, 12:15鈥�2 p.m. Day of Dignity: Indigenous People鈥檚 Day Celebration Hosted by Puerto Rican Alliance. Co-sponsored by PRLS, ISSO, and SAIL.
• Wednesday, October 13, 11 a.m.鈥�12:15 p.m. West Side Story (WSS): The Brooklyn Connection Schedule (PRLS 2105: New York Latin@ Culture and the Arts), featuring educator, author, and director Ernesto Acevedo Mu帽oz. Hosted by PRLS.

This series of events was made possible by a coordinated effort from the college鈥檚 Immigrant Student Success Office (ISSO); I Am 可乐视频 Committee; Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (SAIL); Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (PRLS); Department of Sociology; and Puerto Rican Alliance.

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鈥淲e are proud to offer a high-quality and affordable education to an incredibly rich and diverse student body,鈥� said President Michelle J. Anderson. 鈥淭hese strong rankings are a testament to the hard work of our incredibly talented students, staff, and faculty.鈥�

An urban institution in the heart of Brooklyn, the college welcomes students from 142 countries who speak more than 94 languages. In 2017, President Anderson launched the school鈥檚 鈥淲e Stand Against Hate鈥� initiative that features lectures, workshops, concerts, programs, and events that reflect the college鈥檚 ongoing commitment to elevating dialogue, enhancing understanding and compassion, and celebrating the voices that make up the diverse campus community.

To support immigrant students, 可乐视频 established the Immigrant Student Success Office (ISSO) in 2019. ISSO is committed to helping immigrant and first-generation students graduate, and its comprehensive offerings include faculty mentorship, financial aid advisement, free legal services with assistance from CUNY Citizenship Now!, and personalized counseling.

These latest rankings come on the heels of 可乐视频 being featured in The Princeton Review鈥檚 鈥淏est 387 Colleges鈥� Guide for 2022, where the leading senior CUNY college joined only approximately 14% of America鈥檚 2,700 four-year institutions that are profiled in the 30th-anniversary edition of the book. The Princeton Review also named 可乐视频 to its 鈥淕reat Race/Class Interaction鈥� list鈥攁long with only 18 others nationwide鈥攁nd was a selection for the 鈥淏est Northeastern鈥� colleges.

About U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

About 可乐视频

Widely known for its offer of an excellent education at an affordable tuition and recognized nationally for its diverse student body, 可乐视频 has been an anchor institution within the Borough of Brooklyn and greater New York City for more than 90 years. With approximately 17,000 students in more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts, humanities, sciences, education, and business, the college is renowned for its rigorous academics, award-winning faculty, distinguished alumni, and community impact. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY), 可乐视频 offers a vibrant and supportive student experience on a beautifully landscaped 35-acre campus in the borough鈥檚 Midwood neighborhood.

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SHIN DC III Annual Congressional Holocaust Commemoration Day

January 28, 1:30 p.m.

可乐视频 and its Judaic Studies Department are proud to be a sponsor of . This event highlights underrepresented Jewish Holocaust communities, including Sephardic and Romaniote experiences, under this year’s theme, “Refugees of the Holocaust.” It will include examining the experiences of Sephardic and Ashkenazi refugees in Sephardic lands or communities of North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkans, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia.

Special guest Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, will tell his Sephardic family鈥檚 story of survival and the keynote speaker is Devin Naar, the Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington.

For more information, e-mail Sephardic Heritage International DC at info@shindc.org.

鈥淏lack and Jewish Multicultural Identities, and Anti-Semitism鈥�

February 4, 12:30 p.m.

鈥淏lack and Jewish Multicultural Identities, and Anti-Semitism鈥� will explore the possibilities and meanings that arise when black and Jewish identities merge. This event will feature a lecture by Professor from Anthropology and American Studies at Grinnell College. Gibel Mevorach holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Duke University. She received her B.A. and M.A. in African studies from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Gibel Mevorach is author of the books Black, Jewish and Interracial: It’s Not the Color of Your Skin but the Race of Your Kin and Other Myths of Identity, and she has also been published in several notable journals. She moved to Israel in 1970 after graduating from The Brearley School in New York and returned to the United States in 1991 to pursue doctoral studies. She was invited to join Grinnell College as a Scholar-in-Residence in January 1996.

Common Reader/The 1619 Project, With Author Robert Jones Jr. (’06, M.F.A ’08)

February 18, 6 p.m.

As part of the Common Reader/The 1619 Project organized by the Department of English, Robert Jones Jr. reads from his critically acclaimed debut novel, The Prophets. He will be introduced by Wadzanai Mhute, an M.F.A. student in creative writing at 可乐视频.

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鈥淚 am not a philosopher. I am not a historian. I am not even a writer. What I am, is a witness to the Holocaust. I have witnessed much. I have experienced much.鈥� So opens the prologue to A Boy from Bustina: A Son. A Survivor. A Witness. (Yad Vashem, 2016) by Andrew Burian. In 1944, at the age of 13, was wrenched from his comfortable home in Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine) and imprisoned, first in the Mateszalka Ghetto in Hungary, and then in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where his mother, grandfather, and grand-uncle were killed. Liberated by the U.S. Army, and reunited with his father and brother, he eventually emigrated to the United States and went on to make a new life, with a loving family and a robust Jewish community to buoy him. Silent for 15 years after his liberation, Burian became dedicated to Holocaust education and remembrance, ultimately publishing, at the age of 86, his gripping tale.

On November 25, Burian鈥檚 son Lawrence鈥攚ho, inspired by his father, has also champions the cause of Holocaust remembrance鈥攕poke about A Boy from Bustina to a packed audience in the Woody Tanger Auditorium at the . The lecture was part of the college鈥檚 We Stand Against Hate initiative. As he opened the talk, Lawrence Burian explained that this was a bittersweet moment, the first appearance in which his father鈥攚ho sat front and center with his wife Ruth Burian 鈥�61鈥攚as not participating as a lecturer, due to health issues.

Six Million Individual Holocausts

Burian recounted his father鈥檚 story from passages in the book and his memories and impressions of growing up with a Holocaust survivor, punctuated by moments of warm banter with his mother and father.

After he arrived in the United States, 17-year-old Andrew Burian spoke little about the Holocaust; over the years his wife had pieced together enough to obtain what he calls 鈥渁n incomplete understanding,鈥� 鈥淭here have been so many studies done of the effect of trauma on people who have experienced it,鈥� said Lawrence Burian about his father鈥檚 initial silence. 鈥淭he experience of survivors not speaking for many, many years if at all is not unique to survivors. . . . When you tell a story, you are putting a beginning a middle and an end to [it], and that itself is containing it. When something is so raw and so powerful and so painful, it鈥檚 hard even to do that. You need somebody ready to listen and how to listen.

Very slowly he began to tell his children some of his experiences in a way he considered 鈥渁ge appropriate.鈥�

鈥淎s my father got older and became more secure with his life, with his family, with his position in society, he became more able to speak. I, as the youngest child, learned and heard more of the story than my siblings did My father would start, much as the book does, when I was little boy, telling me not about the Holocaust but with his childhood, and to appreciate what it was like to grow up in that kind of Jewish community and what those values were. It was only as I got older that the stories became more serious.鈥�

It was at the urging of his children and encouragement from Elie Wiesel鈥檚 famous directive, 鈥淚f you listen to a witness, you become a witness,鈥� that convinced Andrew Burian to speak out after 51 years of silence. It was and is an act of great bravery for a survivor to reach into his memory and mine the horrors of the Holocaust. There were times Burian would stop writing for months. 鈥淓ach experience is as unique as man himself,鈥� he writes in A Boy from Bustina, 鈥渁nd because of this, I do not think that it was a Holocaust; rather there were six million individual Holocausts.鈥�

Ingenuity. Luck. Divine Intervention.

Feelings of guilt remained with Burian after he was liberated, as did the universal question 鈥渨hy me?鈥� asked by many survivors; 1.5 million Jewish children perished during the Holocaust, so how did he make it? Lawrence Burian, read a passage that dug into his father鈥檚 understanding of why and how he managed to stay alive:

鈥業 would like to state for the record that my survival is no virtue of mine. Nor was it a brilliant deed on my part. It was not heroic nor the result of the execution of a well-thought-out plan. Or even the result of a conscious effort. One might think a guiding hand from above, or at least miraculous coincidences were the instrument of my survival. I certainly subscribe to that theory, although I fail to see why I was saved, or why I would be the recipient of such grace.鈥�

鈥業f one does not wish to pry into that which we do not understand, then the theory of the survival instinct, coupled with a strong unrelenting will to live with a good dose of luck, is a very strong argument.鈥�

Lawrence Burian summed it up as ingenuity. Luck. Divine intervention.

鈥淣ow You Are All Witnesses鈥�

The younger Burian read accounts of his father鈥檚 transport by cattle car to a ghetto in Hungary and then to two death camps; of narrow escapes, including one in which another boy was killed in his stead; acts of great cruelty; and some of bravery and kindness.

鈥楾hey tried to turn me into an animal,鈥� says Andrew Burian in the autobiography. 鈥淭hey failed with me but not with everyone. However, in the process I became an orphan, a killer, a displaced person, and an immigrant. Today I am a husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather and friend. Yet people think of me as a survivor. I am. I did. But for me, it is not enough just to survive; I must bear witness.鈥�

The phrase 鈥渘ot everyone鈥� struck one student in the audience. 鈥淲e often are told the story of the Holocaust; these are things that the Nazi did, but the story I heard from you, and from your father through you, is that these are the changes they did affect in people,鈥� he stated during the question-and-answer period after the talk. 鈥淭he main actors were not German Nazis themselves, although they were in the background orchestrating. It was the Hungarian soldiers. It was the Roma capo that killed a young Jewish boy. It was a German communist. It was the Czech women who resisted. For me, it was a cautionary tale of how genocidal people get others to do their will or to resist them.鈥�

Lawrence Burian was grateful to the student for bringing up the subject. 鈥淚 purposely chose excerpts from the book that did not have a single Nazi soldier taking action,鈥� said Burian. 鈥淣ow you cannot read this book without coming away with the absolute evil of what the Nazi soldiers were and did. But I think there is a very, very important message about what people can become and how people can get caught up and actually in some ways be worse than the actual leaders themselves. And there are incredible stories of people standing up to the Nazi rule and being successful. I don鈥檛 want to judge anybody; I don鈥檛 know if I would be that brave. Nobody should ever judge anybody until they鈥檝e been in their shoes, but there is a statement of how do we react. My father doesn鈥檛 sugarcoat anything in the book, including his own behaviors, that until this day he horribly regrets.鈥�

Burian concluded with a passage from his father鈥檚 most recent talk to students: 鈥楢s I look at my audience, I see young, vibrant educated women and men. I see the future of these wonderful United States. And what I see is good. I feel compelled to beg you not to be complacent about the evil of discrimination or be tolerant of any form of prejudice and baseless hatred regardless of how cloaked or disguised. Be vigilant, and take responsibility, which is yours. You are our future. Each one of you will be more or less in a position to influence the course of your generation鈥檚 lives so that something like the Holocaust never happens again. I hope you will. I am confident you will. I know you will.鈥�

The event was accompanied by the exhibit, BESA: A Code of Honor. Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, which was on display in the 可乐视频 Library through December 1. The exhibit was developed by Yad Vashem and was on loan from the American Society for Yad Vashem, .

The lecture was part of the 鈥淲e Stand Against鈥� series that has been a campus fixture since spring 2017. Throughout the year, the initiative features lectures, workshops, concerts, programs, and events that reflect 可乐视频鈥檚 ongoing commitment to elevating dialogue, enhancing understanding and compassion, and celebrating the voices that make up our diverse campus community.

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可乐视频鈥檚聽We Stand Against Hate聽event series presents Cherr铆e Moraga on her memoir聽Native Country of the Heart, in conversation with Modern Languages and Literatures聽Professor Vanessa P茅rez Rosario.

Who

Cherr铆e Moraga聽is an internationally recognized poet, playwright, essayist, and memoirist. She was the co-editor (with Gloria Anzald煤a) of the avant-garde feminist anthology聽This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. As a political and literary essayist, she has published several collections of writings, including:聽A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness; Loving in The War Years: Lo que nunca pas贸 por sus labios;听The Last Generation; and聽Waiting in the Wings: Portrait of a Queer Motherhood. Moraga is the recipient of the United States Artist Rockefeller Fellowship for Literature, the American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lambda Foundation鈥檚 鈥淧ioneer鈥� award, among others.

Where

Woody Tanger Auditorium, 可乐视频 Library

When

Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 11 a.m.

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Lerner advised the campus community to stand for something, articulate a desirable world vision, and shoot for the stars.

“Martin Luther King did not become an icon of social change by giving a speech that said 鈥業 have a complaint,” said Lerner. “No, he dreamed of a different kind of world.”

Lerner, who describes himself as a spiritual progressive, was lamenting that in the current political environment, it can be easier to protest than to map out and actively work towards positive change. He also encouraged young people to dream big.

“Every fundamental change that ever happened did so because people were willing to stand up for something they believed in that was totally unrealistic at the time,” he said. “Don鈥檛 waste your time on this planet fighting for what people tell you is realistic. Instead, go for your highest vision of the good.”

Lerner is the rabbi of Beyt Tikkin Synagogue in Berkeley, Calif. He was one of the leaders of The University of California at Berkeley鈥檚 infamous Free Speech Movement in the 1960s and he went on to get involved in the anti-Vietnam War movement, organizing meetings featuring leading figures of the day like activist and boxing legend Muhammad Ali. He has remained active in social change movements and has merged his training as a psychotherapist and philosopher to looking broadly at ethical issues facing society.

He is also the author of several books, including Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East (North Atlantic Books, 2011), The Left Hand of God: Taking Back America from the Religious Right (HarperOne, 2006), and with Cornel West, Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin (Putnam Adult, 1995).

The WSAH program series, now in its second year, was developed in response to both challenges the college has faced with conflict on campus and to national political divisions. Begun by President Michelle J. Anderson, WSAH aims to increase the campus discourse around difficult political issues while also enhancing compassion, inclusiveness, and peace.

Visit the WSAH page for a full list of events.

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“The book is so significant during these times because of the political landscape, which is uncomfortably dangerous,” says Laskin. “What the book offers is peace as a possibility, especially among young people. I wanted to perform this at 可乐视频 because there is such a diverse student population, and since I will be performing it again in the fall, I am hoping that the Jewish and Islamic student organizations will get involved. This is also a book about communication, how we make stories come alive鈥攁n important message for students everywhere.

Actors included Marissa Alejandre, Brandon Lewis Torres, Chris Laing, and Bibin Shrestha.

The We Stand Against Hate: Enhancing Understanding and Compassion initiative at 可乐视频 was launched in spring 2017 with a series of lectures, panel discussions, workshops, concerts, art exhibitions, and other special events across campus. The series aims to elevate the discourse around challenging political issues and foster inclusiveness on campus.

Click here for a complete listing of WSAH events, and keep current with events at 可乐视频 on and .

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