Dariel Vasquez ’17 Featured on the Today Show, Speaking about [email protected] and the Importance of Mentorship
Bard alumnus Dariel Vasquez ’17 appeared on the Today Show, speaking to the importance of peer mentoring and how it changed his life as a teenager. Now he’s paying it forward with [email protected], a program he cofounded as a Bard student to support young men of color in high school and through college. “It’s a story of making sure that we remember to always take chances on our young people and believe in them,” says Vasquez.
“Self-determination is the basis for any decolonial movement”: Candice Hopkins Interviewed in ArtReview about Indigenous Studies and Native Art Initiatives at Bard
Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation) CCS ’03 recently joined Bard’s faculty as part of the College’s transformative initiatives in Native American and Indigenous studies, developed in partnership with Forge Project and supported by a $50 million endowment. Hopkins, CCS Bard Fellow in Indigenous Art History and Curatorial Studies and Forge Project’s executive director, speaks with Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds (Diné/Navajo) for ArtReview about Indigenous self-determination and the importance of this new collaboration between the Native-led arts and cultural organization Forge and Bard College. “We realized that we could attempt to enact quite radical institutional change through a partnership between Forge and Bard,” said Hopkins.Kingston High Partnership with [email protected] and Bard College Helping Teens “Take Charge of Their Educations and Their Futures”
Since first partnering with [email protected] and Bard College in 2015, students at Kingston High who participated in the program have “achieved an overall graduation rate of over 90%,” writes the Daily Freeman. [email protected], founded at Bard by Dariel Vasquez ’17 and Harry Johnson ’17, partners with institutions to improve the educational outcomes of young men of color through their “Our Space” methodology. At Kingston High, high school students are matched with current Bard students as mentees “to foster academic persistence as well as positive identity and character development.”- Myra Young Armstead Spoke with the Times Union about the Life and Legacy of James F. Brown, “One of the Country’s First Black Master Gardeners”
- Michael Martell Awarded the American Economics Association CSQIEP Award for Outstanding Research Contribution in LGBTQ+ Economics
- For Parents Magazine, Nikkya Hargrove ’05 Writes about How the Respect for Marriage Act Will Impact Her Queer Family
- Associate Dean of Civic Engagement Brian Mateo Included in the 2022 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List
- Crisis Makes a Book Club, A New Exhibition by Xaviera Simmons ’05, Reviewed in the New York Times
- Bard Alumna Lexi Parra ’18 for the Washington Post: As Gang, Police Violence Rages, a Caracas Neighborhood Tries to Connect
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Reflecting on the Moment
Reflecting on the Moment is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the Dean of the College in consultation with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The new series invites alumni/ae, current undergraduates, faculty, and staff to have honest conversations about the current moment we are living in the wake of a global pandemic and systemic police brutality. The aim is to present models of inclusive dialogue, to draw from the rich personal experiences and expertise of our ever-developing and ever-changing community, and to present approaches for community activism and engagement in the name of racial equity and justice.