Cultural & Heritage Months

Cultural & Heritage Months

Working in close collaboration with faculty, staff, and students and the Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs, the Office of Affirmative Action and Student Activities Office at Nassau Community College provide opportunities for the college community and general public to engage in meaningful programming that recognizes, examines, and values historical legacies of a diverse array of identities. 

Each month we celebrate and highlight different history/heritage months with a series of events.

In recognition of Women’s History Month, the following programing is offered through the Women’s and Gender Studies Project.

For additional information on WHM events please contact darshna.katwala@ncc.edu. Classes are welcome and digital badges will be awarded.

Events

Jolene T. DiBrango was elected executive vice president of New York State United Teachers in April 2017. She oversees NYSUT’s Research and Educational Services Department and the union’s professional development arm, the Education & Learning Trust. She leads NYSUT’s advocacy with the New York State Board of Regents and State Education Department. DiBrango also leads and facilitates NYSUT’s Women’s Committee, which is dedicated to fighting for gender and wage equality and equal access to education and healthcare for all women.

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Ibi Zoboi was born in Haiti. When she was four, she immigrated to New York with her mother. Zoboi is the author of numerous titles including American Street (2017), which was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award in Young Adult’s Literature, a Time Magazine Best Book Of All Time, and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year; Pride (2018), a contemporary remix of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and My Life As An Ice Cream Sandwich (2020), a moving middle-grade debut of a girl finding her place in a world that’s changing at warp speed.

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Chanel has been an attorney at the Legal Aid Society since 2016, where she represents children and youth in Family Court. She is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law 16’ and St. John’s University undergrad 13’. Outside of her job, Chanel teaches law to high school students on the weekends at Adelphi University through its STEP Program. She is also a mock trial coach at St. John’s and is involved with various BAR associations and mentoring programs. Chanel will discuss her vicarious trauma that is associated with doing public service work when you represent communities that you identify with. This conversation will help discover ways to cope and manage the stresses faced to avoid burn out.

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Maya C. Popa is a Romanian-American poet and author of Wound is the Origin of Wonder (W. W. Norton, 2022), and American Faith (Sarabande, 2019), which was a recipient of the North American Book Prize and a runner-up in the Kathryn A. Morton Prize judged by Ocean Vuong. She is also the author of two chapbooks, both from the Diagram Chapbook Series: You Always Wished the Animals Would Leave and The Bees Have Been Canceled, which was a PBS Summer Choice.

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Rooja Mohassessy is an Iranian-born poet and educator living in Northern California. She is a MacDowell fellow and a graduate of the Pacific University MFA program. Her first poetry collection, When Your Sky Runs Into Mine, was the winner of the 22nd Annual Elixir Poetry Prize and will be forthcoming from Elixir Press in 2023. Her poems and reviews have appeared in Narrative Magazine, Poet Lore, RHINO Poetry, Southern Humanities Review, CALYX Journal, Ninth Letter, Cream City Review, The Rumpus, The Adroit Journal, Bare Life Review, Potomac Review, The Florida Review, New Letters, International Literary Quarterly, and elsewhere.

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LGBT 101: Interactive Workshop

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
11:30am - 12:45pm via Zoom
Zoom Registration

This interactive workshop provides an introduction to the LGBT community by defining common terminology, explaining the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity, and exploring both risk factors and resiliencies. The training will conclude with a discussion of best practices to create safer and more supportive environments for LGBT people.

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Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming & Non Binary (TGNCNB) Experience (T201)

Thursday, March 30, 2023
11:30am - 12:45pm via Zoom
Zoom Registration Link

This educational and interactive training will improve understanding of the unique experiences of people who identify as transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary (TGNCNB). We will discuss some of the various ways in which TGNCNB people may or may not transition and how to support each person’s individual journey. Topics covered will include knowledge of the social and health needs of the community, creating safer and more affirming spaces, and identifying local TGNCNB affirming resources.
*Please note that I am still waiting confirmation from a couple other speakers. So there may be additional programming