Category: Announcement

FINAL PROJECT INFORMATION for you…

We will definitely talk more about the final project next week! But in the meantime:

  1. Here are the instructions for the assignment
  2. You can sign up for the one required meeting with me here
  3. You can sign up for your class presentation here
  4. The proposal is due next week, by Tuesday.  My suggestion is to look at your discussion board posts and/or Essay #1 and/or any notes you have taken in class and/or the readings/materials + ask yourself: what’s sparking your interest? What are you feeling excited or curious about? What do you want to say?

    • Proposal [3 points]: Write a short proposal (~2-3 paragraphs) in which you state:
      • which form you will be working in (memoir or manifesto)
      • initial ideas about the themes or issues that you want to engage: what do you already know about and what do you want to explore? 
      • if you already know: what form will you work in (an essay, or something else?)

DUE DATE: TUESDAY MARCH 23. You can write your proposal as a post on our Open Lab site and select “PROPOSAL” as your category. You can make it private or public. Either way, my feedback to you will be private. 

Loving your posts <3 + co-work/open office hours today 12-1:30pm

hi all! I am loving your posts! Will be reading and commenting more today but in the meantime, a reminder: I’m holding open office hours today from 12-1:30pm. You can come to co-work with me and/or ask a question or anything else.

Office hours are at my Zoom Room here: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/9615884267

Resources at BMCC

I hope everyone is taking good care and getting a chance to enjoy the lovely weather!

I wanted to make sure that you all know about some resources that are available at BMCC:

BMCC Counseling Center  does a lot of different things– including offering 1:1 support, peer-based groups that offer support on specific topics, academic counseling which supports students in navigating pressures and challenges at BMCC. They can generally be a good resource when you need someone to speak with about something going on in your life, challenges at BMCC, or  issues that are affecting your mental health. They are also very responsive (in my experience) +their services are free and confidential.

Women’s Resource Center is a space that offers  “fun and educational events, programs, services and resources about feminism, gender equity, women’s empowerment, healthy relationships, women’s health, gender based violence, positive masculinity, social justice, LBTQIA+ identities, and much more.”

The Advocacy and Resource Center  offers services to students that  include “food assistance, finance consultation, health insurance and other services that may address challenges students experience.”

Academic Support Services include the Library, Writing Center, and the Learning Resource Center.

for this week….

Our goal for this week: collective care.

Thank you to all of you for participating in such a beautiful, thoughtful, and vulnerable conversation this afternoon. I am appreciating the culture and community that you are building with one another.

I know you have a group chat on What’s App + I hope you are using it to check in with one another. Please know you can also reach out to me anytime as well.

For this week, there is no new reading or other material- let’s take this week to pause, reflect, show our care and support for one another. All you need to do this week is a new Discussion Board post. 

DISCUSSION BOARD #6

This week, please shower the class with your favorite memes, songs, tweets, images, poems, quotes, photographs, videos, or anything else that you think can offer the class some care and support.

Instructions/How to post here

Please title your post whatever you like.

IMPORTANT note about Discussion Boards

The discussion board posts are asking you to write about the assigned readings or other materials in the Module for the week. You are welcome to bring in other information, readings, etc IN ADDITION to discussing the assigned texts. But, I can not give you credit if you do not make any direct reference to the readings or other materials that have been assigned. We will talk about this in class tomorrow but be in touch with any questions.

 

Reminder: Discussion Board #5 due today

DISCUSSION BOARD POST #5 (DUE 3/8)

Instructions/How to post here

Pick 2-3 of the major themes from this week’s readings (and film) and write about them. You can use the questions that I wrote for each reading as a guide to the themes.

Using quotes from the readings (or scenes from the film), write about the critiques, analysis, and vision that women of color feminists from this time period were engaging. What are your thoughts about their writing? Do you see these issues as resonant today, or do you feel as though they are no longer relevant? Be specific.

Please title your post: First Name Last Name: DB 5 and select “DB 5” as the category for your post.

Reminder: Co-work time today from 12:00 -1:00 (just for today, not til 1:30)

hi all!

As I mentioned, my Thursday office hours will be an open time for us to co-work together on Zoom.  You can drop in and out any time + you can bring work for this class or anything else you need to do.  If you have any questions for me, this is also a time that we can chat.

Here’s the link: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/9615884267

Hope to see you later today!
Professor Munshi