Parents and students are invited to the PAT Equity and Inclusion Committee’s Embracing Diversity event: Standing Up for What is Right. Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – Brooklyn Friends Upper School, 116 Lawrence Street 5:30pm light dinner (pizza, falafel); 6-8:00 pm training We seem to live in a world where there is a lot of […]
Dr. King Had a Dream (S3,E8) from Brooklyn Friends School on Vimeo.
Please join us at the sixth annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference, “Self Care In The 21st Century”, with keynote speaker Jada Monica Drew. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 9:00am-3:00pm 116 Lawrence Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 A primary goal of the conference is to provide young womyn in grades 7 through 12 with positive […]
Parenting Past Pink and Blue: Beyond Gender Norms and Stereotypes Congratulations to the PAT Diversity Committee on a timely, informative, and thought-provoking Embracing Diversity Event! This year, the PAT Diversity Committee focused its annual event on gender and parenting, with a panel discussion entitled, ‘Parenting Past Pink and Blue: Beyond Gender Norms and Stereotypes’. […]
by Tina Piccolo “Diversity Makes America Great” 6th Grade Studio Art Combines the Power of Protest Art with the Skill of Painting from Observation When they returned to school in September, the students in my sixth grade Studio Art classes were inspired to take action against the divisive rhetoric and violence in the recent Charlottesville, Virginia, protests. […]
RSVP NOW The BFS Office of Equity and Inclusion invites all parents and students in grades 8-12 to a film screening and discussion of I’m Not Racist …Am I ? on Tues. Nov. 14, 6pm at the Upper School, 116 Lawrence Street. This documentary film, which was the topic of the BFS faculty/staff professional development […]
Register Now The Office of Equity & Inclusion of Brooklyn Friends School is excited to announce its fifth annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, at the Upper School, 116 Lawrence Street. This is a community event, and young womyn leaders or future leaders in […]
The Brooklyn Friends tradition of social activism and creative expression continued in an exemplary way when the Middle School devoted the morning of April 19 to a division-wide study and action on Art and Activism. The event was organized by the Student Council, with support from Deans Laurice Hwang and Kathleen Clinchy. The day began […]
Eighty students, faculty, and community members came together on Tuesday, April 18th for “Brooklyn in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees: Turning Interscholastic Conversations into Collaborative Action.” Inspired by the collaboration of the heads of four Brooklyn independent schools, this joint faculty/student programming initiative was co-organized by Natania Kremer at Brooklyn Friends Tené Howard at […]
DUE TO UNFORESEEN SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES, THE PAT WILL NOT HOLD THIS EVENT AS PLANNED. “Forget Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Let’s Build a New House: Reconstructing The Way We Think About Gender” A Presentation by the PAT Diversity Committee May 17th, Pearl Street Meetinghouse Refreshments: 6:00-6:25pm – Presentation 6:30 – 8:00pm Is it possible to reduce stereotype […]
You are invited to an exclusive screening of the documentary film Jackie Robinson. The 90-minute clip reel from the the 4-hour PBS documentary will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It will be moderated by Marcia Ely, Vice President of Programs and External Affairs at the […]
Music Connects All of Us — That was the uplifting message sent and received at BFS on Wednesday morning, Sept. 28. Six young musicians, ranging in age from 14 to 22, presented a concert to the Middle School and guests that was moving, inspiring, and musically outstanding. The Jewish-Arabic Youth Ensemble from the Beit Alpert Music […]
