Brooklyn College Foundation
Project Title
For the project, "Institute for Gender, Law and Transformative Peace"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
To advance legal approaches to gender-based issues internationally, CUNY School of Law is planning a Center on Gender, Law and Transformative Peace. Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee and Professor Lisa Davis at CUNY Law School propose the launch of this new hub for cross-sectoral feminist research and civil society engagement. The Center will work with leaders in national and international law and policy including peace and transitional justice processes, reconstruction, and human rights mechanisms. Corporation support will contribute to the Center’s fundraising efforts through a conditional grant supporting Center activities following its establishment at CUNY Law School.
Project Title
For the Social Justice for Children Lecture Series
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
94 months
Description
Brooklyn College established its Children and Youth Studies Program, the first of its kind in the United States, twenty-five years ago. Since that time, the program, which focuses on human rights and informing local policy, has grown rapidly: it has garnered an international reputation and boasts the third highest enrollment of majors in the college’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences. To recognize its anniversary and to honor the program’s founder, Gertrud Lenzer, the Children and Youth Studies Program will, with Corporation support, host a five-part Social Justice for Children Lecture Series. The series, which will begin in the spring of 2017 and be held once per semester, will feature speakers from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, including the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, and the human rights of children.
Project Title
One-time only funding for a conference on social justice and children
Date
Sep. 22, 2011
Duration
19 months