Bergen Community College

Join Professors Lisa Mayer, Esq., and Christine Eubank, PhD, for a panel discussion that traces women’s centuries-long fight for economic equality. The panel includes a conversation that explores COVID-19’s disproportionate economic impact on women both in the United States and Abroad. Moderated...

The Honors Salon presents a discussion of the “#MeToo” movement and issues of power-based personal violence both historically and in a time of COVID-19. The panel consists of Jessica Peacock, MSW LCSW; Christine Eubank; Seamus Gibbons; Simza Sadek from Yes We Can...

This student-moderated panel features an interview with female experts in wildlife biology, professional guiding, environmental education, and public lands stewardship, focusing on the challenges they have faced as women in a field historically dominated by men.  Event participants include Dr. Nellie Tsipoura,...

This discussion will address marriage equality, hate crime laws, and laws against discrimination in jobs and housing.  Things have improved for the LGBTQ community, but what are the issues now? Join five Bergen students and former students in a discussion about the...

BCC Women’s History Month welcomes Anuradha Bhagwati, author of Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience, as keynote speaker. A Marine Corps veteran and bisexual woman of color, Bhagwati writes with frankness and clarity about bucking the demands of strict Indian parents, and confronting...

Three women who have run for office and won discuss their journeys. What is it like to put yourself out there? How can women overcome self-doubt and get involved in action? What makes a good leader? These and other questions will be...