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Missed the BGC Zoom Town Hall last Thursday? Watch the full recording here. Password: 8T.4p@m7

Want to ask a question for an upcoming meeting, or to be answered privately? Visit the Ask BGC form.

BGC “Snaps!”

Snaps to BGC exchange student, Fleur Elkerton, for founding the design archive, Design in Quarantine, which documents and preserves in real time design responses to the coronavirus pandemic.

Snaps to Olivia Kalin, Rachael Schwabe, and Jocelyn Lau for developing the Eileen Grey Educator Guide, which has won kudos from as far afield as the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. A museum educator there wrote to say, “How incredible that you are providing such thorough curriculum opportunities for local schools.”

Snaps to Nadia Rivers for launching this amazing BGC Late Spotify playlist!

Want to make sure your colleague gets recognition for a job well done? Submit your “snaps” in the BGC Submission Form below!

Community Events

To make these events more accessible, we have added all community events to a Google Calendar. To subscribe, click here. Submit your community events in the BGC Submission Form below!

Friday, May 8, 5 pm
Yoga with Danielle Weindling
BGC MA student, Danielle Weindling, will be hosting a Mixed Level 45min Flow Yoga Class. Please sign up here, and Zoom instructions will follow. Email danielle.weindling@bgc.bard.edu with any questions.

Wellness

See what these organizations are doing to support their communities in response to Covid-19:

Mixteca has created an Emergency Fund to help undocumented immigrant families with little financial support during this pandemic.

The Brooklyn Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund program is awarding $10,000 grants to organizations focused on supporting immigrant communities in Brooklyn.

Our friends at JACK have partnered with the mutual aid group We Keep Us Safe Abolitionist Network to distribute food to 120 of their neighbors in need every week.

In addition to designing online classes and experiences, DreamYard is providing free lunches on weekdays in the South Bronx.

Gifted by Freeform is creating Covid Care Packages: 70% of the cost of this box goes directly to the survivor entrepreneurs who made these products. Each box is packed and shipped by survivors making a living wage of $20/hr.

Stay Connected with BGC!

Call for Submissions
Submit BGC "Snaps!", ideas for community events, and anything else you might like to share with our community.

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Snaps to Nadia Rivers for launching this amazing <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VVMyIInjlDpS9rINwyYcx?si=kAEPKlMEQ5ONHwPpQCp_lQ">BGC Late Spotify playlist!</a>
Want to make sure your colleague gets recognition for a job well done? Submit your “snaps” in the BGC Submission Form below!
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Friday, May 8, 5 pm 
Yoga with Danielle Weindling 
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Wellness 
See what these organizations are doing to support their communities in response to Covid-19:
<a href="http://www.mixteca.org/">Mixteca</a> has created an <a href="https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/mixtecas-emergency-fund-for-undocumented-folks">Emergency Fund</a> to help undocumented immigrant families with little financial support during this pandemic.
The <a href="https://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/brooklyn-covid-19-response-fund-grants">Brooklyn Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund program</a> is awarding $10,000 grants to organizations focused on supporting immigrant communities in Brooklyn.
Our friends at <a href="http://www.jackny.org/">JACK</a> have partnered with the mutual aid group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wekeepus/">We Keep Us Safe Abolitionist Network</a> to distribute food to 120 of their neighbors in need every week.
In addition to designing online classes and experiences, <a href="https://www.dreamyard.com/">DreamYard</a> is providing <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/549165/dreamyard-covid-19/">free lunches</a> on weekdays in the South Bronx.
<a href="https://giftedbyfreefrom.org/">Gifted by Freeform</a> is creating <a href="https://giftedbyfreefrom.org/products/covid-care-package?mc_cid=a6ba0de76d&mc_eid=4cbdf00fc8&utm_campaign=a6ba0de76d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_4_4_2019_22_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Chani%27s+Email+List&utm_term=0_f44e3bfd4b-a6ba0de76d-134083265">Covid Care Packages</a>: 70% of the cost of this box goes directly to the survivor entrepreneurs who made these products. Each box is packed and shipped by survivors making a living wage of $20/hr.
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