Gregory Mingo Pardoned in One of Andrew Cuomo’s Last Acts as Governor of New York State, with Support from Bard-CUNY Clemency Team
After 40 years in prison, Gregory Mingo was pardoned on the night of Monday, August 23, along with several other incarcerated people, in one of Andrew Cuomo’s last acts as governor of New York State. Bard College students in HR 321, Advocacy Video, worked together with students in the Defenders Clinic at CUNY Law School and the human rights organization WITNESS to create short video self-presentations by applicants for clemency in fall 2020, including one with Mr. Mingo.
Bard High School Early College Receives $1.5 Million Grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to Bolster Early College Success in the Baltimore Public School System
Bard High School Early College in Baltimore has received a $1.5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to expand its academic curriculum and deepen its student guidance programs to better support Baltimore City Public School students pursuing early college credits and degrees at Bard College. Bard Baltimore, the only degree-granting early college high school in the district, seeks to improve the transition from high school to college and increase access and success in higher education, particularly for students from low-income and historically underrepresented communities. Read More>>Summer Engagement - A Glimpse into Civic Action Abroad
by Mia BergerThis week, I had the opportunity to sit in on a Bard summer class on civic engagement. It was truly an eye opening experience. At an online meeting, students voiced their views on what civic engagement meant to them. Michele Pierre-Louis, the former Prime Minister of Haiti, Michele Pierre-Louis, joined as the guest speaker for the latter half of the meeting. Read More>>
More CCE News
- Bard Center for Civic Engagement Celebrates 10 Years
- Sandra Cisneros, Renowned Author of The House on Mango Street, to Speak with La Voz Editor and Bard Alumna Mariel Fiori ’05 on Radio Kingston on September 10
- Bard’s Jonathan Becker Discusses Progress in Aiding Afghan Students and Scholars
- U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Urges State Department to Aid in Reversing Russia’s Recent Threat to Bard’s Smolny College Program
- Interview: CEU-OSUN Summer University Director Eva Gedeon Discusses the History, Vision, and Future of OSUN’s Summer University at Central European University
- Christina Jones ’21 Discusses Her Research Project on the Role of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" in Hudson Valley History
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Call for OSUN Course Proposals for Spring 2022 - 9/19Sunday
Registration Deadline for the OSUN Student Leadership Virtual Conference - 9/20Monday
Coco Fusco on “The Right to Have Rights: Cuban Artists Confront the State” - 9/20Monday
Lunchtime Talk: Barbara V. Bechtolsheim - 9/21Tuesday
Bard Abroad Peer Advising Drop-In Hour