2021 Women History Month celebration

This Monday, March 8, 2021, 7-8pm ET: 2021 Women History Month celebration. Sponsored by the Diversity Committee Dr. Khadijah Miller and Dr. Ernestine Duncan '79 will discuss their book chapter, "Negotiated Respectability, the Looking Glass Self and Mrs. Michelle Obama." The book, Michelle Obama and the FLOTUS Effect: Platform, Presence, and Agency explores the role of […]

Roundtable Series on Diversity-Enhancing Reforms

Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:30-8pm ET: Roundtable Series on Diversity-Enhancing Reforms Session 1: A review of admissions at HCHS and the status of admissions for the Class of 2027 In the last few decades, Black, Latinx, and low-income representation in the Hunter College High School student body has declined. Students are denied an excellent education […]

Diversity Roundtable Discussion #2: Creating and Sustaining Equitable Admissions

In the last few decades, Black, Latinx, and low-income representation in the Hunter College High School student body has declined and does not reflect that of the city it serves. Students are denied an excellent education in an environment that does not support diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this next presentation, which is the second […]

HCHSAA Celebrates Black History Month with Alums in the Arts!

The HCHSAA is delighted to observe Black History Month with an online, arts-focused panel discussion on Thursday, February 17 at 7:00pm ET! Our invited panelists, Chloe Bass ’02 and Chuma Hunter-Gault ’90 have each led distinguished careers in the visual and performing arts, respectively. Bass, who is Assistant Professor of Art at Queens College, CUNY, […]

HCHSAA Celebrates Women’s History Month with Mecca Sullivan ’99!

HCHSAA celebrates Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 8 at 7pm ET! Join us for an evening with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan ’99, Ph.D., who has published extensively on the subjects of sexuality, identity, and poetics in contemporary African Diaspora culture. She is the author of the short story collection Blue Talk and Love (2015), winner […]