Just Societies Highlights - June 2019

In Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders '74CC tells the story of the legendary novelist. The film features extensive interviews with Columbia AAADS chair Farah Griffin. On June 21, join a screening and Q&A at New York's Film Forum. Watch the trailer.

Commemorate LGBTQ+ pride month and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall by following #PrideofLions on social media. Share your story and learn about LGBTQ+ life at Columbia. And on June 29 and 30, see Columbia's Low Library lit up like a rainbow.

Former Justice-in-Education Initiative scholar Jarrell Daniels (left) discusses the Columbia program's impact in and out of prison. The Initiative welcomes financial literacy mentors to support formerly incarcerated people. You can volunteer in person or remotely.

Columbia Magazine's latest issue features Elegance Bratton '14GS, who tells stories about alternative families nurturing homeless LGBTQ youth. Bratton's documentary Pier Kids: The Life explores New York's ballroom scene, a queer subculture.

"LGBT Indians are everywhere. But you needed to make them real to judges in the courtroom," says Menaka Guruswamy, Columbia Law lecturer. Time named Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju '17LAW among this year's 100 most influential people for their role in overturning India's law against gay sex.