Fall 2023
September 2023
NSOP: Athena Open House
Friday, September 1
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Athena Center, 4th floor of Milstein Center
Take the Mic, Take Action!
Submit the interest form by September 15, at 11:59 pm ET.
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Storytelling for Change
Submit the interest form by September 19, at 11:59 pm ET
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Finding Your Place in the Social Change Ecosystem
Submit the interest form by September 20, at 11:59 pm ET.
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Ringside with Athena
Submit the interest form by September 22, at 11:59 pm ET
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SPARK :: Changing the Narrative by Changing the Storyteller
Monday, September 25, at 5:00 pm
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism | Pulitzer Hall | Joseph Pulitzer Location: World Room, 3rd Floor World Room, 3rd Floor
2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
RSVP is required. Space is limited
Dialogue & Difference
Submit the interest form by September 29, at 11:59 pm ET.
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Athena Digital Design UX
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October 2023
SPARK :: Dialogue Faculty Lunch Series :: Erika Kitzmiller
Thursday, October 26
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Athena Center, 4th floor of Milstein Center
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November 2023
The Second Annual Grace Lee Boggs ’35 Lecture with Mariame Kaba, co-author of Let This Radicalize You
Thursday, November 9
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Registration link coming soon, watch this space!
August 2023
Application: Fall 2023 Director's Cohort
Apply by August 11, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET
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Application: AY 23-24 Athena Incubator
Apply by August 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET
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Internship: Fall 2023 Athena Center Student Lead: Entrepreneurship and Policy
Apply in Workday by August 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET
Job Requisition ID: JR2686
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Internship: Fall 2023 Athena Center Student Lead: ADDA and Emerging Communities
Apply in Workday by August 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET
Job Requisition ID: JR2687
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New Student Orientation Program (NSOP)
Thursday, August 31: Rotating workshops on: "What Can I Do Where I Am?"
9:15 am - 10:30 am
10:45 am - 12 pm
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
3:45 pm - 5 pm
Location: James Room, 4th floor of Barnard Hall
Past Events
Your Turn: A Conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims on How to Be an Adult
Recorded on April 5, 2021
The Lost Art of Connecting: A Conversation with Susan McPherson
Recorded March 31, 2021
Debriefing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Part 5 with Sabrina Hersi Issa
Recorded February 16, 2021
Debriefing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Part 4 with Farai Chideya
Recorded January 27, 2021
Debriefing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Part 3 with Paola Ramos '09
Recorded January 12, 2021
Debriefing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Part 2 with Soraya Chemaly
Recorded November 12, 2020
Debriefing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Part 1 with Emily Ramshaw
Recorded November 5, 2020
Athena Distinguished Fellow, author, researcher, and the Journalism Program Officer at the Ford Foundation
Recorded on February 19th, 2019
Athena Distinguished Fellow; visual journalist, cartoonist, and writer with The New Yorker and The New York Times; resident cartoonist at CBS News; and contributor to CNN
Recorded on November 7th, 2018
CEO, Founder, and author of Leapfrog, The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs
Recorded on October 10, 2018
Athena Distinguished Fellow and Founder and President Emeritus, Working Mother Media
Recorded on April 18, 2018
Athena Distinguished Fellow and Founder, City Health Works
Recorded on March 6, 2018
Athena Distinguished Fellow, award-winning progressive media and advocacy strategist, and recent candidate for Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Recorded on October 25, 2017
Athena Distinguished Fellow and Gender Justice Advocate
Recorded on September 26, 2017
Athena Distinguished Fellow and co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Recorded on April 19, 2017
President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Recorded on March 2, 2017
Athena Distinguished Fellow, Founder and CEO of the Malala Fund
Recorded on January 31, 2017
Athena Distinguished Fellow, Athena Leadership Council Member, and Member and Chief Engagement Officer of Women Moving Millions
Recorded on December 7, 2016
Athena Distinguished Fellow, an outspoken leader in the food labor movement as Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United)
Recorded on November 21, 2016
Athena Distinguished Fellow, Innovator, Inventor, Entrepreneur
Recorded on October 20, 2016
Athena Distinguished Fellow & Founder of the Adelante Movement (Move Forward).
Recorded on March 23, 2016
Athena Distinguished Fellow, Founder & CEO of Curemark
Recorded September 29, 2015