VCNY and AAAVC welcome you back in-person to our Salon Series with James Cantres ’08, Assistant Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College. Our discussion will explore the meanings of citizenship and unbelonging for Black Caribbean radicals in Great Britain in the late 1960s through examining their activist mobilizations and intellectual innovations. Wine, beer, soft drinks, and hors d’oeuvres will be available. Register at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6095

We'll see you tonight for our 100th Annual Meeting! 3 West Club, 51st Street and 5th Avenue, starting at 6:30pm. We'll be in conversation with Adedoyin Teriba, Assistant Professor of Art and Urban Studies. Full details at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6089

Our 100th Annual Meeting is this Tuesday at 3 West Club! We'll be in conversation with Adedoyin Teriba, Assistant Professor of Art and Urban Studies. Not registered yet? Sign up at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6089. Your $25 registration includes two drink tickets and a variety of hors d'oeuvres. A cash bar will also be available.

VCNY and AAAVC welcome you back in-person to our Salon Series with James Cantres ’08, Assistant Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College. Our discussion will explore the meanings of citizenship and unbelonging for Black Caribbean radicals in Great Britain in the late 1960s through examining their activist mobilizations and intellectual innovations. Wine, beer, soft drinks, and hors d’oeuvres will be available. Register at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6095

One week until our 100th Annual Meeting! We'll be in conversation with Adedoyin Teriba, Assistant Professor of Art and Urban Studies. Join us 5/10, 6:30pm, at 3 West Club. Registration is $25 and includes two drink tickets. A variety of hors d'oeuvres and cash bar will be available. Register at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6089…

The VCNY and AAAVC welcome you back in-person to our Salon Series with James Cantres ’08, Assistant Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York


“Blackening Britain: Radical Responses to the Limits of Citizenship at the End of Empire”


You are invited to join us on at 7pm Eastern for this salon hosted by Jeff Goodman ’82.

Our discussion will explore the meanings of citizenship and unbelonging for Black Caribbean radicals in Great Britain in the late 1960s through examining their activist mobilizations and intellectual innovations.

Dr. Cantres will be introduced by AAAVC member Lily Ngaruiya ’15. His book, Blackening Britain: Caribbean Radicalism from Windrush to Decolonization, is currently available for sale.


Tickets are $30. Wine, beer, soft drinks, and hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Readings will be sent to registrants one week before the event.


Space is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP by June 1st.

We kindly ask that guests are limited to Vassar alumnae/i only. For the safety of all, guests will be asked to show proof of full vaccination.


Register at https://connect.vassar.edu/s/1654/2/16/interior-ai.aspx?pgid=6095

Please join our Book Club in-person at 7pm Eastern time, when we will chat and compare notes on Nanny Dearest, a new novel by Flora Collins ’16. The discussion will be moderated by Lynn Janovsky ’86. We encourage you to read the book in advance to avoid any spoilers.

As we will be meeting in-person, we request that attendees be vaccinated and boosted. We will be meeting outside in Stuyvesant Town (with indoor space available in case of rain; exact location and directions will be shared with those who register). Space is limited; please register early.

Nanny Dearest is available at your local bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Strand Books, and Bookshop.org. In this compulsively readable novel of domestic suspense, a young woman takes comfort in reconnecting with her childhood nanny, until she starts to uncover secrets the nanny has been holding for twenty years.

Flora Collins ’16 was born and raised in New York City and has never left, except for a four-year stint at Vassar College. When she's not writing, she can be found watching reality shows that were canceled after one season or attempting to eat soft-serve ice cream in bed (sometimes simultaneously). Nanny Dearest is her first novel, and draws upon personal experiences from her own family history.