The Purdue Online Writing Lab: A great resource for all things related to writing in college.

The Punctuation Guide: A nice interface for navigating how different kinds of punctuation tend to work in written English.

The BC Learning Center: The Learning Center provides free tutoring in courses across the curriculum. Students can get help at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to outlining, to composing, to proofreading. I highly recommend a visit to the Learning Center, and may encourage it in this class. For more information, go to http://lc.brooklyn.cuny.edu, call 718-951-5821, or email [email protected].

Oxford English Dictionary: Brooklyn Library has access to the database of the Oxford English Dictionary, which is accepted as the most complete record of the English language ever assembled. Unlike typical language dictionaries, which only define words in terms of their current uses and meanings, the OED is a historical dictionary.

Open Source Typeface: If you want to spice up your writing/presentation slides.

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You have educational rights regardless of status. As an educator, I support the rights of undocumented students to an education. If you have any concerns in that regard, feel free to discuss them with me, and I will respect your wishes concerning confidentiality. For resources and support, please check-outBrooklyn College’s Immigrant Student Support Office email: [email protected] Instagram: @issobc or visit:https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/DACA

Know Your Rights. We are under a new presidential administration, and for many CUNY students, faculty, and staff, as well as their families, the uncertainty surrounding immigration rights, safety, and security is confusing, anxiety-provoking, even frightening. Here are a few links with helpful videos and information to help you understand your rights. These resources are also useful for allies: 

○    CUNY Know Your Rights

○    Know Your Rights with ICE from the Immigrant Defense Project

○    Referrals for free legal services are available at [email protected] or 646-233-0967.

○    Free, confidential assistance with U.S. citizenship is available for members of the CUNY community at bit.ly/CUNYCitizenshipNow

Immigration/Citizenship Support: As an educator, I support the rights of undocumented students to an education. If you have any concerns in that regard, feel free to discuss them with me, and I will respect your wishes concerning confidentiality. For resources and support, please check out Brooklyn College’s Immigrant Student Success Office, website: Immigrant Student Success Office; email: [email protected]; Instagram: @issobc or visit: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/DACA. CUNY also has resources specifically for undocumented students: https://www.cuny.edu/undocumented-student-support/

In addition, the College has a range of other student support services, including: a Personal Counseling service (0203 James Hall: 718-951-5363), a *free* Health Clinic (114 Roosevelt Hall: 718-951-5580), an office of Veterans Services (1407 James Hall: 718-951-5105), a Black and Latino Male Initiative office (3309A James Hall: 718.951.5766), a Women’s Center (227 Ingersoll Hall: 718-951-5777), an LGBTQ Resource Center (Student Center 219-221; 718-951-5739), a Food Pantry (524 Student Center: 718-951-5059), and the Carrol and Milton Petrie Student Emergency Grant Fund “for the purpose of providing quick-response emergency grants to students in good standing with short-term financial emergencies.”  The BC Women’s Center has a range of terrific services and activities, including peer counseling and mentoring, open office hours, yoga and meditation sessions, and more.

Brooklyn College is committed to fostering a safe, equitable, and productive learning environment. Students experiencing any form of discrimination or harassment on or off campus can find information about the reporting process, their rights, specific details about confidentiality, and reporting obligations of Brooklyn College employees on the Office of Diversity and Equity Programs website: https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/offices/diversity.php

Additional information about student services is available on the College website here: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/campuslife/services.php

Additional Resources:

Resources for Communities – Immigrant Defense Project

Know Your Rights with ICE – Immigrant Defense Project https://www.nyic.org/2/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/immigrants_nyCUP.pdf

Undocumented Student Support – The City University of New York

NYC ICE Watch Instagram Account

Know Your Rights/Community Resources for Immigrant NYers.

Know Your Rights Red Cards (printable); Know Your Rights Cards for your wallets, backpacks, etc. in a variety of languages.

We Have Rights videos/infographics in English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin, Haitian-Creole, and Russian.

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project: An off campus resource for TGNC folks.