Dr. Soniya Munshi (she/they) (hear my name<https://namedrop.io/soniyamunshi>) Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/> (CETLL) Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Asian American Community Studies (AACS) Queens College, CUNY ________________________________ From: Natanya Duncan <Natanya.Duncan@qc.cuny.edu> Good Day Everyone! We will resume our Sit N Write workshops officially starting September 5, 2025, at 9:30 AM. To help ensure that the needs of participants are met, we ask that you complete our Fall 2025 intake form: https://forms.office.com/r/057ekKfiJz. We would appreciate receiving responses by Noon September 3, 2025. Please see attached flyer for sharing. As a refresher, Sit N Write is a campus community-based initiative that seeks to foster a safe bold writing and research accountability space for faculty, staff, and advanced graduate students. We look forward to supporting one another in developing and completing projects that advance the mission of Queens College and positively impact our classrooms. Should you have any questions about Sit N Write, please feel free to email me at : nduncan@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:nduncan@qc.cuny.edu> . Sincerely, Nat Duncan Natanya Duncan, PhD Director QC Africana Studies Associate Professor of History [cid:e77968d2-fa81-4fb4-a546-135cea723aeb] “Black intellectual practice not as an approach to omniscience but as a perpetual desire activated in community as community.” Alexis Pauline Gumbs “The burden of working for racial justice is laid on the very people bearing the brunt of the injustice, and not the powerful people who maintain it. I say to you: I refuse."​ Nikole Hannah-Jones "Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy." Elizabeth Fox-Genovese