MEC’s Lavender Celebration

The Lavender Celebration is an end of year event, where we as a college community recognize and honor graduating LGBTQI+ and allied students. It is a cultural celebration that acknowledges the achievements and contributions that students of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions have made at Medgar Evers College.

Faculty, Staff & Students are invited to celebrate!

Lunch will be provided, as well as rainbow tassels for graduating students!

In-Person Location: Brooklyn Community Pride Center (1561 Bedford Avenue, Suite Ground A )

Virtual attendees will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom information after registering.

REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THIS EVENT: https://forms.gle/uhQDtpuYxfDMjzr28

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: J Mase III is a Black/Trans/queer poet & educator based in Seattle by way of Philly. As an educator, Mase has worked with community members in the US, UK, and Canada on the needs of LGBTQIA+ folks and racial justice in spaces such as K-12 schools, universities, faith communities and restricted care facilities. He is founder of awQward, the first trans and queer people of color talent agency. J Mase is author of And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment & Inappropriate Jokes About Death as well as White Folks Be Trippin’: An Ethnography Through Poetry & Prose. He is head writer for the theatrical production Black Bois. His work has been featured on MSNBC, Essence Live, Everyday Feminism, Black Girl Dangerous, the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Blavity, the Root, the Huffington Post, TEDx and more.  Winner of a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Non-Fiction and a Creative Capital Award, he is co-director of the forthcoming documentary, the Black Trans Prayer Book and is finishing his latest solo work, Is Your God a Violent God? Finding a Theology for Survivors.  Find him on Instagram & TikTok (@jmaseiii) and www.jmaseiii.com! (Free books by J Mase will be available on a first come first serve basis for attendees!)