Students are invited to enroll in LIB 389 / WGS 389: Social Justice Through Zines in fall 2025. Taught by Dr. Julie Setele, the course examines social justice movements through the lens of zines (self-published, DIY works). Students will study zines in the library collection and create their own zines. The course is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:05-4:20pm, with the CRN 2649.
You are invited to join the Social Justice Book Club this fall as we read Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072. Anyone interested in joining the book club should fill out this form. The book club meets September 4 and 18, October 2 and 23, and November 6 and 20, from 12:20 to 1:20pm in Bacon 223. The book club is free and open to all Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff. While supplies last, a free copy of the book is available to all registered student participants. This program is made possible with support from E. H. Butler Library, the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, Student Leadership and Engagement, and Equity and Campus Diversity.
Butler Library now has over 4,000 eBook and audiobooks available through the OverDrive and Libby Apps! Find a more pleasurable and recreational reading experience with OverDrive-Libby! These titles are more mainstream and current. For more questions, please contact a librarian or click for instructions here.
Butler Library has started collecting zines! The collection is available to read in the library and is located in the Global Lounge on the 3rd floor (SE quad). Ask at the Ask Us desk for directions! Contact librarian Julie Setele if you are interested in using the collection in your teaching or research.
A curated collection of resources related to reproductive justice, the Black feminist social movement that calls for the right to bodily self-autonomy, the right to have children, the right to not have children, and the right to raise one's children in safe and sustainable communities. The resources are organized by theme.
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