Margaret’s Groups

Groups that Margaret Marks was a member of, both from Barnard College and Columbia University.

## GS Alliance

GS Alliance is a group dedicated to the unique concerns and interests of the nontraditional student LGBTQIA+ community. We welcome students from all Columbia schools and are open to all orientations and gender identities. GS Alliance is a support group, a social club, an activists' haven, and anything else that we need to be for each other.

The GS Alliance is a group dedicated to the unique concerns and interests of the nontraditional student LGBTQIA+ community, welcoming students from all Columbia University schools and open to all orientations and gender identities. GS Alliance is a support group, social club and activists' haven.

GS Alliance is a group dedicated to the unique concerns and interests of the nontraditional student LGBTQIA+ community. We welcome students from all Columbia schools and are open to all orientations and gender identities. GS Alliance is a support group, a social club, an activists' haven, and anything else that we need to be for each other.

## After-Hours Tutoring

After-Hours Tutoring provides one-on-one homework help and tutoring to elementary and middle school students in reading and math, as well as subjects such as science and social studies. The program operates in partnership with the Volunteers of America Regent Family Residence, a transitional shelter serving 140 families.

Tutoring occurs at the Regent from 3:30pm - 5:30pm Mondays through Thursdays and serves students generally ranging from grades 3 to 9.

## Girls Who Code

Columbia Girls Who Code is a chapter of the national organization of Girls Who Code. The group teaches women in the local community the basics of coding to encourage participation in the field from more women.

Girls Who Code at Columbia aims to provide early exposure to computer science for high school girls in a supportive environment. We are driven to overcome the overwhelming gender gap in computer science. We also want to help Columbia students develop teaching and mentoring skills to further solidify their own computer science skills, and to build a community of Columbia students who identify with this cause.

The mission of this organization is to provide on-campus computer science education to high school girls, specifically targeted towards underrepresented girls in New York City and surrounding area, according to the National Girls Who Code curriculum. This organization will also serve as an engagement platform for Columbia students to partake in technology and STEM-focused mentorship, instruction, and programming which will benefit both the Columbia community and the high school students.

## Wednesday Night Learning Program

Wednesday Night Learning Program (WNLP) is a weekly program that serves as a space for students to learn Jewish texts in an informal, unstructured setting in pairs, in groups, or on their own, regardless of background, comfort level, or ability.

## Coalition Against Sexual Violence

The Coalition Against Sexual Violence is made up of student groups and individuals on Columbia's campus Who are dedicated to combating sexual assault and gender-based misconduct within our community.

CASV aims to promote sex positivity and safe practices, educate students on the nature of sexual assault and gender-based misconduct, as well as the complexities of consent, and advocate for legislative change across Columbia University by establishing campus-wide partnerships to host workshops, programs, and wellness events.

## Columbia Ballet Collaborative

Columbia Ballet Collaborative (CBC), founded in 2007 by five professional dancers enrolled at Columbia University, is comprised of students from all four of the University’s undergraduate colleges, some of whom are current or former professional dancers. CBC members have danced with such companies as Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Zurich Opera Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet, among others. CBC holds auditions to select students to perform in our biannual performances that include works by both professional and student choreographers. Featured in The New York Times, and appearing in Dance Magazine, Vanity Fair.com, and TimeOut NY, CBC is committed to enriching the arts community at Columbia as well as in the surrounding community. Our mission is to foster interdepartmental collaborations, cultivate performances of new works, participate in outreach programs, offer free weekly classes, and provide affordable ticket prices to our performances. Regarding CBC's focus on fostering new works, The New York Times has acknowledged, "New voices are rare in ballet, and the collaborative's efforts in this respect have been vast already."

## Columbia iQ

Columbia iQ (CUIQ) is an affinity group of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) undergraduate students at Columbia University that seeks to foster queer and trans leadership and community in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). CUIQ formed in Spring 2016. We hope to make Columbia a more accepting place for LGBTQ undergraduate students in STEM. We feel that CUIQ fills a niche on campus that many of Columbia's peer institutions already have filled in the form of oSTEM chapters, and we are now affiliated with oSTEM ourselves.

So far we have thrown social events, including a study break and a panel of LGBTQ researchers and tech professionals. In doing so, we have partnered with Queer Awareness Month (QuAM), and established a partnership with Google. We have also hosted a film screening in partnership with DKA and done community outreach with the Ali Forney Center. We look forward to working with other organizations on campus and we have some great events planned for the upcoming year, including an HIV/AIDS Awareness event and further work with the Ali Forney Center.

iQ aims to create a safe space for all LGBTQAI-identified individuals pursuing careers in (or interested in) the S.T.E.M fields. Our bi-monthly meetings focus on fostering a more cohesive environment for an historically underrepresented population of the queer community. iQ welcomes any and all members of the Columbia University (and affiliates) community!

## Womxn in Computer Science

### Gender Equality

WiCS aims to bring together students, faculty, alumni, and professionals (of all genders) who support the advancement of womxn in computer science in academia and in industry.

### Support for New Majors

We support and encourage prospective computer science majors and provide direction and assistance to current computer science students.

### Community

Our network connects women undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty to a social community, mentorship, professional opportunities and each other.