"This website is designed to recognize the contributions Black Barnard faculty members have made to scholarship, public intellectual life, and the arts. In honoring their contributions to their fields, to the Barnard/Columbia community, and beyond, we commit to and urge others to uplift and build on the work of Black faculty across the disciplines."

"Guiding principles - From the Cite Black Women Collective: #1 - Read Black women's work -- #2 - Integrate Black women into the CORE of your syllabus (in life & in the classroom) -- #3 - Acknowledge Black women's intellectual production -- #4 - Make space for Black women to speak -- #5 - Give Black women the space and time to breathe."