Initiated by Dr. Heidi R. Lewis, the Feminist & Gender Studies Free Library Project aims to amplify our courses and to inspire and support the intellectual curiosities of folks in the Colorado College and Colorado Springs communities. Since the project started in 2024, each block a faculty member in the department donates books from their collection that are central to the course they’re teaching. Community members can then take a book or two at any time, for free! Most free libraries understandably recommend that those who take a book also leave one in return. However, our library is a bit different. Those who take don’t have to give. We simply want to give back to our community and communicate our scholarly and pedagogical commitments more broadly. For as Toni Morrison notes, “Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.”

Current Year

2024-2025