[Community Colleges\”Opportunity America”]
CUNY Professor: “I find this model absolutely devastating for people of color and community colleges have no business partnering with this organization if they actually want to continue to empower students and faculty of color.”
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CUNY
Bronx Community College to Host Virtual COVID-19 Business and Education Panel
[CUNY\COVID-19\Economic Recover]
CUNY Chancellor: “The road to New York City’s economic recovery runs through the City University of New York.”
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CUNY Union Joins Growing Call to Defund NYPD
[CUNY\Defund NYPD]
PSC\CUNY: “The Professional Staff Congress Calls for Defunding the NYPD and Redirecting Resources to Education, Public Health and Other Community Needs.”
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CUNY: UNION’S RANK AND FILE ACTION CALLS ON FACULTY TO DELAY GRADES, FEARING LAYOFFS
[CUNY]
Professional Staff Congress is urging all faculty across the university to delay submission of Spring 2020 grades, in preparation for a potential grade strike if the minimum sign-on threshold of 70% of CUNY faculty is obtained.
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PSC UNION TO CUNY: MANDATE REMOTE WORK FOR ALL DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
[COVID-19\Coronavirus\PSC/CUNY]
PSC’ Bowen: “The University’s first priority must now be to avoid endangering employees and students. Students’ ability to finish the semester, as important as that is for the students who rely on CUNY, must be the second priority.”
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NYC CENSUS 2020 TO HOLD OVER 60 “TEACH-IN TUESDAY” EVENTS ACROSS ALL FIVE BOROUGHS
[2020 Census New York]
New Yorkers can easily sign up for a teach-in in their neighborhood by visiting on.nyc.gov/teachins.
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LEHMAN COLLEGE WINS $100,000 VERIZON GRANT TO LAUNCH MENTORING PROGRAM FOR VETERAN, MINORITY AND FEMALE OWNED BUSINESSES
[Lehman College\Verizon Foundation Grant]
Lehman College Wins $100K Verizon Foundation Grant to Launch Emerging Tech Mentoring Program for Veteran-Owned and Minority- and Women-Owned Small Businesses Across NYC.
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RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES “DAYS OF ACTION” CAMPAIGN
[New York News\Transit]
The Riders Alliance will share stories highlighting the role that the current limited Fair Fares program is already playing in New Yorkers lives and fan out to collect more data from low-income New Yorkers about their experiences learning about, applying for, and using their half-fare MetroCards.
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PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS WILL HOLD ROUNTABLE WITH COMMUNITY AND ETHNIC MEDIA AT CUNY
[New York News\Public Advocate]
Jumaane D. Williams, an activist and former New York City Council member, was elected public advocate of the City of New York in February 2019 after a special election. Throughout his career he has led the fight for better policing, safer streets, affordable housing, and transparency in city government.
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