After a precarious beginning to my college career, CUNY gave me the space to rebuild myself, find my passion, and experience what is the heart of CUNY: community. I enrolled at Queensborough Community College after leaving another institution with a…
Campus Green: Small Steps, Big Impact
College is often viewed as a period of growth and discovery, where we not only build academic and professional skills but also shape our values and worldview. One of the most urgent issues facing us today is environmental sustainability. Our…
The Humanities Alliance & crafting communities.
Though The City University of New York often advertises itself on buses, subways, and the like as an “indespenisbile institution” that “lifts New York,” navigating its labyrinthine system and bureaucracy can pose a disastrous threat to its students, both current…
The Unknown William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Hello & Aspirations.
“What are your future goals, dreams, and aspirations? These can be career-related, about the impact you might want to have on the world, or about how you want to feel every day when you wake up.” As a Digital Music…
Em(Body)ed Experiences with the CUNY Peer Leaders
On Friday 10/14 CUNY Peer Leaders gathered to participate in a Body Mind Mapping exercise. What is Body Mind Mapping you might ask? I was first introduced to Body Mind Mapping at the MURAP 2019 Conference at UNC-Chapel Hill. A…
CUNY Peer Leaders 2022 Kick Off!
The CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) 2022-2023 cohort held their kick-off community-building meeting on Thursday, August 11, 2022. We began the meeting with welcome messages from Lauren Melendez, CUNY Peer Leaders Program Director and Administrative Specialist of the Futures Initiative. As…
Making Education More Equitable
I participated in the discussion Cathy N. Davidson, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Carla Shedd had about making education more equitable, specifically in higher education. That topic itself stuck out the most for me because it is something that many people…
That’s A Pretty Big Deal.
By: Malachi The conversation had by Dr. Carla Shedd and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, facilitated by Dr. Cathy Davidson was one that was very heartening, especially during this current political and social climate. During a time where Covid-19 is running…
Learning to Assert your Identity with Q’onnections
What is Q’onnections?
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The goal is to inform LGBTQ+ students and connect them
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A program under LGBTQ+ and allies club that pairs up LGBTQ+ students with LGBTQ+ peers.
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The program aims to accomplish a sense of belonging within the college in students’ time at John Jay fostering growth, Community building, Advocacy, Leadership, Identity (C.A.L.I).
“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.”
The event hosted by Cathy Davidson and her colleagues Carla Shedd and Tressie McMillan Cottom was truly invigorating. Excellent points were made throughout the program but some of my favorite points were centered around ideas of collectivism and community. I…
