Special Series for CUNY Faculty: Disability & Accessibility Training Part 1: Disability Rights in Education Friday, October 27, 2-3 pm Components of the 2023 Voluntary Compliance Agreement ADA Title II and Higher Education Disability types and common accommodations RSVP for Session 1: Disability Rights in Education View all events in this series. ASL and CART […]
Community Connections, sponsored by the Equity and Advocacy Committee, are gatherings open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members. Share in our collective efforts to build equity through events, recruitment and retention, and research. The first hour will be devoted to building community and getting to know each other through potlucks, informal conversation and art […]
Join CENTRO and the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival for a captivating and thought-provoking afternoon with Luis Guzmán and Luna Lauren Vélez as we delve into the world of Puerto Rican actors in the entertainment industry. This event offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into the struggles and successes that Puerto Rican actors […]
For the past three decades, the number of lesbian bars in the United States has seen a steady decline—from an estimated 200 at their peak in the 1980s to a low point in 2020 of less than 20 across the country, according to an NBC Newsreport. Since then, according to a more recent NBC News review from August […]
Join CENTRO for a series exploring the significance of preserving and documenting the historical memory of diasporic and minority communities. As part of our 50th Anniversary, we aim to make our archival experience and knowledge accessible to empower our community and ensure our legacies are woven into the tapestry of global heritage. Collective memory shapes […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, and Abolition by Hunter College Associate Professor of Sociology Calvin John Smiley. In this eye-opening and urgent analysis, Smiley delivers a powerful and deeply researched critique of the prison reentry system as well as a moving portrait of those most impacted by […]
Join Basil Smikle Jr. in conversation with Marc Morial, President and CEO of National Urban League, for a discussion of the challenges civic leaders and academics face in building political and social movements around the most pressing policy problems of today. Speakers: Marc H. Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League. His energetic and skilled leadership has […]
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a panel discussion with Paisley Currah, the author of Sex is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity, and Zein Murib, the author of Terms of Exclusion: Rightful Citizenship Claims and the Construction of LGBT Political Identity. These acclaimed new books deliver vital and urgent accounts of queer and […]
Join CENTRO on November 14th at 6 PM at CUNY’s Baruch College Mishkin Gallery for a community viewing of their new exhibition, We didn’t ask permission, we just did it…, on display through December 8th, 2023. This vibrant and experimental exhibition revisits and honors the legacy of three historic exhibition series in Puerto Rico from 2000 […]
Robert Seltzer Lunch Lecture Series Sounds of Mediterranean Jewry: Sephardi-Mizrahi Songlines Presented by: Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas, Founder and Artistic Director of ASEFA and the New York Andalus Ensemble and Adjunct Assistant Professor in music and Jewish studies at Hunter. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Music at Hunter College. Due to limited […]
