QC roundtable discussion on the history of immigration and black history
We’re all immigrants here, as the saying goes. An oft-forgotten fact of history, however, tends…
Participatory budgeting begins at Queens College
Participatory budgeting first began in 1989 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Citizens voted on projects proposed…
Participatory budgeting may come to Queens College
Queens College students may soon decide how to spend part of student government’s budget through participatory…
Legacy of student activism lives on at Queens College
Queens College is famous for the roles student activists played not only on campus, but…
Students walk to pressure CUNY over fossil fuel divestment
CUNY Divest, a student-led group advocating for fossil fuel divestment, held a series of walks…
NYPIRG rallies in Albany on Higher Education Day
After traveling for hours, more than 300 students throughout New York gathered in Albany on…
QC student organizations lead forum about oppression and protests in Ferguson
The events in Ferguson, Mo. – in which Darren Wilson, a white police officer shot…
Freedom Summer veteran and Queens College alumnus imparts lessons on activism
Fifty years ago, QC graduate, Mark Levy was in Mississippi participating in various civil rights…