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Dolphin Schools Spring 2025
In the final weeks of the Spring term, 2025, students in the WDCO certificate program debuted their ideas in our “Dolphin Schools”. The Dolphin Schools provides students with the opportunity to showcase their innovations and what they studied during the course of their time in the program. This process invites dialogue with stakeholders, advisors and…
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Worker-Led Media: A virtual panel on building a better media economy. Taking Control, Operating with Independence & Building a Better Media Economy
By Prajna Brooks On June 11th, 2025, we held a panel discussion with journalists from worker-owned cooperatives. Hosted by the Writers Guild of America East, Matt Pearce from Rebuild Local News acted as a moderator. The speakers included Anh-Thu Nguyen from Democracy at Work Institute, Max Rivlin-Nadler from Hell Gate, Bikram Chatterji from Maximum Fun,…
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Boyfriend Co-op – A Lesbian Bar for All – Opened March 2025
By Isabella Barbuto Located almost directly at the bustling intersection of Myrtle and Broadway, right off the J, M & Z trains sits a welcoming, eclectic, chandelier-filled, lesbian co-op bar and cafe amusingly called Boyfriend. Opened by two childhood best friends Hena Mustafa and Mica Fisher, the co-op has been on their minds for years.…
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Radical Municipalism
On March 13, 2025 Eleanor Finley visited our Urban Studies class Delivery of Urban Public Services so we could explore possibilities and solutions through Municipalism. You can see and share the video from the talk here:https://youtu.be/ojBYhQMIXLo As reported by a trusted colleague and attendee, Pacyinz Lyfoung: I have been really inspired by this webinar, “Introduction…
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