A conversation about workers, communities and social justice

  • Students in the News: Brian Fleurantin

    Brian Fleurantin is not about to stop talking. The URB MA graduate candidate has recently been involved in a number of protests and community actions against his employer, Housing Works, which has been accused of unfair labor practices. Along the way, Brian has been quoted in news articles and interviewed on WBAI radio. Here’s Brian in his own words:…

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  • STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: NELLY MATEO, LEAP TO TEACHER

    SLU Provides 25 Scholarships for Teachers-to-Be in Shortage Areas Across NYC Earning a degree and passing multiple teaching certification exams is no easy feat, especially for those who are also working, parenting, and managing all the other responsibilities that come along with adult life. Worker Education at SLU understands how challenging this can be and…

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  • How Does the Past Look from Here?

    How Does the Past Look from Here?

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    In “How Does the Past Look From Here? Notes from a historian” SLU faculty member Joshua Freeman compares today’s pandemic and politics to the events preceding and following the flu epidemic of 1918, and argues that this time, the yearning for a return to “normality” may be misplaced. Read it here in Moyers on Democracy.…

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  • JEFFERY SUTTLES MAKES MUSIC FOR A MOVEMENT

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      Graduate student. Special education teacher. Digital humanities specialist. Writer. Poet. Musician. Indie artist. Those are only some of the myriad vocations of Jeffery Collin Suttles. To call him enterprising would be an understatement. A candidate for the M.A. in Urban Studies at SLU this semester, Jeffery found new inspiration for his art in a…

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