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News Round-Up
Longer days, sunny skies: hints of spring’s arrival. And today, a memorable conversation at Murphy with Black Feminist leader and social justice hero Barbara Smith, originator of the term “identity politics.” First Lady of NYC Chirlane McCray also spoke, along with Joo-Hyun Kang, Alethia Jones and Gerry Hudson. Over at In These Times, Bruce Vail…
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Immediate opening for a Restorative Justice coordinator in the Bronx
We need your help! The DOE has finally promised us resources to support a restorative justice peer-learning program in the Bronx that will be engaging students, parents, staff and School Safety Agents. The catch? If we can’t find a coordinator by next week, they won’t be able to fund the position. We realize this is…
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Murphy Students Recognized in Public Employee Press
This month, DC37’s Public Employee Press features an article by Mike Lee on current Murphy Institute students Andra Maria Cojoc, Jerome B. Lane Jr., Jeffrey Wilson and Sheryl Calderon, all recipients of the Charles S. Ensley Scholarship. The article, entitled Local 371 celebrates 1965 welfare strikers, honors Ensley, recognizes the award recipients and describes the important role…
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“A New Sacred Space of Words”: old shul poems and essay by Paul (Pinny) Bulman
By Samina Shahidi I met Paul (Pinny) Bulman through an informal network of poets who have won the BRIO (the Bronx Recognizes Its Own) award and to whom I belong. This organization is sponsored by the Bronx Council of Arts. BRIO winners are respectively granted fellowships, community projects and monetary awards for chosen manuscripts and…
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