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Welcome to our story hub—a place where every voice, experience, and perspective comes together. Here, you’ll find all the stories we’ve shared across the site, from inspiring journeys and insightful interviews to behind-the-scenes moments and community highlights. Whether you’re looking to catch up, explore something new, or simply get inspired, this is your gateway to everything we’ve been talking about.

  • 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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  • CUNY SLU’s Solidarity Economy Club Presents: The Role of the Labor Movement in Solidarity Economy

    On May 10, 2024 the newly formed Solidarity Economy Club at CUNY School of Labor & Urban studies hosted its first event. Focusing on the role organized labor can play in the emerging solidarity economy movement, the unambiguously titled, “The Role of the Labor Movement in Solidarity Economy”, brought together leading voices such as Dr.…

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  • CWOP 2023 Year in Review

      As we end 2023, we turn to the light of a new year. As hard as the suffering and injustice is this year, and as we know with great sadness that it will not go away next, we remain steadfast in shepherding in the kind of change we seek to make in the world.…

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