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Murphy Scholarship Event: Diversity and Labor
On Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015, the Murphy Institute hosted the third annual Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor reception and awards ceremony. The reception, which began with remarks from CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken and Murphy Director Greg Mantsios, was followed by a formal program featuring three rising leaders in the labor movement:…
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2015 Urban Studies Capstone Presentations
Congratulations to our spring 2015 Capstone students in our Master of Arts degree in Urban Studies! With the guidance of Dr. Michael Fortner, these graduate candidates presented the following research papers on Tuesday, May 12, 2015: The effects on the Poverty Rate in New York’s Congressional District 15 since the War on Poverty Leonel Baez…
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Film Screening to Raise Funds for Diversity Scholarship
On May 22nd, connect with both global labor history and the ongoing fight for worker justice in this country when the Murphy Institute hosts a screening of Blood Fruit, the award-winning film documentary about the historic 1984 South African anti-apartheid labor strike. Director Sinead O’Brien and subjects from the film who staged the historic strike will be…
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Summer Graduate Class: Queering Labor
The Labor Studies Program invites you to enroll in our summer graduate class: Queering Labor June 8 to July 24, T&Th, 6:15-8:45pm Facilitated by Colin Patrick Ashley Queering Labor will address the role of economic structures and the question of labor in relationship to sexual identities and sexual desire. This course will cover the impact…
