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  • Resident Leadership Academy Announced in Metro

    Resident Leadership Academy Announced in Metro

    This week, the Resident Leadership Academy, a program designed to “provide training and build leadership skills for residents interested in taking a more active role in civic life within their development and/or community” was featured in metro. The program, offered as a partnership amongst the Fund for Public Housing, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and…

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  • The Chief Features The Murphy Institute

    The Chief Features The Murphy Institute

    The Chief-Leader is a New York City-based weekly newspaper focused on municipal government and civil servants, as well as issues affecting New York State and Federal employees. The most recent issue of the newspaper features an article about the Murphy Institute: “As Jobs’ Complexity Grows, Murphy Institute Helps Bridge Knowledge Gap: Union-Backed Center Polishes Skills, Broadens…

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  • Sean Sweeney Talks Paris, Climate on City Watch

    Sean Sweeney Talks Paris, Climate on City Watch

    Last week, Murphy Professor Sean Sweeney appeared on City Watch to talk with Mark Dunlea about the upcoming climate summit in Paris, and the fight against “not letting science get in the way of business as usual.” The two discuss the climate justice movement, mobilizations and global emissions. Listen below. [soundcloud url=”https://soundcloud.com/murphy-institute/sean-sweeney-climate-paris” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”120″…

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  • Debating Criminal Justice Reform

    Debating Criminal Justice Reform

    For more on this topic, join us at the Murphy Institute on October 19th for this month’s Labor Forum: Black Lives Matter & the Fight for Fifteen: A New Social Movement?  When looking to reform our obviously broken criminal justice and carceral system, at what point must we examine the structural causes of urban crime? Can we…

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