Hub Retreat 2013

Social Justice Hub Retreat a Success

This past Friday several dozen New School students, staff and faculty all gathered on the 16th floor of the 6 E 16th street building for an intensive 2.5 hour workshop…

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50 Shades of Wrong

Guest article by Sydney Faith Rose with the support of the Feminist Collective [Editor’s Note: This piece is in response to recent events involving the Fifty Shades of Rey column…

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Student Workers Organizing at New School

There will be a meeting taking place this Friday, April 5th at 6pm to discuss the issue of student labor at The New School. More details about the event can…

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Race Crisis Series – An Unfolding New School Story

Guest post by chris crews More than a year ago I wrote a post about finding some buried New School treasure while working on a class lecture. The image was…

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Unorthodox on NYC

Sometimes it’s good to step back and appreciate the amazing creativity of this world, even in the face of so much injustice. With that in mind, check out “Unorthodox,” a…

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Documenting Gentrification in Red Hook

There is an excellent article on social justice and gentrification in the wake of Hurricane Sandy from fellow NY student Zoltán Glück in the latest Tidal, the Occupy Wall Street theory…

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Free Press and Undoing Racism

The following letter to the Editor was submitted to the Free Press in response to their coverage of the recent Undoing Racism workshop at The New School. Free Press posting….

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Diversity is. Inclusion is a Choice… Student Organizing Panel

This upcoming Friday, March 15th will be Students for Social Justice’ school wide open event on the topic of student organizing. The event will take place 6:00 PM-8:00 PM at…

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Hip Hop Politics at The New School

Guest piece: chris crews For those who missed it, there was an excellent event recently at The New School called Hip-Hop: Race, Politics, and Hyper-Masculinity that was organized by some…

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On the Relationship Between Social and Environmental Injustice

  Majora Carter founder of Sustainable South Bronx: “Economic degradation begets environmental degradation which begets social degradation. Lower income communities are often exploited for profit. Race and class are reliable…