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Sandy Solidarity Caravan | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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November 10, 2012. Sign up for the Caravan. All attendees will be required to attend mandatory orientation and debrief before and after the on-the-ground work to best equip ourselves to assist in recovery in the most respectful way possible. The Caravan will be free for all attendees but we do encourage people to donate items such as gloves, industrial mop buckets, shovels, etc. More information about the relief efforts we will be involved in are available on the Occupy Sandy website. Any medication you ...
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“Your liberation is bound together with mine.” | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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Your liberation is bound together with mine. July 26, 2012. By National Student Power Convergence organizer Isabelle Nastasia. In 2006, I was one of thousands of volunteers who traveled from across the United States to help rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. If you have come to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound together with mine then let us work together. -Lila Watson. I want to be in a room full of the best and the brightest youth organiz...
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“Building a US Student Movement” | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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8220;Building a US Student Movement”. November 9, 2012. Written by Biola Jeje and Isabelle Nastasia. Published in The Nation. Many progressives look longingly to the 1960s in hopes that today’s student activists will glean inspiration and vision from a period many consider a heyday for youth revolt. What’s forgotten is that students of today face vastly different issues and challenges than their generational counterparts of the sixties. One important recent effort was the National Student Power Convergen...
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CUNY 101 | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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TUITION INCREASES BETWEEN 1975-2010:. 2011 – Spring Approved Tuition increase – $4715. 2011 – Fall Proposed Tuition increase – $4810. The FY 2009 CUNY budget request calls for a. 5% increase in tuition this year. And increases matching the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) in the future. Since HEPI has averaged a 5% per annum increase since 1990,. The Compact, in practice, calls for endless substantial increases in tuition. Tuition payments as a percentage of the CUNY budget have doubled since 1990.
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Get Involved! | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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Join our listserve HERE. BCstudentunion.outreach@gmail.com with questions. 4 thoughts on “ Get Involved! May 8, 2012 at 10:52 am. Bravo from Quebec ;p. May 8, 2012 at 11:16 am. Sending all our support from Montréal, Québec. May 8, 2012 at 11:23 am. In solidarity from Montreal,. Http:/ www.progressive-economics.ca/2012/05/03/austerity-can-be-fought/. Ps after 12 weeks of conflict it looks like this:. But we struggle on! May 9, 2012 at 12:28 am. We are in the same situation here! JF from Montreal . Is a pa...
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Student Movements Are Social Movements | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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Student Movements Are Social Movements. June 26, 2012. This video was put together by the Houston Student Movement in 2010 to commemorate the 50 years since the Houston lunch counter sit-ins:. From the comfort of our retrospection, it is always exciting to regard the history of student movements in the United States; the violent struggles and the results they yielded; and celebrate those who put their bodies where justice was sought. We can warmly look back and. Of this awful shit? Leave a Reply Cancel r...
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About | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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The BC Student Union is an inclusive organization that unites students to defend their common interests in a democratic university. The Union exists to represent, empower and give a voice to the entire student body by engaging in sustainable and grassroots movements and ideas, which directly affect their education and campus life. It’s our school. They were listening. And if this was our idea of radical action, they were going to support it. One thought on “ About. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are com...
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350.org Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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350org Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement. Posted by Shay Or Something. November 17, 2012. Originally Published in The Nation. Tour was described by 350 National Coordinator Joshua Kahn Russell as a back-to-back-to-back-to-back tour of major cities and college campuses across the country to evangelize people around the fight to save the Earth from an impending depletion. The keynote speakers ranged in age, experience and perspective: Bill McKibben [whose. The ultimate push d...
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8 DAYS LEFT – SUPPORT BC STUDENT UNION FILMMAKERS AS THEY DOCUMENT THE STUDENT MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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8 DAYS LEFT – SUPPORT BC STUDENT UNION FILMMAKERS AS THEY DOCUMENT THE STUDENT MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. July 3, 2012. VIDEO AND KICKSTARTER AVAILABLE HERE. For the past several months we have been working relentlessly on the creation of a documentary made for and by students about the student movement happening across the Americas; from Montreal, Quebec, to New York City, United States, to Santiago, Chile. Grève to En Toma,. Grève to En Toma. The name of our film is basically Solidarity! 8216;Grève...
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Hurricane Sandy Recovery | Reclaim Brooklyn College
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Sign up for the Sandy Solidarity Caravan here. Sandy Solidarity Caravan is a student-led, service-learning trip to Far Rockaways and other neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Sandy. The caravan will be open to students, staff and faculty who are interested in learning about the history of Brooklyn, working with social justice organizations and working to assist in the recovery effort post-Hurricane Sandy in the most affected areas. City of New York resources:. Distribution Centers for PSC Members in Need.
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