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CUNY SPS BA in Disability Studies student Lennyn Jacob

Strengthening Support for Students with Disabilities

July 24, 2024

Bronx Times

BA in Disability Studies student Lennyn Jacob was quoted in this Bronx Times Op-Ed, which detailed CUNY's various programs to strengthen support for students with disabilities.

Mayor’s Office And CUNY Invest $6.5M In Restorative Justice For 16 NYC Organizations

July 22, 2024

Harlem World

CUNY SPS' Working the Gap initiative, which was established by the School's Youth Studies program to help young adults support the wellbeing of communities, is highlighted in an article announcing that the Mayor's Office and CUNY will be investing $16.5 million dollars in restorative justice work. As noted in the piece, the nonprofit Change Impact has been awarded a grant to create a Restorative Practice and Justice Fellowship for young adults that will be administered through Working the Gap.
CUNY SPS nursing alum Phara Souffrant Forrest makes Brooklyn's "Power 100" list

The 2024 Brooklyn Power 100

July 02, 2024

City & State New York

The website City & State New York named CUNY SPS alum Phara Souffrant Forrest (BS Nursing '20) on their list of the "2024 Brooklyn Power 100." Souffrant Forrest received a #30 ranking for her work in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. As a New York State Representative, Souffrant Forrest has focused on tenant rights and expanded access to health care, including championing efforts to eliminate copays for insulin. She also chairs the Assembly Task Force on New Americans and has worked on legislation to reform prison and jail policies. She was elected to office in 2020 and represents the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn, which includes Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
CUNY SPS PEWL stakeholder Terrance Stroud

Trailblazers in Higher Education

June 24, 2024

City & State New York

Terrance Blackman Stroud, deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS), was named to the latest list of "Trailblazers in Higher Education" by City & State. Stroud partners directly with CUNY SPS on two training programs for the School’s Office of Professional Education and Workplace Learning (PEWL).

"Elephants, the Grass, and a Teacher" by Egbe Chinyere: A Riveting Memoir of the Nigeria/Biafra War

June 12, 2024

Fox 40

The memoir "Elephants, the Grass, and a Teacher: Recollections and Reflections on the Nigeria/Biafra War" by Dr. Chinyere Emmanuel Egbe, a consortia faculty member in the School's online business programs, is featured in this Fox 40 article.