George Contreras – Reflections and Recommendations for a New Society Post COVID19
Please join us in congratulating George Contreras, adjunct professor in the School for Public Affairs and Administration, Emergency and Disaster Management Master’s program. Professor Contreras, as an expert in the field of medical, health and emergency management, was invited to be the only American to contribute to the book Reflections and Recommendations for a New Society Post COVID19, an initiative of the [...]
Writing is Releasing
By Kristen Plylar-Moore, LEC writing specialist “It is a paradox of my experience that Morning Pages both take time and give time. It is as though by setting down our inner movie onto the page, we are freed up to act in our lives.” —Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way In addition to supporting students with their academic writing, I am [...]
MCNY Town Hall Webinar: No More! Available on YouTube
Please take a moment to watch this important Town Hall event. The foundation of Metropolitan College of New York is deeply rooted in social justice. And as such, it is part of our responsibility as an educational institution to provide forums where the voices of our community can be heard. On July 8, 2020, MCNY hosted [...]
Library Connections in Remote Times #14
Student Spotlight Todd Bristow is an MCNY MBA student, class of 2020,who has held leadership positions in the nonprofit sector. The library was fortunate to have his attendance at our last conversation event, “The Anti-Racist Reading List – Then and Now.” Todd brought his leadership experience with The United Methodist Church to bear powerfully on the discussion of racism and how [...]
Library Connections in Remote Times #13
The Anti-Racist Reading List - Then and Now: Framing the Conversation By Tina Callender, Evening Reference Librarian Weary and exhausted from the pandemic and being socially distanced, isolated from family and friends, at the end of May I --like so many of us-- was still just getting my bearings in our changed world. Then, the murder of George Floyd changed the world once again as it became a rallying cry. Demonstrations for [...]
MCNY Town Hall Webinar: Racism in the 21st Century
Racism in the 21st Century WHY THIS EVENT: No more! The literal souls of Black people have been sustaining and nurturing the souls of white folk and their white fragility in America, and beyond, for far too long. Black lives have been mortgaged to pay for the structure of America’s oppressive system in the form of white fragility, from its [...]