This edition: Adrienne E. Adams, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, Vivian Gornick and more
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Original tape date: May 2, 2025. First aired: May 2, 2025.This episode presents 2024 keynote addresses by NYC Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams at Kingsborough Community College; Assistant DA Terel Watson, J.D. speaking at New York City College of Technology; honorary degree recipients Vivian Gornick at City College and Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón at John Jay College; student speakers Davia Willis of Queensborough Community College, Laura Kaplan of College of Staten Island, Rhema Mills of Brooklyn College; and a message from CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez speaking at Hunter College’s commencement ceremony.
Guest List
Adrienne E. Adams Speaker of the New York City Council, New York City Council
Vivian Gornick Journalist, Essayist, Critic and Memoirist, The City College of New York
Laura Kaplan Class of 2024 Valedictorian, College of Staten Island
Félix V. Matos Rodriguez, Ph.D. Chancellor, City University of New York
Rhema Mills Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Brooklyn College
Terel Watson, J.D. Assistant District Attorney, Financial Frauds Bureau, NY County
Davia Willis Class of 2024 Student Speaker, Queensborough Community College
- Adrienne E. Adams, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, Vivian Gornick and more
- Saturday, June 14 - 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Sunday, June 15 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Donovan Richards, Jr. and more
- Friday, June 20 - 10:00am, 4:00pm
- Saturday, June 21 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Sunday, June 22 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Abigail E. Disney, Dr. Elijah Anderson, Vanessa L. Gibson and more
- Friday, June 27 - 10:00am, 4:00pm
- Saturday, June 28 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Sunday, June 29 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena, Yvette D. Clarke, Anthony D. Romero and more
- Friday, July 4 - 10:00am
- Saturday, July 5 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Sunday, July 6 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Joy-Ann Reid, Antonio Delgado, Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant, and more
- Friday, July 11 - 10:00am, 4:00pm
- Saturday, July 12 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Sunday, July 13 - 10:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
- Adrienne E. Adams, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, Vivian Gornick and more
- Friday, June 13 - 10:00am, 4:00pm
- Saturday, June 14 - 10:00am
- Nydia M. Velázquez, Lisa Bova-Hiatt, Deepak Bhargava, and more
- Friday, June 6 - 10:00am
- Saturday, June 7 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Sunday, June 8 - 6:00pm
- Joy-Ann Reid, Antonio Delgado, Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant, and more
- Friday, May 30 - 10:00am
- Saturday, May 31 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Sunday, June 1 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena, Yvette D. Clarke, Anthony D. Romero and more
- Friday, May 23 - 10:00am
- Saturday, May 24 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Sunday, May 25 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Abigail E. Disney, Dr. Elijah Anderson, Vanessa L. Gibson and more
- Friday, May 16 - 10:00am
- Saturday, May 17 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
- Sunday, May 18 - 10:00am, 6:00pm
