This edition: Joy-Ann Reid, Antonio Delgado, Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant, and more
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Original tape date: May 30, 2025. First aired: May 30, 2025.This episode presents 2024 keynote addresses by TV Host & Journalist Joy-Ann Reid at Medgar Evers College; United States Coast Guard’s Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant speaking at College of Staten Island; CUNY’s Senior Vice Chancellor Maite Junco speaking at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism; New York’s Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado speaking at John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Morgan Stanley’s Lara Porter addressing Macaulay Honors College; and student speakers Kirk Ronaldo Sachin Persaud of Queens College, Melanie Jerez Cruz of Queensborough Community College, and Emma DeGroff of CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies and Hunter College.
Guest List
Melanie Jerez Cruz Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Queensborough Community College
Emma DeGroff Class of 2024 Student Speaker, CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies / Hunter College
Hon. Antonio Delgado Lieutenant Governor of New York State, U.S. Representative, NY-19th District (2019 - 2022), Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Maite Junco Vice-Chancellor For Communications & Marketing, The City University of New York
Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant Prospective Commander, Personnel Service Center and Prior Commander, Sector New York, United States Coast Guard
Kirk Ronaldo Sachin Persaud Class of 2024 Student Speaker, Queens College
Lara Porter Vice President of Institutional Equity Division at Morgan Stanley, Macaulay Honors College
Joy-Ann Reid TV Host & Journalist, MSNBC
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