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This edition: Empowering Dreamers, Defying Oppression, and Preserving History

Episode Details

Original tape date: January 13, 2025. First aired: February 6, 2025.

CUNY took 30 Dreamers to Mexico on an emotional study abroad trip—more relevant than ever amid immigration crackdowns; a Myanmar student fled repression and went from Queensborough to a Ph.D. at The Grad Center; a new exhibit at LaGuardia and Wagner Archives explores NYC’s fight for gay rights; and meet a CUNY author renowned for her work on genocide and human rights. All that and more!

Guest List

Sal F. Albanese Former Councilperson, NY City Council

Charles Brack Former Investigator, NYC Human Rights Commission

Eldon Clingan Former Councilperson

Daniel P. Dromm Teacher, P.S. 199, Queens

Lidell Jackson Member, Men of All Color Together

Bernard Lynch Founder, AIDS Ministry Dignity NY

May Myat Moe Two-Time CUNY Graduate

Jesús Pérez Director, Immigrant Student Success Center at Brooklyn College

Stephen Petrus Director, Public History Programs LaGuardia & Wagner Archives

Allen Roskoff Chair of Municipal Committee, Gay Activists Alliance

Victoria Sanford Professor, Lehman College & The Graduate Center

Adela Zamora Alum, Queens College, 2013