Marxe Community Events Calendar
OCTOBER 2024 Schedule of Events:
Worker Cooperatives in New York: New Models for Social Impact
Friday, October 18, 2024 | 12:15 – 1:30PM
Through a wave of innovative experimentation with worker cooperatives and closely related enterprise models, social and community entrepreneurs are including more workers in the economy. This event will feature a review of developments in the field from local experts and include insights and actionable strategies for leaders in the non-profit, public, and higher education sectors interested in using these approaches to maximize their social impact.
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Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom
Monday, October 21, 2024, 12:30-2:30pm
Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice (Ackerman Lecture)
Join us in welcoming Kathryn Kolbert as our Fall 2024 speaker for the Ackerman Lecture on Equality and Justice. She will describe the nearly five decades of legal battles around abortion that have brought us to this current moment, when 14 states have total abortion bans, 27 states have bans based on gestational duration, ten states have measures related to abortion rights on their ballots this November. Kolbert will also describe strategies that she and her co-author, Julie F. Kay, propose to safeguard reproductive rights.
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World Café: What Matters Now?
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 12:00-2:00pm
With the election approaching, this will be Baruch College’s first ever World Café, a structured conversational process for knowledge sharing in which groups of people dialogue about a topic at several small tables, café style. Join us for a free lunch and facilitated conversation about what matters most to you! This event is part of part of Baruch Connects Respectful Dialogue Series Initiative.
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Public Higher Education That Works
Monday, October 28, 2024, 3:00-5:00pm
President Emeritus and University Professor Mitchel Wallerstein discusses his just published book “Public Higher Education That Works” in conversation with Former and Founding President of Guttman Community College and University Professor Scott Evenbeck.
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Conference On Climate And Compost: New Directions In NYC’s Organic Waste Policy
Tuesday, October 29 – Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 9:00am-5:00pm
The two-day conference aims to bring together CUNY faculty members and doctoral students across schools to showcase their work in research and teaching about waste issues and environmental sustainability. The conference will provide a platform for an exchange of ideas focused on critical research needs and the preparation of knowledgeable CUNY graduates ready to bring data-driven, socially just ideas to NYC through innovation and leadership.
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