City Tech supporting the CUNY Anti-Hate initiative
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Shedding Light: A Celebration
Mission
Mission
The three-year CUNY Anti-Hate Initiative confronts hate in the United States. in 2023-24 we focused on Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Jewish communities. We continue in future years to address Black, Hispanic, Islamic, and LGBTQ populations. Hoping to break chains of stereotyping, prejudice, and violence through multi-disciplinary actions, and rooted in the philosophy where combating hate means fostering pro-love, acceptance, and empathy, our goal is to fuse ideas and cultures, inviting participation from all both within and from outside of the targeted populations. This meta-project consists of a variety of activities during the Spring semester, culminating in an annual May event of ideas and expressions across physical and digital realms, drawing from a heritage of cultural celebrations and aiming to preserve a digital footprint upon which to build in succeeding iterations of the project. Our goal is to continue to develop this over the next years, thus allowing for ambitious projects requiring more than a single semester to come to fruition.
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
We welcome engagement in and outside of the classroom. Possibilities range from in-class assignments, activities, and publicising opportunities with students and clubs. See the links below for possible ideas.
In-class activities
In-class activities
May 2 Shedding Light: Culminating Celebration
May 2 Shedding Light: Culminating Celebration
Documenting History: A City Tech Living Archive
Documenting History: A City Tech Living Archive
Communications
- Iris Fleischmann-Maenza
- Michael Mcauliffe (HUM)
- Alexandra Tourkova (COMD)
- Felix Lin (COMD)
Technical Support
- Media Services
- Aryan Lnu (ENT)
- Nicholas Ramdin (MTECH)
- Catalin Zidaru
- Melissa
Organizing Committee
- Ann Delilkan (HUM)
- Trang Le-Chan
- Nazanin Munroe (BUS)
- David B. Smith (ENT)
- Ryoya Terao (ENT)
- Daniel Wong (COMD)
Admin Support
- Mariano Almedy
- Juan Alvarez
- Pamela Brown
- Billie Coleman
- Russ Hotzler
- Josh Gonzalez
- Jessica Morella
- Brendon Stack
Research and Development
- Danica Liu (COMD),
- Lizbeth Bolanos (COMD)
- Michelle Wu Feng (COMD)
- Diana Diakite (COMD)
- Francesca Salas (COMD)
Video and Photography
- Media Services
- Robin Michaels (COMD)
- Alberto Vargas (COMD)
- David Binns (ENT)
- Nicholas Bueta (ENT),
- Gustavo Martinez (ENT)
- Vishal N. Naraine (ENT)
- Samuel Cheung (MTEC)
Facilities Support
- Brendan Stack - Chief Administrative Superintendent
- Laborers: Peter Dovidio, Anthony Fasano, Felix Medero, Elliot Rivera
- Maintenance: Alphonso Belasco, Eric Bertin
- Carpenter: Miguel Deida
- Steamfitters: Robert Kelly, James Lombardo
- Stationary Engineers, Matthew Leimbach, Milton Charlton, Scott Langdon, Michael Roy
- Bethzaida Grajales – Assistant Principal Custodial Supervisor
- Sr. Custodial Supervisors: Terrence Peart, Patricio Jordan
- Plumbers: Chiofalo Baldassare , Frank DiNapoli
- Thermostat repairer: Raymond Diaz
- Oilers: Dennis Buckley, Jeremy Lazar, Andrew Schwartz, Cora Telesford
Screened Off
- Zoe Carney, Heaven Chase, Johanna Espinal, Janet Gili, Pamela Lahoz, Aliyah Latif, Paola Lena, Shubham Mahabad, Joseph Mulligan, Jailen Paguay, Lesley Rivera, Crystal Sanchez, Kristen Soliman, Johanne Viery, Dominique Whelan, Charisse Williams (BUS students)
Kimono designs by students:
- Aliyah Latif, Paola Lena, Joseph Mulligan, Najae Ricketts, Lesley Rivera, Crystal Sanchez and Dominique Whelan (BUS students)
I am a Jew
- Keith Muchowski (LIB)
- Rebecca Shapiro (ENG)
Blended Shadow Puppet
- Tshari Lancey (ENT) - Director of Physical Puppetry
- Samuel Cheung (ENT) - Director of Virtual Puppetry
- Aryan Lnu (ENT) - Director of AV Technology
Blended World Map
- Nicholas Ramdin (ENT) - Software design, system integration
Questions?
Questions?
Contact dsmith@citytech.cuny.edu or adelilkan@citytech.cuny.edu to get more information on the project
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