SLU Blog https://slublog.org/ A conversation about workers, communities and social justice Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:42:12 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 A Cooperative Future for Childcare Worker Power in NYC https://slublog.org/2026/03/16/a-cooperative-future-for-childcare-worker-power-in-nyc/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:42:12 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=17113 By Abbie Harper As New York City prepares to dramatically expand childcare access, a new report asks a deeper question: who should control the system? In A Shared Services Cooperative for Childcare Workers: Building Civic Infrastructure for Mass Governance, authors Sanjay Pinto, Ra Criscitiello, Camille Kerr, and Mary Jirmanus Saba propose a citywide shared services […]

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]]> New Mayor Brings Revived Hope For More Solidarity In Our City https://slublog.org/2025/11/25/new-mayor-brings-revived-hope-for-more-solidarity-in-our-city/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:13:31 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=17039 Greetings in this post election season where we can begin to experience hope for our shared values translating to public policy and programs. In the video below Rebecca Lurie found herself being asked for an interview by a Chinese student in Bryant Park  after class on Election Day! This was at the very hour the […]

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]]> CWOP shows up for Co-op Month https://slublog.org/2025/10/29/cwop-shows-up-for-co-op-month/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:22:50 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16961 This season has brought many activities to many of us at the Community and Worker Ownership Project. 2025 is the International Year of Cooperatives. And October is 2025 CO-OP Month!

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]]> Dolphin Schools Spring 2025 https://slublog.org/2025/08/26/dolphin-schools-spring-2025/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:14:53 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16891 In the final weeks of the Spring term, 2025, students in the WDCO certificate program debuted their ideas in our “Dolphin Schools”. The Dolphin Schools provides students with the opportunity to showcase their innovations and what they studied during the course of their time in the program. This process invites dialogue with stakeholders, advisors and […]

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]]> Worker-Led Media: A virtual panel on building a better media economy. Taking Control, Operating with Independence & Building a Better Media Economy https://slublog.org/2025/07/21/worker-led-media-a-virtual-panel-on-building-a-better-media-economy/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:13:10 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16875 By Prajna Brooks On June 11th, 2025, we held a panel discussion with journalists from worker-owned cooperatives. Hosted by the Writers Guild of America East, Matt Pearce from Rebuild Local News acted as a moderator. The speakers included Anh-Thu Nguyen from Democracy at Work Institute, Max Rivlin-Nadler from Hell Gate, Bikram Chatterji from Maximum Fun, […]

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]]> Boyfriend Co-op – A Lesbian Bar for All  – Opened March 2025 https://slublog.org/2025/04/21/boyfriend-co-op-a-lesbian-bar-for-all-opened-march-2025/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:44:12 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16863 By Isabella Barbuto Located almost directly at the bustling intersection of Myrtle and Broadway, right off the J, M & Z trains sits a welcoming, eclectic, chandelier-filled, lesbian co-op bar and cafe amusingly called Boyfriend. Opened by two childhood best friends Hena Mustafa and Mica Fisher, the co-op has been on their minds for years. […]

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]]> Radical Municipalism https://slublog.org/2025/03/31/16463/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:27:30 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16463 On March 13, 2025 Eleanor Finley visited our Urban Studies class Delivery of Urban Public Services so we could explore possibilities and solutions through Municipalism. You can see and share the video from the talk here:https://youtu.be/ojBYhQMIXLo As reported by a trusted colleague and attendee, Pacyinz Lyfoung: I have been really inspired by this webinar, “Introduction […]

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]]> CUNY SLU’s Solidarity Economy Club Presents: The Role of the Labor Movement in Solidarity Economy https://slublog.org/2024/10/08/cuny-slus-solidarity-economy-club-presents-the-role-of-the-labor-movement-in-solidarity-economy/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:44:07 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16423 On May 10, 2024 the newly formed Solidarity Economy Club at CUNY School of Labor & Urban studies hosted its first event. Focusing on the role organized labor can play in the emerging solidarity economy movement, the unambiguously titled, “The Role of the Labor Movement in Solidarity Economy”, brought together leading voices such as Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Shaywaal Amin (1199 SEIU), and Dr. Alexander Kolokotronis for an excellent discussion. Building from existing discourse on the urgent need for systems change away from capitalism, this event highlighted the key lessons from past movements and identified gaps that need to be filled in the present. As the moderator and lead organizer for the event as well as co-founder of the Solidarity Economy Club, I want to take a moment to expand on my motivations for organizing the event and the club as well as locate the potential for CUNY SLU to play a leading role in advancing transformational change. 

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]]> CWOP 2023 Year in Review https://slublog.org/2023/12/20/cwop-2023-year-in-review/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:32:07 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16280   As we end 2023, we turn to the light of a new year. As hard as the suffering and injustice is this year, and as we know with great sadness that it will not go away next, we remain steadfast in shepherding in the kind of change we seek to make in the world. […]

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]]> Coop Cincy Symposium and the Union Co-op Council https://slublog.org/2023/12/20/coop-cincy-symposium-and-the-union-co-op-council/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:24:54 +0000 https://slublog.org/?p=16304 Co-op Cincy hosted its symposium in October and we were there along with many from the Union Co-op Council of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. We mapped the unionized co-ops in the country and strategized to support more efforts for workers to own the means. The Council will begin hosting Technical Assistance Hours on […]

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