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Professor Lumumba Bandele will moderate a conversation highlighting three youth-led organizing efforts in New York City that are advocating for greater economic justice, as the city becomes increasingly unaffordable for young adults. Members of the NYC Youth Agenda Coalition will share their policy recommendations on housing, transportation, jobs, and food access. Representatives from the NYC Union of Students will discuss their efforts to secure justice in higher education funding. Finally, young people from Youth N Power will address the challenges faced by those transitioning out of the child welfare system and their ongoing fight for basic income support from New York State.
Youth Organizing for Economic Justice is the last segment of our three-part Community & Youth Organizing Event Series, hosted by the CUNY SPS Youth Studies department. The full event series includes:
- Wednesday, January 8: Whose Streets? film screening and discussion
- Wednesday, January 15: Following Harry film screening and discussion
- Wednesday, January 22: Youth Organizing for Economic Justice panel discussion with young leaders