Futures Initiative
@futuresed.bsky.social
The Futures Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center advances greater equity and innovation in higher education and promotes reinvestment in higher education as a public good. linktr.ee/futuresinitiative
🎙️ FI Podcast Ep 1:9 — “Riisearch & Blackqueer Placemaking at the People’s Beach” is out! FI is excited to share a new episode of the FI Podcast featuring Jah Elyse Sayers in conversation with host Shelly Eversley. Listen now:https://lnkd.in/gpTd6G4V
And that's a wrap! Thanks for following our event. #uwff
Caneia Brown, a core member of PP4CE, is a Brooklyn-born advocate, activist, and community-based participatory action researcher committed to advancing cultural equity for families and youth. #uwff
Caneia Brown: “Art for me was passed down through lineage, through generations.” #uwff
Christopher Colón: “Art was a way for me to escape.” #uwff
Ash Marinaccio, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary documentarian and visual storyteller working in theatre, photography, and film. She is dedicated to storytelling highlighting the socio-political issues defining our times and regularly works throughout the United States and internationally. #uwff
Ash Marinaccio, PhD: “We want...the people who are represented in our work to have the mic.” #uwff
Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Let these communities make what they want.” #uwff
What do equitable futures for arts and culture look like?
Britney Moreira, MPhil: “There are just some things you can't communicate in the form of an interview [or] in the form of a survey.” #uwff
Christopher Colón is a visual artist, and scholar-activist from Brooklyn, NY. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Urban Education program at the Graduate Center.
Christopher Colón: “I use art and photography to talk about things we take for granted.” #uwff
Britney Moreira, MPhil is a PhD candidate in Critical Psychology and a Futures Initiative fellow. Her research examines criminal and juvenile (in)justice and its impact on Black adolescent development
Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Art is a valid form of communication.” #uwff
Christopher Colón: “Sometimes we use words that don't represent the reality on the ground.” #uwff
Christopher Colón: “I think money is important, but it's also important to center your passion.” #uwff
Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Sometimes people just want to tell their story; they want to be heard.” #uwff
PP4CE workshop to be followed by a brilliant panel of scholars, professors and students. #uwff
PP4CE is a collective of Bedford-Stuyvesant mothers, caregivers, and grandparents conducting community-based participatory action research through their project Creative Pathways in Bed-Stuy. #uwff
Our wonderful attendees are getting started with an engaging workshop led by Parent Power for Cultural Equity (PP4CE). #uwff
Our University Worth Fighting For event, Arts, Inquiry, Action: Creative Methods, Community Knowledge & Scholarship, is starting in 15 minutes! Follow along using #uwff
Last call! Join us tomorrow, Thurs. May 7, from 5–7 PM at the GC for Art, Justice, and Research. Food will be served! RSVP today; link in the bio! Please spread the word! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu @psc-cuny.org @cdha.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu
I've started a new blogging series @hastac.bsky.social: "Intelligent Artifice." I explore how we can think with, through, and sometimes despite AI ...and exercise agency, responsibility, and human intelligence in an automated world. hastac.hcommons.org
FI Founder @cathyndavidson.bsky.social will deliver the opening keynote, "Artificial Learning and Assessment," with Harvard physicist and Perusall cofounder Eric Mazur on Tuesday, May 5, 1-2pm EST. “How To Assess Student Learning in the Age of AI”) reserve here: www.perusall.com/exchange.
Here's @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartalameo on @futuresed.bsky.social podcast discussing "The Campus Crisis Toolkit" with Shelly Eversley during their visit to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social last month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=an-L...
FI Podcast Ep 1:6 - “Campus Crisis Toolkit”
YouTube video by Futures Initiative
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UWFF: Art. Justice. Research. 🗓️ May 7th, 5 pm - 7 pm Join us for the next University Worth Fighting For event exploring how creative practice connects with community, research, and social change. Refreshments will be provided 🍌🍇🥑🍓 #UWFF #ArtAndJustice #CreativeCommunity #PublicScholarship
HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Rachael Mulvihill (@rachaelvm454.bsky.social) Rachael V. Mulvihill is a PhD Candidate in the Literary and Cultural Studies program at Carnegie Mellon University. To read more about Rachael, follow this link: tinyurl.com/2ne96cey
FINAL CALL: GC PhD Students — Apply Today! ⏰ Application Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from CUNY Graduate Center PhD students in any field for the 2026–2027 Graduate Fellowship. Apply now: Link in the bio!
