The CUNY Peer Leaders is a CUNY-wide program that supports undergraduate students from two- and four-year campuses. The CPL program teaches CUNY undergraduate students leadership and mentorship skills that they in turn use to create pathways for Humanities-based scholarship, with core components on a culture of care and social justice. The CPL program provides stipends, professional development opportunities, cultural enrichment activities, networking events, and more. The program welcomes 40 CUNY Peer Leaders (CPLs/Leaders) each year, and it is generously supported through the CUNY Humanities Alliance and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The CUNY Peer Leaders program helped me to decompress my emotions and realize that I’m not alone in this journey called life… The impact of this program will never be forgotten.
Malik Brizan-Reed
CPL Alum
LAUNCH The CUNY Peer Leaders Website
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“Immigration: Learn, Act, and Advocate & Preparing For Poetry Open Mic” CPL Meetup Recap
CPL Facilitator Sunisa Nuonsy, who is a PhD candidate in Urban Ed and a big advocate for immigrants in schools, opened this virtual CPL meetup with an entry ticket, and Leaders went around and shared their responses to this prompt: “Where are you from? What is one unique element from your culture or upbringing that…
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Transformational Leadership Discussion with CPL starts the 2024-2025 Academic Year
On Friday, August 30, 2024, the incoming 2024-2025 CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) gathered in the Skylight Room at the Graduate Center on Fifth Avenue to kick off the new academic year with a discussion about transformational leadership. Click here to read more! This iteration of the CPL program began in Fall 2020 through the CUNY Humanities Alliance (HA) which is…
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A Recap of the SPRING 2024 CUNY Peer Leaders Showcase
This recap blog post is from contributing author Inma Zanoguera, who is a CUNY Humanities Alliance Fellow and PhD Candidate in English. Originally posted on the Humanities Alliance website. The Spring 2024 CPL Showcase was a well-rounded event, with presentations that ranged from politically informative to poetic, moving, and empowering performances from our Peer Leaders. It took…
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Parenting While Earning a Degree: Joys, Challenges, Strategies, and Community
RSVP:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-while-earning-a-degree-tickets-851745903927 Date: Monday, March 25, 2024 |10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST Location: Hybrid (Zoom or In-Person at The CUNY Graduate Center) Event Description: Join the Futures Initiative for a University Worth Fighting For (UWFF) public event. Being a parent and a scholar can feel nearly impossible, yet there are many parents across CUNY’s 25 campuses earning degrees, who…
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Event: CUNY Peer Leaders Spring 2024 Showcase
This year’s cohort of CUNY Peer Leaders present their humanities and social justice oriented projects (attend in-person or online) Event Description: The CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) is a community-based program that supports CUNY undergraduate scholarship and creative work in the humanities and supports them in developing leadership skills to implement within their communities and colleges.…
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“Average is Better than Luxury: A Financial Literacy and Personal Budgeting Presentation” with FI Budget Manager Celi Lebron
CPL Director Lauren Melendez opened our meetup on March 1, 2024 at the Graduate Center framing today’s session on financial literacy. She noted that some of the topics, like financial literacy, in these meetups are topics that are pertinent but are not typically talked about in college. She kicked off the meetup with an entry…
