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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“Graduate School, Career and Professional Development” Feb 16, 2024 CPL Meetup with Rod Hurley
Opening the CPL meetup on February 16, 2024, Director Lauren Melendez introduced the topic of professional development, which includes school and education, experience in the workforce, and the ultimate goal of taking a degree into a field—be it graduate school or directly onto a career path. Director Melendez connected the conversation about professional development to…
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December 2023 CPL Meetup with Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman
Originally posted on the CPL website. Gathering in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room for the last CPL meetup of the year on December 15, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders welcomed a guest speaker: Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman. Dr. Clark-Vaisman serves as Academic Director of the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Program (the “CUNY BA”),…
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CUNY Peer Leaders Share Their NYC Soundscapes in November Meetup
On November 3, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered in person at the Graduate Center and presented their recorded soundscapes, reflections on the exercise, and album art. This gathering was a follow-up to the October 6 meetup, when the leaders learned about soundscapes from Facilitator Kelsey Milian. The meeting started, as most do, with a…
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Exploring Our Environments and Lives Through Sound Waves: CPL October Meetup
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders convened on Zoom for two hours with CPL Facilitator Kelsey Milian, Coordinator Jackie Cahill, and Director Lauren Melendez, who dialed in from the 2023 Mellon Conference at USF. Facilitator Kelsey Milian Lopez, who is pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the CUNY Graduate Center, guided participants…
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Starting an Inspiring Year with the CUNY Peer Leaders
This blog was originally posted by Humanities Alliance Senior Research Associate Dr. Christina Katopodis on the CUNY Peer Leaders website on August 29, 2023. On August 23, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) convened in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room to kick off the 2023-2024 academic year. CPL Director Lauren Melendez began the day by making brief…
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Event (5/19/23): CUNY Peer Leaders Spring 2023 Showcase (Theme: Mental Health)
Date and time Friday, May 19 · 3 – 5pm EDT Location The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue Rooms 9205/9206 New York, NY 10016 United States https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cuny-peer-leaders-spring-2023-showcase-tickets-617799694517 Join the CUNY Peer Leaders as they showcase sneak previews of their student-designed projects centered around this year’s theme of “Mental Health.” CUNY Peer Leaders is a community-based…
