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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Leading as a Collective
On November 19, the intensity of the semester could be felt from the CUNY Peer Leaders, which is usual at this time. Prior to the meet-up, facilitator Chinyere Okafor recommended that we invite Leader Malachi Davidson (Baruch College) to facilitate a section. Malachi introduced the exquisite corpse, a collaborate method which writers write one by…
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Leadership and Expertise
Over the years, the first blog prompt was about expectations for the academic year. Students wrote about their fears, excitement, and everything in between. As directors, we provided encouragement and support while welcoming them into the program. This year, we decided to do something different. As a critical thinking professor, the final essay I assign…
