Are you curious about the so-called migrant ‘crisis’ in New York? Maybe you are looking for ways to get involved and help our new community members navigate NYC?

This week will mark almost two years of the Adams’ administration failing new asylum seekers in New York.

CUNY students involved in mutual aid have mobilized at the Graduate Center to meet the needs of our new community members living in migrant shelters in midtown and beyond.

We want to invite all CUNY involved folks (workers, students, faculty, everyone) to learn about the incredible organizing that has been done and ways new volunteers can plug in to support our new neighbors.

On January 29, 2024 – leaving from the Graduate Center– at 10:30 am from Room 5495 we will take a tour to Roosevelt Hotel, the newly arrived migrant intake center at (45 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017), and then to a migrant shelter near the GC. Afterwards at 12:30, we will hold a brief conversation on the work done so far at CUNY with the asylum seeker community we’ve supported so far back at the Dominican Studies group office (5492). Refreshments will be provided. This event is sponsored by the DGSC Dominican Studies Group at the GC.

Please email Diane Enobabor ([email protected]) or Mariel Acosta Matos ([email protected]) for more information and to RSVP.

All activities will start in the DGSC student lounge at 5495! Everyone is welcome and you can join us during the tour or workshop at any time!