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Queens Community Board #2 Meeting, 6 December 2018

CUNY Board of Trustees Hearing

3 December 2018

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/3/headlines/nyc_students_protest_cuny_board_chairs_support_for_amazon_hq

https://licpost.com/cuny-board-stifles-student-protests-to-amazon-deal-during-hearing

Amazon in Long Island City: A Teach In

Organized by Prof. Karen Miller, LaGuardia Community College, 28 November 2018

Introduction: Filip Stabrowski, Professor of Anthropology and Geography, LaGuardia Community College.
• Steve Lang, Professor of Sociology, LaGuardia Community College.
• Celia Weaver, Policy and Research Director, New York Communities for Change (NYCC)
• Josh Kellermann, Director of Public Policy at the Retail Wholesale Department Store Union (RWDSU).
• Jake Streich-Kest, The Alliance for a Greater New York, (ALIGN).

Introduction: Arianna Martinez, Professor of Sociology and Geography, LaGuardia Community College, member of Queens Neighborhood United (QNU)
• Jonathan Bailey, Queens Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
• Stephen Petrus, Historian at LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
• Bettina Damiani, CUNY’s School of Labor and Urban Studies and formerly of Good Jobs New York.
• Amy Herzog, Professor of Media Studies, Queens College.

Introduction: Karen Miller, Professor of History, LaGuardia Community College
• Doug Henwood, journalist and producer/host of Behind the News.
• Sabrina Jalal, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, and Queensbridge residents.
• Zack Lerner, Senior Director of Labor Organizing, NYCC.
• Julia Salazar, State Senator from Brooklyn.
• Ron Kim, New York State Assembly member from Queens.