Thur 2/27 Know Your Rights Workshop & Screening of The Five Demands

“Know Your Rights” Workshop with Gabriella Collantes-Woods, SEEK Program
Feb. 27, 12:30-2 pm, A-209
This interactive Workshop is open to faculty, staff, and students.

Organizers: Benjamin Heim Shepard , PhD, LMSW (Human Service Department); Juan L. Rivera-Correa, Ph,D (Biology Department)and C-chair (HSI Steering Committee); & Gabriella Collantes-Woods. MSEd, LMHC, Doctoral candidate ABD (SEEK Counselor ) and CUNY Undocumented Liaison & DREAM US Scholarship Representative.

Screening of The Five Demands (with discussion), Feb. 27, 2:30-4:30, A-209

This documentary film tells the story of the CCNY students who in 1969 demanded an expanded curriculum that would include Black and Puerto Rican studies. We also learn the fascinating origin story of the SEEK program. The screening, which is sponsored by our PSC Chapter and the CUNY Rising Alliance, directly follows the “Know Your Rights” workshop–in the same room.

Pizza and light refreshments provided.

Resources for Protecting Immigrant Students

City Tech students are covered under The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which means that whatever private information they share with you, or their peer mentors, cannot be shared with anyone else without obtaining written permission from them. However, because of the sensitive nature of immigration-related challenges, it is strongly suggested that whomever the student confides in, even with written permission, the teacher/mentor not share that information with ANYONE.  

CUNY Central’s Office of Undocumented and Immigrant Student Programs has a list of resources, including names of three City Tech campus liaisons: https://www.cuny.edu/current-students/student-affairs/cuny-immigrant-student-success/

At City Tech Gabriella Collantes-Woods in the SEEK program is the immigration contact for undocumented students and Dreamers. Please refer students with questions/concerns regarding immigration to her. To best support our immigrant students, please read the information attached, generously provided by Lauri Aguirre (FYP), and have copies of the QR codes available to all students and peer mentors. 

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