Urban Studies Master’s student Dani Lopez is a co-founder of Lulo, a free app that makes grocery shopping with WIC benefits much easier: You can see exactly which products are covered. Dani takes a professional interest in making bureaucracies more efficient — and her own family used WIC when she was a baby. “It’s kind of like all my life has brought me here,” she said. Read more
Joana Oliveras, a Bronx native and custodial assistant, transformed her life by enrolling in SLU’s Labor Studies B.A. program. After being laid off from a corporate job while pregnant, Joana embraced her passion for learning. Encouraged by her union’s partnership with SLU, she pursued higher education, balancing work and family. Read more.
CUNY SLU has developed programs in collaboration with unions, municipal agencies, and community groups. Many students take advantage of employer, union, and other benefits to cover the cost of their tuition. With Bachelor’s, Master’s, and certificate programs in labor studies and urban studies, we prepare students for impactful careers. Learn more.
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Join us this March and April for a CELD virtual event series on the challenges of building progressive working-class politics in 2025. Leaders from labor and progressive groups will share how they’re confronting today’s realities and explore new strategies and directions for organizing and advancing social change. Read more.
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