Public Engagement

The Center for Public Engagement at the CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies brings together academics, public intellectuals, union and community leaders/activists, policy makers, journalists, and artists to examine:

• The full range of issues that bear on the social and cultural life of workers and working-class communities
• Domestic and international movements for social and economic justice
• Public policy and political developments as they affect poor and working-class communities
• Global and domestic experimentation and strategy to advance economic democracy and equality
• Domestic and international unions’ efforts to halt climate change, and advance environmental sustainability and energy democracy.

The Center:

• Publishes New Labor Forum, an award-winning national journal
• Organizes a plethora of public programming attended annually by over 1,500 people
• Offers seminars, workshops and trainings in organized labor’s role in addressing climate change, economic democracy, and civic engagement & leadership development.