Contact Information
events@slu.cuny.edu
Main: 212-642-2029
The Murphy Institute offers workshops and seminars that build the capacity of working-class people to engage at all levels of the democratic process. As corporate interests hold increasingly greater sway in national politics, the Institute provides educational resources to enable working-class voters and communities to exercise the influence concomitant with their numbers.
Current Courses
Electoral Activism & Leadership Academy Class
Each Fall, the Murphy Institute provides space for the Latino Leadership Institute to host a series of classes on the electoral process and civic activism. The series seeks to empower Latinos and other minority groups by increasing their participation in the democratic process by training, organizing and mobilizing leaders. Visit the Latino Leadership Institute website for more information.
Civic Engagement and Leadership Development Series
Each Spring the Murphy Institute hosts a popular civic engagement program on Saturdays. Each session features CUNY faculty and veteran practitioners with years of experience and expertise in civic leadership, electoral politics, the history of mass movements and policy making at the local, state and national levels of government. Registration for this course opens in January.
Divided Results: Voting and Partisan Gerrymandering
Election Debrief: An Interview with Harold Meyerson
Unions, Workers, and the Democratic Party Excerpt