CLIMATE POLICY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM EXPANDS TO SECOND CAMPUS member of the Colin Powell School Board of Visitors, envisioned this as the logical next step to increasing the impact of the program, created in 2019 to increase the diversity of the environmental policy space. Twenty-one FAMU students were chosen this past fall as the inaugural cohort.
Thanks to a generous grant from the HeisingSimons Foundation, Florida A&M University became the first partner institution for CCNY’s Climate Policy Fellows program. Eric O’Rear, PhD, a 2008 FAMU alumnus and a senior analyst with Rhodium Group in the Energy and Climate Practice, directs the program, along with CCNY Alumnus Trevor Houser, director of the CCNY program. Houser, who is also a
The Climate Policy Fellows Program is designed to introduce undergraduates to the linkage of engineering, economics, and climate relatedscience to public policy. Students receive training, professional development, internship opportunities, and participate in intensive workshops led by national and international climate policy experts. The program finished its third year at the Colin Powell School in 2022-23, and it has become one of the most competitive fellowship programs on campus.
BIANCA GUERRERO SERVES AS INAUGURAL RACIAL JUSTICE LEADER-IN-RESIDENCE This past year, we welcomed Bianca Guerrero as the inaugural Racial Justice Leader-in-Residence. Their role was to develop and support racial justice initiatives at the school, including the Racial Justice Fellows Program, which launched during the national uprising following the murder of George Floyd and aims to prepare fellows to build anti-racist movements and organizations. Guerrero’s role included organizing public events, research, performances, and experiential learning opportunities for students. Among the events that they organized were a panel on the
30
THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
importance and possibility of free tuition at CUNY, situating it within a broader context of student movements; and a panel which brought together union members and advocates to discuss building power through solidarity with one’s coworkers. They also taught the class Gender and Sexuality in NY Politics in the spring semester. One of the most fascinating projects Guerrero led connected to their own independent study, which focuses on quilts and social movements. Over 12 weeks, Guerrero led a community quilt project, in which students learned to sew and created a mini-quilt of their own design. Many of their works honor their personal or college experiences, while other works reflect their future goals. In the spring, they presented a community quilt built by
