Fordham’s West Wing Collaborates with Community Activist Majora Carter

By TASNIMAH RAHMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The West Wing went to The Boogie Down Grind Cafe on March 7 to sit with author, urban revitalization strategist, MacArthur Fellow, Peabody

Award-winning broadcaster and community activist Majora Carter.

The West Wing is an Integrated Learning Community (ILC) of Ignatian Leadership and Civic Service for sophomores and juniors of Fordham College at Rose Hill and the Gabelli

School of Business. Carter is the co-owner of the Boogie Down Grind located in Hunts Point, and she spoke to West Wing members on how to be efficient community partners.

Carter authored the famous

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Women’s History Week. From there, the movement spread across the country.

In February 1980, after the National Women’s History Project lobbied for national recognition, President Jimmy Carter made the week of March 8 National Women’s History Week. This continued until March of 1987 when Congress passed additional legislation requesting that the president proclaim March as Women’s History Month. Now, since 1995, presidents have issued annual proclamations designating March as Women’s History Month.

Before Women’s History Month, the United Nations

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Resident Assistant Union Passes

By ISABEL DANZIS EDITOR IN CHIEF

Fordham Resident Assistants (RAs) voted 47-19 to ratify the Fordham Resident Assistants Union (FRA) in a formal vote with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on March 21. The vote effectively forces the university to recognize the union following the university’s refusal to acknowledge the group in February.

“We are extremely excited to have won our union today! We couldn’t without the support of our fellow RAs and OPEIU Local 153. After winning our union 47 to 19, we