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The Commons in Exile has been set up on the 1st floor of the GC

On the 21st of August, Graduate Center President Robin Garrell sent out an email under the title “Dining Commons, Food Pantry and Food Services Update.” In this email she announced […]

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Help keep the People’s Pantry going!

Dear friends, As we transition into summer, please consider making a small donation to help keep the People’s Pantry afloat. While many of us may be away from the GC, […]

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Reclaim the Commons in Homo Politicus

Check out the latest issue of Homo Politicus, the GC Political Science Department’s news letter. There’s a piece about Reclaim the Commons that starts on page 10.

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People’s Pantry low on funds

Since February, the People’s Pantry has provided much needed nourishment to many members of the GC community. As we near the end of semester, members of the GC community who […]

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What a week at the GC!

This has been quite a week, folks. Monday 4/24 we had our union chapter meeting and voted to approve a set of GC demands we want to organize around and […]

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Palestine solidarity

Last week, CUNY4Palestine’s occupation timeline at Borough of Manhattan Community College was taken down to appease Zionist professors. Reclaim the Commons organizers have reprinted it and put it up in […]

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Another attack on the People’s Commons

Community, we are outraged. During spring break, Graduate Center Human Resources administrators removed the Dirty Laundry #tendedero (clothesline) from the 8th floor Reclaimed Commons, a project which bore witness to […]

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Sostre’s Back!

On Monday, April 10, Reclaim the Commons organizers (re)installed the posters from Martin Sostre’s Afro-Asian Bookshop in Exile exhibition in the display cases on the first floor of the Graduate […]

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May Day Organizing Dinner Report

Last Friday, March 31, we had a CUNY-wide organizing dinner in the People’s Commons. About a hundred people from about ten CUNY campuses came together to connect, share our struggles, […]

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The history of the Graduate Center Dining Commons

Check out this awesome article on the history of the GC dining commons, going all the way back to the 70s when the institution was located on 42nd Street.