Queensborough Community College chosen as Truth,
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lish department faculty.
“As part of this national
network of campus centers,
and at the intersection
of our many identities
here at Queensborough,
we will support racial
healing by addressing
the biases and misbeliefs
that lead to inequitable
outcomes and experiences
in our community,” Matos
said.
According to AAC&U,
its TRHT Campus Centers
are funded by the Lumina
Foundation, the Meyer
Foundation, Trellis Foundation
and Wiley Education
Services, a division of
Wiley.
“With divisions and
distrust across and
among racial and ethnic
identities rising throughout
our country, we felt as
an institution of higher
learning we must address
the legacies and harm of
racism and bias,” Matos
added. “Queensborough’s
strength is its diversity
and as we educate ourselves,
broaden the understanding
of our lived
experiences, and lead by
example, we will help our
community start to heal.”
Reach reporter Jenna
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BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Queens CUNY recently
partnered with
a national organization
to advance racial equality
and social justice
for its students and the
community at large.
Last month, Queensborough
Community College
announced that the
Association of American
Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U) selected it as a
Truth, Racial Healing and
Transformation (TRHT)
Campus Center. QCC will
be the only New York Citybased
college or university
to host this multi-year
initiative.
QCC will be responsible
for educating, preparing
and inspiring the
next generation of leaders
and flipping the narrative
about race and the racial
hierarchy in the country.
“We are honored to be
selected for this highly
competitive partnership
and privileged to
advance racial equity
and social justice in our
city,” Queensborough
President Dr. Christine
Mangino said. “It is our
responsibility to find and
lead solutions that change
society’s attitudes, beliefs
and actions. Racial healing
occurs when we — all
of us from all races and
all social and economic
backgrounds — work together
to reject hate, build
relationships and find
strength and inspiration
in our differences.”
AAC&U chose the participating
institutions in a
competitive process, with
QCC being one of only 49
TRHT Centers in the nation
and arguably one of
the most diverse colleges
in the country.
Out of 13,000 students,
26% are Black, 25% are
Latinx, 31% are Asian or
Pacific Islanders and 16%
are white. Queensborough
students come from
over 117 countries and
speak over 80 languages.
“As the most diverse
and largest urban university
in the U.S., CUNY
is uniquely positioned to
address the structural
inequities and systemic
racism that persist in our
country and city. We salute
Queensborough Community
College and President
Mangino for this
important selection and
are proud of their commitment
to help our communities
heal, produce
actionable change and
transform students’ lives
by making their paths toward
social mobility more
accessible and equitable,”
CUNY Chancellor Félix V.
Matos Rodríguez said.
QCC joins other educational
institutions like
Brown and Duke Universities,
which have also
partnered with AAC&U
for this program, to address
the historical and
contemporary effects of
racism, break down racialized
practices and
promote transformational
and sustainable change.
Several QCC faculty
members collaborated on
the proposal to become
a TRHT Campus Center,
including Amaris Matos,
executive adviser to the
president for equity at
Queensborough; Laura
Cohen, director of the
Kupferberg Holocaust
Center; Amawati Gonesh,
director of the Advocacy
Resource Center; Mercedes
Franco, mathematics
department faculty
and Danny Sexton, Eng-
CUNY Queensborough Community College campus.
Courtesy of QCC
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