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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎙️ FI Podcast Ep 1:9 — “Riisearch & Blackqueer Placemaking at the People’s Beach” is out! FI is excited to share a new episode of the FI Podcast featuring Jah Elyse Sayers in conversation with host Shelly Eversley. Listen now:https://lnkd.in/gpTd6G4V

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

And that's a wrap! Thanks for following our event. #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Caneia Brown, a core member of PP4CE, is a Brooklyn-born advocate, activist, and community-based participatory action researcher committed to advancing cultural equity for families and youth. #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Caneia Brown: “Art for me was passed down through lineage, through generations.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Christopher Colón: “Art was a way for me to escape.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ash Marinaccio, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary documentarian and visual storyteller working in theatre, photography, and film. She is dedicated to storytelling highlighting the socio-political issues defining our times and regularly works throughout the United States and internationally. #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ash Marinaccio, PhD: “We want...the people who are represented in our work to have the mic.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Let these communities make what they want.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What do equitable futures for arts and culture look like?

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Britney Moreira, MPhil: “There are just some things you can't communicate in the form of an interview [or] in the form of a survey.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

How do you use art as a tool of research? #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Christopher Colón is a visual artist, and scholar-activist from Brooklyn, NY. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Urban Education program at the Graduate Center.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Christopher Colón: “I use art and photography to talk about things we take for granted.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Britney Moreira, MPhil is a PhD candidate in Critical Psychology and a Futures Initiative fellow. Her research examines criminal and juvenile (in)justice and its impact on Black adolescent development

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Art is a valid form of communication.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Christopher Colón: “Sometimes we use words that don't represent the reality on the ground.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Christopher Colón: “I think money is important, but it's also important to center your passion.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Britney Moreira, MPhil: “Sometimes people just want to tell their story; they want to be heard.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

PP4CE workshop to be followed by a brilliant panel of scholars, professors and students. #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

PP4CE is a collective of Bedford-Stuyvesant mothers, caregivers, and grandparents conducting community-based participatory action research through their project Creative Pathways in Bed-Stuy. #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our wonderful attendees are getting started with an engaging workshop led by Parent Power for Cultural Equity (PP4CE). #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our University Worth Fighting For event, Arts, Inquiry, Action: Creative Methods, Community Knowledge & Scholarship, is starting in 15 minutes! Follow along using #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last call! Join us tomorrow, Thurs. May 7, from 5–7 PM at the GC for Art, Justice, and Research. Food will be served! RSVP today; link in the bio! Please spread the word! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu @psc-cuny.org @cdha.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I've started a new blogging series @hastac.bsky.social: "Intelligent Artifice." I explore how we can think with, through, and sometimes despite AI ...and exercise agency, responsibility, and human intelligence in an automated world. hastac.hcommons.org

Banner for "Intelligent Artifice," a new blog series on HASTAC Commons by Cathy N Davidson

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

FI Founder @cathyndavidson.bsky.social will deliver the opening keynote, "Artificial Learning and Assessment," with Harvard physicist and Perusall cofounder Eric Mazur on Tuesday, May 5, 1-2pm EST. “How To Assess Student Learning in the Age of AI”) reserve here: www.perusall.com/exchange.

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Luke Waltzer @lukewaltzer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Here's @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartalameo on @futuresed.bsky.social podcast discussing "The Campus Crisis Toolkit" with Shelly Eversley during their visit to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social last month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=an-L...

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FI Podcast Ep 1:6 - “Campus Crisis Toolkit”

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

UWFF: Art. Justice. Research. 🗓️ May 7th, 5 pm - 7 pm Join us for the next University Worth Fighting For event exploring how creative practice connects with community, research, and social change. Refreshments will be provided 🍌🍇🥑🍓 #UWFF #ArtAndJustice #CreativeCommunity #PublicScholarship

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HASTAC @hastac.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Rachael Mulvihill (@rachaelvm454.bsky.social) Rachael V. Mulvihill is a PhD Candidate in the Literary and Cultural Studies program at Carnegie Mellon University. To read more about Rachael, follow this link: tinyurl.com/2ne96cey

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

FINAL CALL: GC PhD Students — Apply Today! ⏰ Application Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from CUNY Graduate Center PhD students in any field for the 2026–2027 Graduate Fellowship. Apply now: Link in the bio!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🎙️ Stay tuned! FI Podcast Ep 1:6 — “Campus Crisis Toolkit” will go live next Tuesday, March 17. Open your eyes. Raise your voice. Listen up. Faculty, students, and administrators — this one’s for all of us. @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #HigherEd #FuturesInitiative #CampusCrisisToolkit

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HASTAC @hastac.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Grace Dignazio Grace Dignazio is an interdisciplinary scholar and MFA candidate in Creative Writing at The New School in New York City. To read more about Grace, follow this link: tinyurl.com/mrr8w4zu

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HASTAC @hastac.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Elisa Castro Elisa is a post-graduate fellow with the Transborder Digital Humanities Consortium at UTSA, where her research focuses on migration, archival studies, and transborder digital humanities. To read more about Elisa, follow this link: tinyurl.com/y36d9by7

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

FI Podcast Ep 1:5 — “Teaching to Transform.” Christina Katopodis & Jason Hendrickson on student-centered teaching, rehumanizing education, and why humanities matter now more than ever. Listen here: futuresinitiative.org/2026/02/16/f... #HigherEd #Teaching #CUNY #FuturesInitiative

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, four Graduate Center couples reflect on how they found and deepened their love through their Ph.D. journeys www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @saraskin.bsky.social

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🎓📘 The Futures Initiative (FI) is excited to co-sponsor a special event with the Teaching and Learning Center at The Graduate Center to celebrate the launch of The Campus Crisis Toolkit on February 20 tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/01/20/f...

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Luke Waltzer @lukewaltzer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Both events will be in person 2/20 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. The evening panel will be livestreamed. Hosted by @gctlc.bsky.social, co-sponsored by @futuresed.bsky.social, supported by @mellon.org.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

With the #SuperBowl approaching #thisSunday, this is a timely moment to reflect on our episode’s exploration of culture, identity, and community, check on our clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxzTG4U_BvTVU5Gdhs1sSNMHJRIQSMglTR?si=W5RpFjz1O4WlXb5H #futureinitiatives #cuny #badbunny

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🎉🎧 Episode 4 of the Futures Initiative Podcast is now available! 🎶📚 What can Puerto Rican Studies—and Bad Bunny’s music—teach us about the future of research? ▶️ Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQw... #PuertoRicanStudies #FuturesInitiative #Decolonization #HigherEd #BadBunny

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FI Podcast Ep 1:4 - “Learning from Bad Bunny and El Centro”

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

📣✨ Call for Proposals! ✨📣 The Futures Initiative (FI) is now accepting proposals for team-taught graduate courses (AY 2026–2027) 🎓🤝 🗓️ Preliminary deadline: Feb 27, 2026⏰ 🔗 Apply via link in bio! #FuturesInitiative #CUNY #TeamTeaching #GraduateEducation #HigherEdEquity

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🎙️🌈 FI Podcast — Episode 3 is here! 🌈🎙️ In Episode 1:3, our incredible guests Dr. Matt Brim and Dr. Kevin Nadal, Ph.D., with Dr.Shelly Eversley: 👉 Why is Queer Studies for everybody? 📅 Premiering December 16 ▶️ Watch on our YouTube channel: lnkd.in/eDg5hEFi 🎧 Or listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📣✨ Call for Proposals! ✨📣 The Futures Initiative (FI) is now accepting proposals for team-taught graduate courses (AY 2025–2026) 🎓🤝 🗓️ Preliminary deadline: Feb 28, 2025 ⏰ 🔗 Apply via link in bio! #FuturesInitiative #CUNY #TeamTeaching #GraduateEducation #HigherEdEquity

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🔥🔥🔥 Big news! The FI HASTAC Scholars now has its own Instagram account: @hastac_official 📲✨ 🤝🤝🤝 Meet the HASTAC Scholars Co-Directors ✨ @belizeanlinguist ✨ @tatibertolucci Follow along for: 📚 highlights from HASTAC Scholars events 🎤 scholar spotlights & voices #CUNY #HASTACScholars

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎉❤️ WE DID IT! THANK YOU! ❤️🎉 ❤️We hit $12,000 in donations!❤️ 💛 Although Giving Tuesday has officially ended, our donation link is still open until December 31st! 👉 Donation link: www.givegab.com/campaigns/futures-i… #GivingTuesday #CUNY #PublicEducation

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HASTAC Scholars @hastacscholars.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

FINAL CALL: Scan the QR code or click the link in bio to apply for the 2026-2027 HASTAC Scholars Program by EOD today, December 5th! #education #highereducation #stem #stemeducation #science #technology #humanities #fellowship #scholarship #academia #collaboration

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social : “It's for everyone...to understand students need to be celebrated.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Lesly Ramirez Melchor: “Talking about immigration doesn't always have to be bad.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social: “Learning how to navigate this ethically, but it's about putting [immigrants'] voices at the center.” #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

What does solidarity look like across immigrant and non-immigrant communities in academic spaces? #uwff

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Cynthia Carvajal, PhD: “It's important for U.S. citizens to know this information.” #uwff

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