Give A Damn CCNY

05/08/2017

Want to find out how you'll be impacted by current issues and policies? Trying to take action on campus? Pull up tomorrow!

05/05/2017

CCNY's CityServ, located in NAC 1/210, is an initiative run by CCNY to "help surrounding communities." Get involved and improve Harlem- if not for anyone else, do it for yourself.

05/05/2017

Hey CCNY! The house passed the American Healthcare Act Today, this is what it means for you:

-states could opt out of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including one that requires insurers to provide a minimum set of health benefits, such as maternity care and emergency services, and another that prohibits them from charging higher premiums based on a person’s health status.
-cut the taxes of high-income people by nearly $300 billion
-Medicaid cuts would total $880 billion over 10 years.

Are you effected by this? Act now and visit www.giveablankccny.wordpress.com

Here are some of the terms of the bill to repeal and replace large portions of the Affordable Care Act, which is up for a House vote.

05/03/2017

Wonder Why You Have A DGAF Attitude & Don't Think Issues Impact You? It's Probably Because the News Is Playing You. Learn How to Combat Fake News and Secure Your Future with A News Literacy Initiative Launched with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, storyful, and Moat.

Technology companies partner with CUNY to establish domain database to track proliferation of misinformation and extremist propaganda

05/03/2017

Be like PAC and take action against the issues that affect you. Tupac might just be remembered as a rapper, but he was an education and anti politic violence activist.

04/26/2017

Civic engagement's a bad and boujie term- but what does it mean?

Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.

04/26/2017

Climate change is real, and it's not going anywhere folks. CCNY students might think, hey, this won't effect me? Sure, it won't effect you, if you know how to swim.

Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening, and that carbon emissions should be scaled back. But fewer are sure that it will harm them personally.