Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership

As we approach the one-year anniversary of moving remotely, I reflect on the peaks and valleys that I experienced during this time. More strength, patience, stillness, and a deep appreciation of life comes to mind. We are all each other’s brother and sister's keeper, and strive to spread more love, empathy, and respect for one another. Let's keep moving forward towards new possibilities, new experiences, and new beginnings. We got this! - Kendra Wright, Finance Director ...at the #Cpowellschool How have these last 12 months changed you? Share your feeling or reflections in the comments: #hellomarch #oneyearofcovid #covidmemorieschallenge #pandemicthoughts #grateful #MissingCampus #newnormal #cpowellshool

Don’t miss out! Join us tomorrow, 03/02 at 12:30 pm for Leading for Social Change at a Critical Time: Lessons from the Frontlines of 2020 Fights for Democracy and Black Lives" To work on race, equity and justice is to deal with permanent crisis, but the past year has been a perfect storm of reckoning with racial violence and white supremacy, assaults on the basic practices of democracy, and a pandemic that yet again laid bare the fundamental inequities of the American econom...y while the existential threat of climate change looms larger than ever, after four years of government neglect and denialism. How have organizations and coalitions managed to weather all the grief, fear, rage and divisiveness while changing the terms of debate, staving off authoritarianism and winning key victories. What leadership qualities are needed to hold us together in times like this? Our host speakers: - Rahna Epting Executive Director, Move On - Maurice Mitchell National Director, Working Families Party - Gara LaMarche President and CEO, The Democracy Alliance Senior Fellow and Instructor at the #Cpowellschool RSVP here: http://bit.ly/3q7Sbbs

Mark your calendar! Join us this Friday, March 5th at 2:30 pm for @mpaccny's program information session! Applications are open for fall 2021 cohort. Come and meet the staff, ask questions, and learn how to apply.... LINK IN BIO or Copy and Paste this link: https://bit.ly/37M3lN1

Bye Bye College! Don't forget to apply for graduation! the deadline to apply for this Spring 2021 graduation is February 28th For more information, visit: ... http://bit.ly/SpringGraduationCCNY The City College of New York

A message from Bobby Derival, Executive Director of Master's in Public Administration Program at CCNY citing Michelle Obama

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President." Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. #democracy

I can no longer call myself a fellow Republican," said former Secretary of State Colin Powell as he weighed in on the storming of the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. "We need people who will speak the truth," he said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgEU7qIYzhI

Stacey Abrams, Founder of Fair Fight, which promotes free and fair elections in Georgia and across the country, was a driving force in this week's history-making Senate run-off elections in Georgia. This was the inspiring message that she had for the Colin Powell School's 2020 graduating class. #changeagent #votingrights