NEWS FROM 68TH AND LEX 
President Jennifer Raab was just listed in the 2018 “Women Power 100” by City & State magazine, coming in at number 54 alongside other women who are helping to make a change from their different platforms. Some of the women on the list were ones who rose to power in politics after the recent midterm elections, some are presidents of other colleges, and some are CEOs.
Introduced as a “living example of resistance to hate,” Judge Nelson A. Diaz recounted his path from public housing in Harlem to becoming a leading political activist for the Puerto Rican community in Philadelphia at a talk hosted last week by Centro, the college’s center for Puerto Rican studies.
Freshman, alumni and super-seniors alike came to perform at The Olive Tree Review’s open mic night last week, presenting original poetry, excerpts of novels, songs and even a few freestyle raps.
As the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment gains momentum, one of its prominent leaders joins the Roosevelt House as Director of the Human Rights Program.
Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal, an experimental, free-jazz group native to Brooklyn and Manhattan, performed at the Black Box Theater last week as the second installment of the music department’s “New Topologies” series.
