Wednesday, April 28th was SAME’s (Students Advancing Marriage Equality) Day of Action, during which members went down the City’s marriage license clerk’s office and posted signs protesting against the state’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages and their rights as equal citizens. Two rounds of activists paid the clerk’s office a visit. Here are some pictures [...]

Despite today’s unexpected rain, members of Alma’s List, the women’s caucus umbrella group of the College Democrats, set up a table in Lerner to gather petition signatures in a continued effort to push for the Reproductive Health Act in New York. Women, men, young, and old expressed their support of the bill. Here’s a recap. [...]

Yesterday during the marvelously warm afternoon, members of the Activist Council’s Students Advancing Marriage Equality (SAME) marched in the St. Pat’s for All parade in Sunnyside, Queens. The St. Pat’s for All parade was created as an all-inclusive alternative to New York City’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, which excludes LGBTQ groups from registering to [...]

Last Thursday, February 11th, Activist Council hosted its first event to kick off the full-fledged campaign for marriage equality in New York state. From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M., students and activists gathered on Low Plaza to sign Valentine’s Day cards to Queens Senator Joe Addabbo shaming him for his vote against marriage equality and proclaiming their support of equal marriage [...]

By James Downie Five months ago, in passing the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the House finally passed a key piece of legislation in the fight for better access to higher education, cutting a huge subsidy to the student loan industry, and redirecting the spending into Pell Grants and lower loan interest rates. [...]