A Report From the Charlottesville, Race, and Pace Event
Wednesday night, in the Multipurpose Room of the Kessel Student Center on Pace University’s Pleasantville campus, students and faculty alike came together to participate in a discussion on the events that unfolded in Charlottesville, race, and how that affects the…
Jenny’s Experience the Miles for Meals 5K
The Food Bank of Westchester devotes the entire month of September, Hunger Action Month, to raise awareness about the 200,000 residents in the Westchester who are lacking the resources for food. Although the United States is a developed country, we…
How to Help after Hurricanes Irma & Maria
On September 7th, Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and Florida; on the 20th, Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, adding to the catastrophic impacts from the first storm to hit the island. The recovery efforts have just…
Natalie’s 9/11 Day of Service
Sixteen years ago on September 11th, the sky went dark and with it so did the many faces around me in class. 9/11 will be a day that went down in history, and many lives were changed that day. No…
Hurricane Harvey: What You Can Do
On Friday, August 25th, a devastating Hurricane hit the southern coast of the United States, dropping an estimated 27 trillion gallons of rain over Texas and Louisiana. We don’t yet know the full extent of the damage Hurricane Harvey has…
Responding to Charlottesville
We stand by President Krislov’s condemnation of the bigotry and hatred exhibited at the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA, this past weekend. We’ve compiled a collection of resources for the Pace community – from educational links to information…
Jenny Marbella: CCAR PLV’s Brand New Marketing Intern!
We would like you to give a warm welcome to the Center for Community Action and Research’s new Marketing Intern, Jenny Marbella! Please give her a high five when you see her around campus this summer while she works as…
2016-2017 SERVICE & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT RECOGNITION
Each year, Pace University students, faculty, and staff contribute over 85,000 hours of service to their local and global communities through volunteering, service-learning (Civic Engagement and Public Values courses), advocacy, activism, and non-profit internships. Pace’s commitment to service and civic…
#EverydayActivism Feature: Associate Director Heather Novak
For the #EVERYDAYACTIVISM challenge, I spent the last six months with one focus: purchase only recycled clothing. It is estimated that Americans buy more than 80 billion new items of clothing each year, and we are throwing away 13 million…
ALUMNUS ACTIVIST SPOTLIGHT: ROBERTO CHAVEZ ’13
Roberto C. Chavez (“Berto”) is an educator, activist, and poet with a background in history, theatre, and social justice. Roberto has a love for letter-writing and journaling, as well as examining how we document the past and present, how do…
