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Educators Gav Meiri and Naomi Braine Examine CUNY's Repression of Palestine Supporters 

 
 
CUNY for Palestine
 
Photo taken in May of CUNY students have TAKEN OVER THE EAST QUAD LAWN at Brooklyn College, demanding the school meet the CUNY 5 Demands: Disclose + Divest, Boycott, Solidarity, Demilitarize, and A People’s CUNY. Credit cuny4palistine.
 
In May of 2025, CUNY students took over the East Lawn at Brooklyn College, demanding the school meet their 5 Demands: Disclose + Divest, Boycott, Solidarity, Demilitarize, and A People’s CUNY.
Instagram photo credit cuny4palestine.
 

Brooklyn College during Pro-Palestine ProtestPhoto credit in instagram: masyouthcenter

Brooklyn College during Pro-Palestine Encampment

Photo credit in instagram: masyouthcenter

In the past year, educators and students all over the U.S. have been faced with repression of speech, particularly on the issue of the Israeli-US genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River. Out-FM's Pauline Park and Naomi Brussel interviewed educators Gav Meiri and Naomi Braine about the attacks on faculty and students at Brooklyn College and other sectors of the City University of New York (CUNY). Gav Meiri of Educators for Palestine discusses the situation of CUNY faculty and students who support Palestine. Naomi Braine, a sociology professor at Brooklyn College, discusses her role as a supporter of both Palestinian rights and student rights.

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Tune into Out-FM on Tues., November 11, 2025 from 8:00-9:00 pm ET, on​ WBAI/NY​, 99.5 FM​, or livestreaming at wbai.org/listen-live

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Trump Attacks on the Transgender Community
Trans journalist Erin Reed
 
On tonight's show, transgender activist Pauline Park will be speaking with noted transgender journalist Erin Reed about Donald Trump's ongoing attacks on the transgender community, including executive orders concerning gender-affirming care for trans youth and the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's directive concerning gender markers on passports; Reed will also update listeners on the controversy concerning Boston's Fenway health clinic.
 
Resource:
Erin in the Morning: News and discussion on trans legislation and life
 
Music:
"Leaving on a Jet Plane," by John Denver, song by Peter, Paul & Mary 
 
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Tribute to Latino AIDS Activist Jairo Pedraza

In this segment, Bob Lederer of Out-FM (and an ACT UP veteran) speaks with longtime AIDS activist Alfredo González. Alfredo pays tribute to his life partner, Jairo Pedraza, a Colombian immigrant who passed on in June 2025. In the 1990s, Jairo was a key leader of ACT UP/New York's Latina/Latino Caucus and a spearhead of NYC initiatives to support immigrants -- particularly those from Latin America -- living with HIV. He also became a leader of people with HIV worldwide, with a strong commitment to achieving treatment access to those in the Global South. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACT UP Latina/Latino Caucus; Jairo is at right

 

Resources:

ACT UP Oral History Project:

Latina/Latino Caucus

Luis Vera, Jairo Pedraza & Alfredo González

Sound file: Latina/o Caucus Panel at 30 Years of ACT UP/NY Conference (2017) (scroll down to PEOPLE OF COLOR and LATINO/A CAUCUS PRESENTATIONS)

Organizing the ACT UP Latina/o Caucus (2025)

ACT UP’s Latino Caucus Reunites (2025)