Contents of this page:
Upcoming Events — Mission Statement — New Adopted NYSEC Positions — PIC on the Air — 5 Ideas-in-Brief — Welcome to the Message Board — Videos of Guest Speakers
Sunday Afternoon, 1:45 PM, 4th floor
The CUNY Faculty Union Movement with
Dr. Alex S. Vitale
Member of the Executive Council, Professional Staff Congress CUNY
The Congress represents 20,000 faculty and professional staff at the City University of New York. As part of this position, Dr. Vitale helps to oversee the union's legislative strategy and political operation. He also serves as a Director of the NY State United Teachers PAC, which presents close to 600,000 education professionals throughout the state. Professor Vitale is in the Sociology Department at Brooklyn College, where he teaches courses in Criminology, Sociology of Law, and Social Movements. His new book is entitled City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics.
Mission Statement
The Public Issues Committee's mission is to develop positions and take action on America's stance regarding war and peace, and the ethical questions at the frontiers of science, and family care. PIC's stand on labor is a work in progress. At the May 6, 2007 Annual Meeting members overwhelmingly ratified five PIC positions previously adopted by the New York Society for Ethical Culture's Board of Trustees. For a summary, click on: public-issues-committee/ideas.
For New NYSEC Positions on Iran and Paid Sick Leave
click on: http://www.nysec.org/sitemap/ethical-action/action-alert/
PIC on the Air
Ethics on the Air:
An Ethical Way to Common Ground: Can the Needs of America's Diverse Families Lead to a Politics of Consensus?
Abe Markman, Chair, PIC, interviewed byDr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross on WBAI,
November 23, 2007 Listen now
