La Lucha: The Save Hostos Movement
The Save Hostos Movement Online Exhibit commemorates the activists who fought to create and save Hostos Community College in the South Bronx.
The Movement
The Save Hostos Movement (CUNY) was a mass struggle from 1973-1978 by students, staff, faculty and the South Bronx community to secure facilities and prevent the closure of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College during New York City’s fiscal crisis. Their occupation, protest and political tactics won the college's future.
For five years, the Save Hostos Movement united the campus and community in three separate campaigns to acquire space, stop proposed closure of the college, and fund renovations of the 500 Building. This diverse coalition's struggle for educational equity through Hostos, the sole bilingual community college in the region, demonstrated the South Bronx's resolve. The movement profoundly shaped Hostos' culture of activism and coalition-building for access to higher education and justice.
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Gerald Meyer was a founding faculty member at Hostos Community College. He played a key role in keeping the college open during the 1970s fiscal crisis as chair of the Save Hostos Committee. Meyer established the Gay and Lesbian Club, Hostos Solidarity Coalition, and The Circle of 100 Scholarship and Emergency Fund during his decades of service. Gerald Gerald Gerald Gerald
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Educating for Diversity Grant made possible by the Ms. MacKenzie Scott's Gift: President's Initiatives.