February 6, 1971 Letter from the Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College President Office Announcing the formation of the New Organization
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PUERTO RICAN
FACULTY & S TAF © OF Gea Nor 2 ALTOER ON
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February 6, 1971
Prof. E. Chirico
Executive Assist.
Presidents Office
=
Dear Prof. Chirico;
We, the Puerto Ricans at Brooklyn College, have formed the
PUERTO RICAN FACULTY & STAFF ORGANIZATION with the following’
objectives in mind:
1 - To provide or coordinate certain essential services
for students, e.g. tutorial workshops, financial
assistance, academic and personal counseling, etc.
2 - To assist in the recruitment of competent faculty
and staff.
3 - To participate in the development of new educational
programs in collaboration with other departments, e.g.
at present we are working with the Puerto Rican Institute
on (a) bilingual programs and (b) English as a 2nd Language.
4 - To establish active rapport’and involvement with other _
faculty and student organizations on campus. ~~
a
FACULTY & S TAF © OF Gea Nor 2 ALTOER ON
a nar Si a, in ROG) Oa cee eee
= SS ee
February 6, 1971
Prof. E. Chirico
Executive Assist.
Presidents Office
=
Dear Prof. Chirico;
We, the Puerto Ricans at Brooklyn College, have formed the
PUERTO RICAN FACULTY & STAFF ORGANIZATION with the following’
objectives in mind:
1 - To provide or coordinate certain essential services
for students, e.g. tutorial workshops, financial
assistance, academic and personal counseling, etc.
2 - To assist in the recruitment of competent faculty
and staff.
3 - To participate in the development of new educational
programs in collaboration with other departments, e.g.
at present we are working with the Puerto Rican Institute
on (a) bilingual programs and (b) English as a 2nd Language.
4 - To establish active rapport’and involvement with other _
faculty and student organizations on campus. ~~
a
Title
February 6, 1971 Letter from the Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College President Office Announcing the formation of the New Organization
Description
A February 6, 1971 letter from the newly formed Puerto Rican Faculty & Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College (BC) president, details the organization's objectives to racially and culturally transform the BC campus. The letter specifically noted that on the organization's main objective was to sustain communication between the BC administration and the campus's Puerto Rican community.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
Contributor
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization
Date
February 6, 1971
Language
English
Relation
14122
Rights
Public Domain
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Original Format
Correspondence
Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization. Letter. “February 6, 1971 Letter from the Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College President Office Announcing the Formation of the New Organization”. 14122, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2126