This School is in "Your" Hands / Esta Escuela Está en "Tus" Manos

Item

Title

This School is in "Your" Hands / Esta Escuela Está en "Tus" Manos

Description

This flier promotes the occupation of the 500 Grand Concourse building in the Spring of 1978. To demand needed funding to complete renovations to the building, students and faculty occupied the property to run classes and activities to pressure Mayor Koch and other officials to enable bond sales and renovations to proceed.

By 1977, the third part of the campaign to save Hostos Community College had picked up momentum. Having extremely poor facilities, the college had acquired a second building across the street from its original location that would allow Hostos to expand. However, the 500 Grand Concourse building needed renovations to be useable but the college had been denied the funds necessary to prepare and occupy their second building. A fresh wave of organizing by students and faculty drove efforts to enable Hostos to continue to be a hub of opportunity for residents of the South Bronx.

Creator

The Community Coalition

Source

Hostos Community College Archives

Date

1978

Contributor

Meyer, Gerald

Rights

Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown

Original Format

Drawing

Language

English
Spanish

The Community Coalition. 1977. “This School Is in "Your" Hands Esta Escuela Está En ‘Tus’ Manos.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/749