{"id":8829,"date":"2025-02-27T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekiosk.net\/?p=8469"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:10:09","slug":"cuny-sps-students-advocate-for-funding-on-disabled-students-empowerment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/the-kiosk\/cuny-sps-students-advocate-for-funding-on-disabled-students-empowerment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"CUNY SPS Students Advocate for Funding on Disabled Students Empowerment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-heading  root-eb-advance-heading-w9gzp\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-w9gzp \"><div class=\"eb-advance-heading-wrapper eb-advance-heading-w9gzp button-1\" data-id=\"eb-advance-heading-w9gzp\"><h1 class=\"eb-ah-title\">CUNY SPS Students Advocate for Funding on Disabled Students Empowerment Day<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ivan De Luce || February 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Disabled Students Empowerment Day 2025, CUNY SPS students were among the many passionate advocates fighting for funding to support college students with disabilities, supporting the time-honored slogan, \u201cNothing About Us Without Us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disabled Students Empowerment Day, an annual event that brings together city and state lawmakers, students, and faculty from several New York campuses, seeks to increase awareness as well as funding for higher education institutions to improve services for disabled students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike previous years, when Disabled Students Empowerment Day was <a href=\"https:\/\/thekiosk.net\/new-york-state-students-rally-for-student-empowerment-day\/\">held in Albany, New York<\/a>, this year\u2019s event was hosted online on Zoom, with an audience of 300 virtual attendees (reaching full capacity), to serve as a statewide virtual press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2018, advocates have been calling for a full $15 million investment for these services. This year, the target was at least $13 million in state funding to support the grant program entitled, \u201cEnhancing Supports and Services for Postsecondary Success of Students with Disabilities,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysdsc.org\/Student-Empowerment-Day-2025\">New York State Disability Services Council (NYSDSC)<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students also advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/S3369\">State Senate Bill S3369<\/a>, which would \u201cexpand NYS financial aid options for college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and make aid sources such as TAP accessible for these students.\u201d While the bill has only recently been introduced into the State Senate, it still has to pass through the Senate Finance Committee before being added to the Senate Floor Calendar to be voted on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two CUNY SPS students led the charge during the event: Lennyn Jacob (BA Disability Studies), who serves as co-chair of the CUNY SPS Student Association as well as co-advisor to the CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities (CCSD); and Daniel Reden (BS Business), who serves as chairperson of the University Student Senate (USS) and student trustee on CUNY\u2019s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacob, who has advocated during the past seven Disabled Student Empowerment Days, is a self-described disabled Latina woman with a neurodiverse son about to embark on his college journey. Speaking early on during the event, Jacob outlined her proposal to use the funding for a comprehensive summer and winter immersion program for students with disabilities to adjust to the transition from high school to college.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a disabled college student and a mother, I have insights that some may not fully grasp,\u201d Jacob explained during the event. \u201cIt&#8217;s no secret that transitional services for high school students entering college are critically lacking. For many disabled students embarking on their college journeys, the process is often overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to navigating a labyrinth of university departments, disabled students must adjust to new study routines and technologies without the help of paraprofessionals that aren\u2019t available in post-secondary education settings, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, imagine, if you will, if we had enough full-time staff dedicated to developing and sustaining this initiative,\u201d she said. \u201cConsider the difference that it would make if a familiar face could assist these students in navigating the various departments they need to interact with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacob\u2019s concept for an immersion program would guide and support students for their academic journeys, providing foundational classes in math and English, as well as help with assistive technology and effective study habits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis mission may seem like a dream, but it has the potential to elevate retention and graduation rates for college students with disabilities significantly,\u201d Jacob concluded. \u201cWith the state&#8217;s investment of $15 million, this dream can become a tangible reality, setting us on a path toward workforce success. So, I urge you to support this dream. Fund the initiative of $15 million. Please invest in our future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towards the end of the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/mu\/cunyverse\/2024\/12\/11\/cunys-newly-elected-university-student-senate-chairperson-and-student-trustee-daniel-reden-has-big-plans-and-many-goals-for-his-time-in-the-role\/\">Daniel Reden<\/a> took the floor to speak on behalf of USS, which represents the rights and interests of CUNY\u2019s 240,000 students, and CUNY\u2019s Board of Trustees, the University\u2019s governing body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDisability affects everyone, whether directly or through a family member, through a friend, or through a colleague,\u201d Reden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Reden\u2019s first votes as a CUNY trustee was to approve an operating budget request for increasing support for services for students with disabilities, a $4.1 million increase from the state and a $2.1 million increase from the City of New York, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo today, I urge state legislators to increase the support for the Fiscal Year \u201826 operating budget for mandatory disability accommodation services at CUNY and to students,\u201d he explained. \u201cUSS also believes that the New York State Education Department (SED) Post-Secondary Advanced Service Program should be fully restored [for the following academic year] and increased by $2 million in fiscal year \u201826. 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