MCC Daily Tribune Archive

MCC Student Interviewed About "SUNY Speaks Up!"

WXXI News and News 8 (WROC-TV) interviewed SGA Vice President Blake Moore, one of 10 MCC students who joined a statewide contingent to advocate in Albany on Tuesday, March 24, for increased funding for the SUNY system as part of the student-organized “SUNY Speaks Up!” campaign.

WROC-TV report: https://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/mcc-students-lobby-for-funding/93118/Rf4y1LJBxki2laIx0LLI2w

WXXI News radio report: https://wxxinews.org/post/mcc-students-advocate-increased-funding-state-capitol

The MCC students gathered on Brighton Campus in the predawn hours for a bus trip to Albany, where they met with state legislators to advocate increasing funding for SUNY community colleges by $250/full-time equivalent student.. The statewide contingent included members of the SUNY Student Assembly and student leaders from SUNY’s 64 campuses.

Hency Yuen-Eng
Marketing and Community Relations
03/25/2015