CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

In this interview, community organizer Jesse Ehrensaft-Hawley discussed the Student Liberation Action Movement's (SLAM!) role as a movement incubator and supportive organization, particularly in relation to the work of FIERCE and other queer youth organizations. He talked about the anti-police and anti-gentrification politics of New York in the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as the resistance they faced from a variety of power brokers in the city, including the real estate industry, the New York Police Department, and wealthy White gay stakeholders in the city.