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Maybe destiny brought Khaleel Anderson to Queens College. Displaced from his Far Rockaway home by Hurricane Sandy, he and his family had sheltered at Queens College for several months. \u201cWhen I wasn\u2019t back in the Rockaways helping out with the relief effort, I was wandering around the QC campus,\u201d he recalls, concluding, \u201cIt was a pretty cool place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poised to graduate in May 2019 from Queens College\u2019s fiveyear Accelerated Master\u2019s Program in Urban Affairs, Anderson quite literally was born to be a community organizer. His father was a union member leader for his 1199 SEIU local, and his mother was an organizer for ACORN, The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.<\/p>\n
So, it\u2019s not surprising to learn that for the past two years Anderson has been a member of the New York Police Department 101st Precinct Community Council and Community Board 14, the latter an appointment by District 31 Councilman Donovan Richards. In addition, Anderson\u2019s on the board of directors of the Rockaway Youth Task Force; a nonprofit organized in 2011, it works on youth empowerment, civic engagement, and environmental and transportation justice. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of how I built my name in the community,\u201d he says. \u201cI was organizing with them for five or six years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Probably his most far-reaching effort with the greatest impact for the greatest number of people was a transportation issue in his native Far Rockaway. He spent two to three years lobbying to get the Q52 bus that runs to Woodside in mainland Queens to make stops farther east in Far Rockaway, closer to more densely populated public housing and more people of color. \u201cThat bus is phenomenal as it relates to getting people to jobs,\u201d Anderson says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did petitions, advertising campaigns, rallies and demonstrations,\u201d he reports. \u201cThey finally listened to us and extended the line an extra ten to twelve blocks.\u201d The MTA also made it a Select Bus Service line, placed it in a dedicated bus lane, and consolidated some bus stops\u2014changes that substantially shorten transit times.<\/p>\n
Undecided as to a specific career objective, Anderson says, \u201cI only know that whatever it is, it will have an advocacy background.\u201d He does note, however, that he takes inspiration from one community organizer who made it all the way to the White House.<\/p>\n
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