This Monday, the SWC hosted a candidate forum with Eli Northrup, running for Assembly District 69, and Conrad Blackburn, running for Assembly District 70.  Editor’s note: the author of this post is a member of the Columbia Democrats.

An anti-ICE demonstration took place Thursday, February 5, 2026, outside Columbia University’s 116th Street and Broadway gates, where NYPD officers made 12 arrests, including students and faculty.

On Monday, October 27, members of Sunrise Columbia protested the usage of fossil fuel funding in Columbia’s Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) research. 

On Wednesday, September 18, Sunrise Columbia hosted a presentation and dialogue on their newly released report, “Complicit Columbia: How Fossil Fuels Fund Columbia Climate Research.”