Together, we share a commitment to revolutionizing higher education. We believe a more just future depends on our collective work to create equitable and flexible learning environments that empower students. Our interactive panel, inspired by our collaborations within the Mellon-funded, CUNY initiative, Transformative Learning in the Humanities, will explore student-centered approaches to teaching and learning that dismantle racism and the hierarchal structures that support it. Our presentations on pedagogy argue for engaged learning that equips students with the tools they need to become lifelong learners, prepared to think critically, creatively, and proactively in their lives within and beyond the classroom. We contend this turn in pedagogical practice must take place in public education, where most BIPOC and working-class students study. CUNY—the nation’s largest and most diverse public urban university should lead this pedagogical revolution.