Eleanor Roosevelt and Valentine’s Day
As ever Eleanor Roosevelt brings her compassion to show how this holiday about love can have a wider resonance even in the midst of prejudice and war. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote… 
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2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Denis Mukwege Welcomed as Hunter College’s First Human Rights Fellow-in-Residence at Historic Roosevelt House
New Program Builds on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy by Fostering Human Rights Advocacy (New York, NY – February 11, 2019) – Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab last week welcomed 2018…
Roosevelt House hosts Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for major policy speech
Roosevelt House hosts Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for major policy speech, “What Would FDR Do?” with Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer introducing the Governor. Harold Holzer greets Governor a Cuomo…
Roosevelt House Celebrates with Pride the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Created Under the Chairmanship of Eleanor Roosevelt Passed Today in 1948 by the UN General Assembly
Roosevelt House celebrates the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt in writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as we mark the 70th anniversary of its adoption by the United Nations on…
Roosevelt House welcomes NY Times op-ed columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman for 2nd Annual Kossoff Lecture
The Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture is an annual forum that brings leading figures in public life to Roosevelt House for conversation and reflection on pressing issues of domestic and national…
Roosevelt House’s JFEW Eleanor Roosevelt Scholar Gabriella Cook-Francis Wins Britain’s Marshall Scholarship
Read the full story “From Hunter College to Oxford University: Roosevelt Scholar Gabriella Cook-Francis Wins Britain’s Marshall Scholarship” on the Hunter College Website.
Congressman Nadler Speaks with Students at Roosevelt House
On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Congressman Jerry Nadler spoke to Hunter College Students and guests about the new Democratic majority in the U. S. House of Representatives and his plans…
Public Policy Program Alumnus Publishes “Get Out The Vote” Op-Ed from Indonesia
Luce Scholar Matthew Locastro urges foreign-based American Citizens to Cast Ballots in his Op Ed in the Daily News “How Democrats abroad can help the Blue Wave”.
Roosevelt House Opens New Exhibition: “My Most Important Task:” Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Roosevelt House Opens New Exhibition: “My Most Important Task:” Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Commemorates Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership in the creation of the Universal Declaration of…
CBS News: Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms,” then and now
CBS NEWS, September 2, 2018 “”The Four Freedoms,” first proclaimed years ago by an American president, have inspired (and continue to inspire) a remarkable body of American art…” Read the full…
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