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Prospects for a New York State Social Housing Development Authority: Addressing Critical Questions

Posted on March 15th, 2024 · Posted in Public Programs
On February 7th, State Senator Cordell Cleare and Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher introduced a bill that would establish the New York State Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA). Drawing on New York’s uniq... Read more

Cannabis Policy in New York State

Posted on March 15th, 2024 · Posted in Public Policy Program Events
On Tuesday March 19th from 2:30-3:30pm, we will be joined by former New York City Councilmember ... Read more

Difret — Film Screening

Posted on March 12th, 2024 · Posted in Film Screenings, Human Rights Program Events
Please join the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program for a film screening of Difret, a story of how two courageous women changed history.Followed by a discussion on the legal rights of women in Ethiopia, with our spring... Read more

The Enduring Impact of the Roosevelt Presidency — on Wall Street and the Supreme Court

Posted on March 7th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of two new histories that illuminate the enduring effect of FDR’s presidency on vital American institutions, one financial and the other legal. The groun... Read more

Mapping the Future of Higher Ed — featuring John Mogulescu in conversation with Dara N. Byrne (New Date)

Posted on February 29th, 2024 · Posted in Public Programs
Hunter College PresidentAnn Kirschner and Cass Conrad the ... Read more

Jeffrey Rosen — The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

Posted on February 20th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a lecture by legal scholar and president of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen on his new book The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founde... Read more

Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed created and performed by Ingrid Griffith

Posted on February 14th, 2024 · Posted in Public Programs
Please join us as Roosevelt House presents Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, a solo show from writer-actor Ingrid Griffith about the iconic political leader who became the first African American woman in Congress, and the... Read more

761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

Posted on February 8th, 2024 · Posted in Film Screenings, Public Programs
5:30PM: Reception co-hosted by The History Channel 6:00PM: Screening 761st Tank Battalion (1hr 26min) 7:30PM: Post-screening discussion   R... Read more

Banned Books — Censorship, Free Expression, and LGBTQ Identity

Posted on January 31st, 2024 · Posted in LGBTQ Center Program
Over the past few years, challenges to books written by or about LGBTQ people—as well as those b... Read more

POSTPONED — Mapping the Future of Higher Ed — featuring John Mogulescu in conversation with Dara N. Byrne

Posted on January 26th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Hunter College PresidentAnn Kirschner and the Petrie Foundation Inv... Read more