Child Poverty is Personal: Do You Hear Us?
November 15, 2023 
VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights and Public Policy Programs
together with The Invisible Americans... Read more
Child Poverty Is Personal: How Do We End It?
October 23, 2023 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights and Public Policy Programs
together with “The Invisible Americans” Podcast
invite you to the first of three... Read more
Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents
October 16, 2023 VIDEO
Please join us for a conversation with author Amy Yee as we mark the release of Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents with a foreword by His... Read more
A Tale of Two Elections — India and the United States, 2024
October 5, 2023
India and the United States will each next year hold what could be the most significant election in generations. This event aims to facilitate an in-depth conversation about what’s at stake. The program features prominent... Read more
Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia — Film Screening and Discussion
May 9, 2023 VIDEO
Marking Asian American History Month
the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and Network 20/20
with co-sponsorship by the Hunter Asian American Studies Program and Center... Read more
Marking World Press Freedom Day
the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and PEN America
invite you to attend a... Read more
here4HER: Reproductive Health Beyond Borders
March 16, 2023 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and Solidarity Engineering
invite you to... Read more
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and the Women and Gender Studies Department
invite you to... Read more
A Vision for Justice and Equality for Sex Trade Survivors | New York Premiere of “Can Oppression be Liberation?”
February 21, 2023
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
with the New Yorkers for Equality Model
invite you to... Read more
Please join us in the Roosevelt House Auditorium this Wednesday, February 8 at 2:30PM – 3:30PM for our... Read more
Human Rights Day Celebration
December 8, 2022 VIDEO
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home…” – Eleanor RooseveltThe Office of the Governor of... Read more
Vote for Your Future: A Summit for Democracy
October 3, 2022
Join the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
for
Vote for Your Future: A Summit for Democracy
October... Read more
An Evening with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege and V (formerly Eve Ensler)
September 19, 2022 VIDEO
Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab
and Jessica Neuwirth,
Rita E. Hauser Director of the Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House
cordially invite you... Read more
Atrocities Against Uyghurs: Law and Politics
September 12, 2022
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
with Human Rights Watch
invite you to attend
... Read more
Intimate Partner Violence: Art, Education, and Advocacy
April 11, 2022 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and the Remember the Women Institute, along with
the Consulate General of Israel in New York
and the Pace... Read more
Human Rights Philanthropy: Past, Present, and Future Challenges (April 4-5, 2022)
April 4, 2022 VIDEO
Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab
with the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
... Read more
Last Girl First! Prostitution at the Intersection of Sex, Race & Class-Based Oppressions
March 22, 2022 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
with CAP International, along with
the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
and the Consulate... Read more
Town Hall on Ukraine: Listen, Learn, and Speak Out!
March 16, 2022 VIDEO
Please join us in the Roosevelt House Auditorium as we bring together our Hunter community with human rights and public policy experts for an open forum to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Moderated by... Read more
COVID-19 Vaccine and Mask Mandates: The Human Right to Health?
November 1, 2021 VIDEO
Although the right to health is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the idea of “health as a human right” has not gained traction in the United States. Despite new variants and rising COVID-19 cases in areas with low... Read more
The Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College presents:
Virtual Meeting Platforms: Government Control and Corporate Compliance
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, social... Read more
Climate Change and Cultural Extinction: A Human Rights Crisis
October 21, 2020 VIDEO
The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College present
Climate Change and Cultural Extinction: A Human Rights... Read more
The Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19: The Pandemic’s Role in Highlighting Entrenched Racial Inequalities in the U.S.
May 1, 2020 VIDEO
Presented by The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program, the Hunter Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies, and the Hunter Asian American Studies Center and Program.
Join Zoom... Read more
Domestic Violence During COVID-19: A Live Online Discussion with Frontline Women’s Rights Activists from Around the World
April 3, 2020 VIDEO
On April 3, 2020, in collaboration with the Sisterhood is Global Institute, the Human Rights Program hosted a virtual event on the victims of domestic violence and the dangers they face during the COVID-19... Read more
Virtual Brownbag: Responding to COVID-19
March 25, 2020 VIDEO
... Read more
2020: Gender, Race, Suffrage, and Citizenship
March 6, 2020 VIDEO
2020: Gender, Race, Suffrage and Citizenship will critically examine the movement that led to women receiving the right to vote in the United States
Film Screening — 13th
April 12, 2019
Join Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House for a screening of ... Read more
Sex Trafficking and the Commercial Sex Trade
December 5, 2018
A conversation on sex trafficking and the commercial sex trade.
When the best-selling author and journalist Ruta Vanagaite (born in Šiauliai, Lithuania) discovered that her own relatives were complicit in the murder of Lithuanian Jews during the World War II era, she became determined to... Read more
Business and Human Rights: Holding Companies Accountable and the Evolving Role of Corporations in the Social Justice Dialogue
November 7, 2018
Is business part of the solution or part of the problem in addressing human rights concerns? Was the recent corporate endorsement of Colin Kaepernick a stand for justice, a marketing tool, or both? Join Phil Bloomer, Executive Director of Centre... Read more
Film Screening: The Uncondemned
October 26, 2018
A gripping story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who is fighting to have rape recognized and prosecuted as a war crime, and the Rwandan women who courageously came forward to testify.
... Read more
