Hunter@Home — Remembering Larry Kramer
June 17, 2020
With Bill Goldstein, Author and Founding editor of the books site of The New York Times on the Web, and host of Bill’s Books on WNBC. And Charles Kaiser, Acting Director of Hunter College’s LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt... Read more
Remembering the AIDS Crisis in the Time of COVID-19: How Lessons from One Epidemic can Guide the Response to Another
June 10, 2020
With remarks by Carmelyn P. Malalis, Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
On June 10th at 7PM, the LGBTQ Policy Center at Hunter College and the... Read more
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Program Presents:
Modeling COVID-19:
Disease Burdens, Economic Activities, and Policy Outcomes
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The Moral Imperative to Center Racial Equity and Justice in Education During the Pandemic
May 22, 2020 
VIDEO
Statistics show that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the United States are disproportionality impacted by COVID 19. This reality is not only true for health outcomes, but also for educational outcomes. Prior to COVID 19,... Read more
Join Roosevelt House, Asian American Studies Center & Program, AANAPISI Project (HCAP), Department of Sociology, Department of Urban Policy and Planning on zoom for a sneak Preview of “The Asian Americans” with Renee Tajima-Pena,... Read more
As the coronavirus pandemic reveals stark fault lines in New York City, with disparate impacts based on race, class, immigration status, and justice system involvement, community organizations are mobilizing to respond even as their resources... Read more
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.
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COVID-19, Cities, and Climate Change: Revelations, Ambitions, and Public Policy in a Pandemic World
April 30, 2020 VIDEO
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91629882395... Read more
Campus ERA Day 2020
April 27, 2020
Join Us For Our Fourth Annual
CAMPUS ERA DAY 2020Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex
—... Read more
The Reality of the Coronavirus Pandemic for the American Medical System – Online Event
April 16, 2020 VIDEO
Please Join Roosevelt House & the Hunter College Department of Public Health
for a Live Online Public Program Via Zoom
Please join us for a virtual Roosevelt House event featuring two... Read more
Awakening in Tomorrow’s Post-Pandemic World: Economic Policy in the Aftermath of COVID-19
April 7, 2020 VIDEO
The Public Policy Program and the Hunter College Economics Department present
Awakening in Tomorrow’s Post-Pandemic World:
Economic Policy in the Aftermath of... Read more
Virtual Brownbag: Responding to COVID-19
March 25, 2020 VIDEO
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This event has been postponed.
Roosevelt House, the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI), and the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender... Read more
The Annual Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture featuring Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and author of “No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History.”
March 10, 2020 VIDEO
This event is sold out. Please join us via Livestream.
Join us for the annual Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture at Roosevelt House as... 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
Adam Hochschild — Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
March 3, 2020 VIDEO
Please join Roosevelt House and the Hunter College Jewish Studies Center as we welcome author Adam Hochschild to discuss his new book, Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes,... Read more
Adam Cohen — Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
March 2, 2020 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen to discuss his new book, Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America. This... Read more
Craig Fehrman — Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and The Books They Wrote
February 25, 2020 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome journalist and historian Craig Fehrman to discuss his well-received new book, Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote, the story of... Read more
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández — Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants
February 18, 2020 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, associate professor of law at the University of Denver, to discuss his new book, Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking... Read more
A Wild and Precious Life — Book Discussion
February 11, 2020 VIDEO
Join us at Roosevelt House for a conversation about A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir, the lively, intimate posthumous memoir of an iconic woman, gay life in New York in the second half of the 20th century, and the rise of... Read more
Film Screening — Hot to Trot
February 6, 2020 VIDEO
Roosevelt House and the LGBTQ Public Policy Center at Hunter College are Pleased to Present
Film Screening and Discussion Hot to Trot
Please join us at Roosevelt... Read more
Jeffrey Rosen — Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
January 28, 2020 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center and Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, to discuss his new book, Conversations with... Read more
David L. Roll — George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
December 16, 2019 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House for a discussion about one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s top commanders. Author David L. Roll will present his new book, George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, which tells the story... Read more
A Dramatic Reading from Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts
December 13, 2019 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House for a dramatic reading from Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts, a play by Ellen Abrams. It examines the fraught and complicated relationship between... Read more
Please join us for a broad-ranging discussion of current policy issues facing the New York City Taxi industry – including the fallout from predatory loans; a proposed cap in vehicles to ease the city’s congestion; proposed congestion pricing;... Read more
Backlash — The New Assault on LGBTQ Rights: How Did We Get There? Where Do We Go From Here?
December 4, 2019 VIDEO
Roosevelt House welcomes four leading civil rights lawyers to discuss new strategies to protect LGBTQ rights in an era when the White House is undermining LGBTQ rights and the support of the Supreme Court is no longer a given.
Carl... Read more
Daniel H. Weiss — In That Time: Michael O’Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam
November 20, 2019 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome Daniel H. Weiss, the President and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to discuss his new book, In That Time: Michael O’Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam.... Read more
Henry Hemming — Agents of Influence: A British Campaign, a Canadian Spy, and the Secret Plot to Bring America Into World War II
November 14, 2019 VIDEO
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome Henry Hemming, English non-fiction writer, to discuss his new book, Agents of Influence: A British Campaign, a Canadian Spy, and the Secret Plot to Bring America into... Read more
Conversation with Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
November 11, 2019
It is our pleasure and honor to welcome back an important member of the House of Representatives: New York’s own Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), who will visit Roosevelt House on Monday, November 11, to discuss his current priorities... Read more
What do big projects like Battery Park City, the World Trade Center, Riverbank State Park, the Times Square redevelopment, the MTA, and Mitchell Lama housing projects all have in common? The crucial, if often overlooked, role played by New York... Read more
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