Democracy Under Pressure: Defeating Authoritarianism and Making the Next Reconstruction
In the first event of a new “Democracy Under Pressure” series, the new Roosevelt House Public Policy Program Director Joe Lowndes... Read more
Public Policy Program Events
After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People
Roosevelt House's Public Policy Program and the Department of Economics at Hunter College present a book talk on the new book After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People by Dean Spears and ... Read more
Public Policy Capstone Presentations – Fall 2024
Throughout the Fall 2024 semester students in the Public Policy Program have grappled with difficult questions related to public policy, explored current events, considered ongoing political cycles, and confronted conv... Read more
Alan Mallach — Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive Without Growth
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a lecture and facilitated discussion with urban policy expert Alan Mallach on his new book Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive Without Growth.Over the past hundre... Read more
Cannabis Policy in New York State
On Tuesday March 19th from 2:30-3:30pm, we will be joined by former New York City Councilmember ... Read more
Building Your Electoral Capacity: Using Practical Tools to Understand the Political Landscape
Join Basil Smikle Jr. in conversation with Marc Morial, President and CEO of National Urban League, for a discussion of the challenges civic leaders and academics face in building pol... Read more
A Conversation on Federal Transportation Policy with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Join Basil Smikle Jr. and the Hon. Steve Israel for a special moderated discussion on federal transportation policy with Hon. Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Tr... Read more
Child Poverty is Personal: Do You Hear Us?
The Roosevelt House Human Rights and Public Policy Programs
together with The Invisible Americans podcast... Read more
Child Poverty Is Personal: How Do We End It?
The Roosevelt House Human Rights and Public Policy Programs
together with “The Invisible Americans” Podcast
invite you to the first of three 2023 converg... Read more
Housing Policy and Urban Development with Hon. Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Join Basil Smikle Jr. and Nicholas Bloom in conversation with Hon. Alicka Ampry-Samuel, for a meaningful discussion about federal housing policy and urban development. Ms... Read more
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