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Drawing Her Own Conclusions: An Evening with Political Satirist and Illustrator Cathy Hull

Posted on May 16th, 2025 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
When words elude, award-winning illustrator and political satirist Cathy ... Read more
District 4 candidates

Choosing a Leader for District 4: A City Council Candidate Forum

Posted on May 15th, 2025 · Posted in Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a primary election forum featuring six candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to represent the East Side’s District 4 in the City Council. Covering Manhattan’s E... Read more

Jaha Dukureh — I Will Scream to the World

Posted on May 8th, 2025 · Posted in Human Rights Program Events, Public Programs
In this inspiring memoir, I WILL SCREAM TO THE WORLD, Jaha Dukureh shares her deeply human story, detailing how she survived female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, and how her experiences compelled her to fight for women... Read more

Chris Whipple in conversation with Lawrence O’Donnell — Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History

Posted on May 7th, 2025 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
“Don’t talk to Whipple.”  –Reince Priebus, Donald Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff, to his incoming chief Susie Wiles Roosevelt House... Read more

2025 Manhattan Borough President Candidate Forum

Posted on May 4th, 2025 · Posted in Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the first of two primary election forums, designed to give members of the Hunter Community the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June primaries. We begin with the three can... Read more

The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

Posted on May 4th, 2025 · Posted in Public Programs
Marking Asian American Pacific Islander month at Roosevelt House, please join us, together with the Hunter College Asian American Studies Program, for a discussion of the new Penguin Classics anthology, The Literature of Japanese American Incarce... Read more

Death by Numbers — A Film Screening and Discussion

Posted on May 4th, 2025 · Posted in Film Screenings, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is proud to present a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary short Death by Numbers—written by and starring Hunter College senior Sam Fuentes, a survivor of the tragic 2018 shooting at Marjory Stonem... Read more

2025 Theodore W. Kheel Lecture on Transportation Policy with Janno Lieber & Sam Schwartz

Posted on May 4th, 2025 · Posted in Public Programs
We are pleased and proud to invite you to the annual Theodore Kheel Transportation Policy Lecture—one of the most important public policy events on the Roosevelt House calendar. Previous transportation policymakers to have appeared in the series h... Read more

Human Rights in the Trump Era

Posted on April 30th, 2025 · Posted in Human Rights Program Events, Public Programs
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program invites you to a discussion featuring: United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris; Director of the ACLU Human Rights Program & Hunter Adjunct Profes... Read more

LGBTQIA+ Healthcare and the Fight Forward

Posted on April 24th, 2025 · Posted in LGBTQ Center Program, Public Programs
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to announce an urgent discussion on LGBTQIA+ healthcare. After decades of sustained progress, the LGBTQIA+ community is facing unimaginable healthcare policy and legal setbacks—in a mounting cri... Read more