LGBTQ Immigration: Contemporary Struggles Globally and in New York
The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to present an urgent discussion—featuring leading policymakers a... Read more
Public Programs
Jonathan Capehart — Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart about his new memoir Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a... Read more
The David Dubinsky Labor Lecture: Randi Weingarten — Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy
Roosevelt House, and the Hunter College School of Education, are proud to present the David Dubinsky Labor Lecture with the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten... Read more
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
Akhil Reed Amar — Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920
Roosevelt House is honored to present a conversation with one of the nation’s foremost constitutional scholars, Akhil Reed ... Read more
Asian American Activism, Civil Rights, and a Better Tomorrow
Celebrate the Asian American Studies Program and the inaugural Helen Zia Deputy Director, Daniel Woo. Dr. Woo will be in conversation with Helen Zia.Helen Zia is a writer and activist. She is the... Read more
The Real End of WWII 80 Years Ago
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a special event to mark the 80th anniversary of the ... Read more
Promoting Civil Discourse and Intellectual Dialogue Series: Our Compelling Interests — What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions
Professor Susan Sturm has written the sixth installment in CSS's Our Compelling Interests book series, What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions. In this... Read more
The Immigration and Nationality Act 60 Years Later: The Making of Modern New York City
Please join us as Roosevelt House and the Tenement Museum host a discussion to mark the 60th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 3, 1965. Lifting the restrictive 41-year-old na... Read more
Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education
Roosevelt House is honored to present a conversation with Hunter College Professor of Public Policy Joseph P. Viteritti about his new book Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education (Oxford).... Read more
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