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... 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
May 19, 2025 
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“Don’t talk to Whipple.”
–Reince Priebus, Donald Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff, to his incoming chief Susie Wiles
Roosevelt... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
2025 Theodore W. Kheel Lecture on Transportation Policy with Janno Lieber & Sam Schwartz
May 12, 2025 VIDEO
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... Read more
Jaha Dukureh — I Will Scream to the World
May 8, 2025 VIDEO
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... Read more
LGBTQIA+ Healthcare and the Fight Forward
May 6, 2025
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... Read more
American Voices: An Evening with Richard Blanco — Reflections and Recitations from a Poet to the Presidents
May 5, 2025 VIDEO
“We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight / of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always—home, / always under one sky, our sky.”
Roosevelt House is proud to present a new event in our popular series, American... Read more
Human Rights in the Trump Era
May 1, 2025
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... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands on his new book, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War. In this gripping chronicle, Brands sheds... Read more
William Gow — Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
April 21, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House, along with the Asian American Studies Program, is pleased to present a discussion with Dr. William Gow about his new book, Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American... Read more
American Voices: An Encore Concert and Celebration of the Life and Music of Billie Holiday
April 10, 2025 VIDEO
Following the immense success and popularity of last February’s American Voices Symposium on the legacy and artistry of Billie Holiday, Roosevelt House is pleased to present an encore concert—featuring some of the same... Read more
Julian E. Zelizer — In Defense of Partisanship
April 3, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to host a discussion with renowned political historian Julian E. Zelizer about his new book, In Defense of Partisanship, published by Columbia Global Reports.... Read more
Roosevelt House invites you to The Inaugural “Little Aunt Dora” Public Lecture honoring the memory of former, longtime Hunter College Professor Dora Askowith, a professor of history, religion, culture, Jewish studies, and... Read more
The Carceral State: Examining the Treatment of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in NY
March 27, 2025 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to announce an event on policies impacting transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people as part of our programming for Transgender Day of Visibility. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are... Read more
Women’s History is American History: Building the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
March 26, 2025 VIDEO
To continue marking Women’s History Month at Roosevelt House, please join us for a conversation about the ongoing effort to build a new Smithsonian Museum on the National Mall dedicated to preserving and celebrating the stories and... Read more
Stephanie Dray — Becoming Madam Secretary
March 19, 2025 VIDEO
To mark Women’s History Month at Roosevelt House, please join us—together with the Frances Perkins Center—for a conversation with bestselling author Stephanie Dray, whose new historical novel... Read more
Please join us as Roosevelt House—together with the Hunter College Sociology Department and the Tenement Museum—hosts a discussion that will delve into the profound and ongoing impact of the... Read more
Please join us as Roosevelt House, in collaboration with Spectrum News NY1, hosts a special panel discussion on the career and legacy of the 103rd Mayor of New York City, John V.... Read more
The Human Rights Program presents a screening and discussion of Global Women in Music: Composers Rewriting the Score. The film highlights the Global Women in Music Concert, a groundbreaking event by the United Nations Symphony Orchestra that... Read more
Loretta Ross — Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel
February 27, 2025 VIDEO
From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, the new book Calling in is an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve... Read more
BLACK AS U R — Film Screening and Conversation
February 26, 2025 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House—in partnership with Queer Voices NYC, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, and Borough of Manhattan Community College—is pleased to present a screening of the award-winning 2022 Billy... Read more
Gay Talese — A Town Without Time: Gay Talese’s New York
February 25, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a rare opportunity to hear legendary journalist, and nattiest neighbor, Gay Talese discussing his new book, A Town Without Time: Gay Talese’s New York. With the wit, elegance,... Read more
Alexis Pauline Gumbs — Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
February 11, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender Studies, is pleased to present a unique discussion—both heartfelt and scholarly—of the legendary poet, essayist, activist, and alumna of Hunter College High School... Read more
Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th
February 4, 2025 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program presents a discussion on “Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th,” featuring Ari L. Goldman and Gregory Khalil.
Ari L.... Read more
David Greenberg — John Lewis: A Life
February 3, 2025 VIDEO
In 2012, Roosevelt House had the distinct honor of welcoming the late, great Congressmen John Lewis for a wide-ranging discussion of the Civil Rights movement to which he gave so much of his extraordinary life—and his presence reverberates at... Read more
Luis A. Miranda Jr. — Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America
January 13, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America by Luis A. Miranda Jr.—father of Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda,... Read more
Nigel Hamilton — Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents
December 19, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of historian Nigel Hamilton’s new book Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents. In this vivid and unique dual... Read more
The 2024 Stepanski Family Lecture: What Next for America? Assessing the 2024 Presidential Election and the Threat to American Democracy Featuring Steve Benen & Rachel Maddow
December 17, 2024 VIDEO
As we continue to process the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, Roosevelt House is proud to present a discussion featuring Steve Benen, MSNBC producer and author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the... Read more
Public Programs at Roosevelt House are free to the public and open with advance registration, made possible through the support of the Charina Endowment Fund and other generous donors.
