Confronting the Epidemic of Traffic Violence
April 27, 2021 
VIDEO
Roosevelt House together with Families for Safe Streets present
Confronting the Epidemic of Traffic Violence
With special remarks by The... Read more
Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration
April 23, 2021 VIDEO
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration
Monuments, public memorials and historical memory are the products of decisions made... Read more
Daniel R. Garodnick — Saving Stuyvesant Town: How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History
April 22, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of Saving Stuyvesant Town: How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History with an autographed bookplate... Read more
Climate Crisis and Infrastructure Policy in the Biden Era: Experts Discuss Next Steps
April 21, 2021 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute with the Departments of Economics, Geography and Environmental Science and Urban Policy and Planning, and the Institute for Sustainable Cities present:
Climate Crisis and Infrastructure... Read more
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Print, Podcast, Social: Public Humanities and Popular Media
This panel explores the venues, or spaces, of the... Read more
What is the Democratic Commons?
April 9, 2021 VIDEO
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: What is the Democratic Commons?
This panel will consider the challenges posed by an increasingly multi-racial... Read more
2021 Election Season At Roosevelt House — Choosing A Leader For The Future Of Manhattan: A Borough President Candidate Forum
April 6, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the first in a series of 2021 Zoom election forums, designed to give young and first-time voters the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June primaries. We begin with the... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, together with Roosevelt House, the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI), and the Hunter College Department of... Read more
Thomas Dyja — New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
March 23, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation by acclaimed author Thomas Dyja. In this monumental urban history, Dyja... Read more
Eleanor: Poems
March 17, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Eleanor: Poems by award-winning poet Gray Jacobik. In this rich and inventive new collection, Jacobik presents a series of poems that powerfully and... Read more
Jonathan Cohn — The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage
March 2, 2021 VIDEO
PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL START TIME:
Live Zoom program begins at 4 PM EST
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom forum on Ranked Choice Voting, the new voting system for New York City’s primary elections in 2021. The panel brings together experts from law, academia, and advocacy—to... Read more
Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives on Returning Home
February 24, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives of Returning Home with at a specially discounted price (20% off) exclusively from... Read more
FDR’s Black Cabinet in Retrospect: A Conversation with Descendants of Roosevelt’s African American Advisors
February 22, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is proud to present a special live Zoom discussion about the advisory group of African American federal officials who served during the Roosevelt administration—unofficially known as the Black Cabinet. This follows the... Read more
Audre Lorde Now Series Presents: My Words Will be There
February 18, 2021
Hunter College’s Community Read of Sister Outsider and other works Presents:... Read more
Remembering Mayor David N. Dinkins: The Lessons and the Legacy
February 18, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased and honored to... Read more
“Lincoln: Divided We Stand” Previewing The New CNN Original Series — A Discussion With The Experts
February 12, 2021 VIDEO
Marking Abraham Lincoln’s... Read more
Global Launch Event of The Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era
February 11, 2021
The Lancet Commission on public policy and health in the Trump era is the first comprehensive assessment of the health effects of President Trump’s policies. Led by 33 leading experts from the US, UK and Canada, the Commission was... Read more
Dr. William A. Haseltine — My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19
January 21, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19 with an autographed bookplate exclusively from ... Read more
[Students Only] Speaking of Justice — After the Capitol Siege: Exploring History, Law, and Justice
January 11, 2021
Hunter Students, join us on Monday, January 11 at 6pm (EST) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — After the Capitol Siege: Exploring History, Law, and Justice
RSVP for Zoom link — ... Read more
John A. Riggs — High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America
December 17, 2020 VIDEO
You can order a copy of High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America with an autographed bookplate exclusively from ... Read more
The Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College presents:
Virtual Meeting Platforms: Government Control and Corporate Compliance
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, social... Read more
Food Insecurity During COVID 19: Policy Lessons and Challenges
December 2, 2020
Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81978153782
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the depths of chronic food insecurity in New York City. Countless... Read more
Jonathan Alter — His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
November 23, 2020 VIDEO
This event is online.
Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly... Read more
Zachary Shirkey — American Dove: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Failure of Force
November 19, 2020 VIDEO
This event is online.
Those who RSVP will receive a... Read more
Catherine Grace Katz — The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans – A Story of Love and War
November 12, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly before the... Read more
Speaking of Justice — Election 2020. Who has the answers? Students ask the questions.
November 2, 2020
Join us on Monday, November 2 at 6:30pm (EST) on Zoom for our series Speaking of Justice: Race, Racism, and Reform — ELECTION 2020. Who has the answers? Students ask the questions.
A Roosevelt House Dialogue with Hunter... Read more
David E. Sanger and John Maggio — The Perfect Weapon
October 29, 2020 VIDEO
This event is online.
Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly before the program... Read more
Politics, Partisanship, and the 2020 Elections: Fresh Perspectives from Hunter’s Political Science Department
October 27, 2020 VIDEO
This November marks the 59th presidential election in the United States. It has been, as commentators often say, “unprecedented.” Indeed, there have been—and surely will continue to be—newsworthy fireworks. Some are... Read more
U. S. Senator Sherrod Brown — Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
October 22, 2020 VIDEO
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Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to... 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.
