Terrance Hayes's most recent publications include American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin (Penguin 2018) and To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight (Wave, 2018). To Float In The Space Between was winner of the Poetry Foundation's 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle […]
Join us for a virtual symposium “At the edge of each other’s battles”: Puerto Rican, Palestinian, Black, & Indigenous Futures which convenes scholars and writers to examine the legacies of colonialism, dispossession, and solidarity practices across a series of overlapping experiences. Using the word of Audre Lorde as a point of departure, this day of panels asks […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of historian Terry Golway’s new book I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America’s Mayor, and Why He Still Matters. In this vivid and entertaining chronicle, Golway illuminates the enduring impact and relevance of La Guardia’s mayoralty—and shows why, more than 75 years after his death, […]
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Join Dr. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and CENTRO Directoria, Yomaira Figuera as we explore Meléndez Badillo's latest book, Puerto Rico: A National History, that gives voice to the […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new Library of America anthology Black Writers of the Founding Era featuring the historian, author, and editor of the volume James G. Basker in conversation with television writer and author Susan Fales-Hill. The richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled, Black Writers of the Founding Era offers a vital and […]
On September 28, 2020, the Black transfeminist collective, La Colectiva Feminista, summoned and organized the “¡Vivas nos queremos! — pa’ la tumba el patriarcado” march to end in front of La Fortaleza, the governor’s mansion, in Old San Juan, repeating their call to the Puerto Rican government to declare a State of Emergency due to […]
Roosevelt House Human Rights Program, in collaboration with Scroll, are pleased to present a facilitated discussion with Indian-American Economist, Ashoka Mody, and Hunter College Professor of Economics, Karna Basu, as they discuss Mody’s book India is Broken. Karna Basu is an Associate Professor of Economics at Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY, and a Faculty Associate at the Roosevelt […]
We know the process to legally change your name can be daunting, overwhelming, and perhaps even confusing. That is why the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice's Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Rights Project will host its first Guided Pro Se Name Change Clinic on Monday, April 29, 2024. This Clinic will provide an opportunity for TGNC members of […]
Join CENTRO in East Harlem for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children’s books! This month’s Meriendita is Churro Stand, written by Karina González and illustrated by Krystal Quiles. On a hot summer’s day, Lucía and her brother accompany their mother to sell delicious, sugary churros on the bustling streets of New York City. But […]
Immigration affairs in recent years have highlighted the importance of language resources and access, greatly impacting the translation and interpretation (TI) and the sectors that it serves ranging from legal to educational. In this day and age, technology transforms the way language services are produced, distributed, and consumed. The explosion of AI and Big Tech […]
