Please join us in the Roosevelt House Auditorium Wednesday, February 8 at 2:30PM – 3:30PM for our event, “Memphis, Police Accountability, and How We Can Advocate for Change!” as we bring together our Hunter community with human rights and public policy experts for an open forum to discuss the tragic and senseless murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands […]
To mark Black history month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama by Rutgers University professor of political science Saladin Ambar. The first historical analysis of its kind, Stars and Shadows delivers a sweeping and comprehensive exploration of the significance of interracial friendships […]
A new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at our Evelina Antonetty Reading Room in the CENTRO Library & Archives for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is Vicki and a Summer of Change! (¡Y un verano de cambio!) […]
Robert Seltzer Lunch Lecture Series Moshiach, Moshiach! Differing Notions of Messiah in Second Temple Judaism Presented by Rachel Slutsky, Monsignor John Oesterreicher Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity, Seton Hall University What do we mean when we talk about the messiah? This was a question circulating throughout ancient Judaism during the […]
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program with the New Yorkers for Equality Model invite you to attend "A Vision for Justice and Equality." The New York Premiere of the short film “Can Oppression be Liberation?” is a 30-minute film featuring three generations of Black women who share their lived experiences and solutions for justice as […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House by bestselling author Chris Whipple. In this revelatory and news-making chronicle, Whipple reveals how President Joe Biden and his team battled to achieve their achieve his public policy agenda during two years of crises at home […]
Please join us as Roosevelt House and Hunter’s Jewish Studies Center co-host a discussion of the new book In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust by Richard Hurowitz. This powerfully illuminating and inspiring chronicle pays tribute to the incredible and often little-known deeds of […]
In 2022, the Supreme Court decided some of the most consequential rights cases impacting LGBTQ rights in the country’s history — These include Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and has potential implications for cases that recognize a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and sexual freedom. This year, the Court is poised to decide […]
Roosevelt House and Living New Deal’s NYC Chapter are pleased to present an expert roundtable to explore how federal policy initiatives can spur revitalization of regional agriculture, better conditions for farm and food-processing workers, more equitable food distribution, and improved nutrition for all Americans — measures that recall successful New Deal programs. The trauma of […]
Edith Diaz, Miriam Colon, and Tina Ramirez, amongst others, are all Puerto Rican actresses and performers for whom the concept of working twice as hard for half as much is not foreign. Despite being critically acclaimed and leaving a lasting impact in the world of performing arts within the U.S, they all faced an uphill […]
