Marking World Press Freedom Day the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and PEN America invite you to attend a documentary film screening and post-screening discussion of 20 Days in Mariupol. Please join us as the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and PEN America co-host an in-person only screening of the film 20 Days in Mariupol followed by […]
CENTRO is a repository for the archives of many famous and influential Puerto Ricans. However, it has also been a place to keep our own history - CENTRO's history. Join this special Library & Archives Lunch Hour to explore the history of CENTRO as it's maintained in the archives. We'll dive into primary sources dating […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of One Thought Scares Me…: We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them to Know; We Don’t Teach Our Children What We Don’t Wish Them to Know by Academy Award winning actor and advocate Richard Dreyfuss. In this urgent call to reconsider and reestablish the role of civics education in […]
Eula Biss is the author of four books: Having and Being Had (2020), On Immunity (2014), Notes from No Man's Land (2009), and The Balloonists (2002). Her work has been translated into a dozen languages and has been recognized by a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library. As a 2023 National Fellow […]
The latest Data Hub tool aims to visualize and discuss socio-demographic data across the five inhabited U.S. Territories including educational attainment and language proficiency, income, employment, housing, health, and much more. This report will be visualized through a dashboard showcasing such socio-demographic data with maps, graphics, and charts depicting population growth and socioeconomic characteristics trends […]
Join us for a festival of staged readings of new plays by the Hunter MFA Playwriting program's 2023 graduating class: Lauren Holmes, Chad Kaydo, Diana Ly, Ian Robles, and Phillip Christian Smith. Readings will be held at the Frederick Loewe Theatre at Hunter College (119 East 68th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues). Tickets are […]
Marking Asian American History Month the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and Network 20/20 with co-sponsorship by the Hunter Asian American Studies Program and Center and the History Department invite you to attend a documentary film screening and post-screening discussion of: Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia Please join us as the Roosevelt […]
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, invites you to a documentary film screening and discussion of: Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square The screening will be presented in person only & a post-screening panel discussion will be presented in person and on Zoom. Featuring: Co-Director/Producer & Chair of Film & Media […]
Join us for the “Thinking with Bad Bunny: Cultural Politics and the Future of Puerto Rico,” symposium on May 12th and 13th at the Silberman School for Social Work in El Barrio. May 12 Symposium: 9am - 5pm May 13 Symposium: 9am - 7pm Whether you’re a fan or not, it is undeniable that Bad […]
Join us for un Cafecito con... Cuatro Calles, a podcast on history, culture, and memory. Cuatro Calles host, Eric Quiñones is working on archiving the history of Puerto Ricans in New York with the goal of keeping the history and influence of Puerto Ricans in the mainstream in the face of changing demographics. He's joined […]
