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 […]
Laura Kasischke is the author of nine collections of poetry and seven novels. Kasischke was awarded the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry for Space, In Chains. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst […]
We are proud to continue our tradition of public conversations and lectures in the name of legendary investigative journalist and Hunter alumnus Jack Newfield, illuminating his enduring relevance and influence. To do so, Hunter College is additionally proud to welcome back the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and author Maggie Haberman. She will be in conversation […]
CENTRO has launched a new in-person series in celebration of our 50th Anniversary! Join us once a month on Saturday afternoons at the Silberman School of Social Work for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children's books. This month's story hour book is The Journey of Pura Belpre's Tales by Manuel Morán, a story […]
Please join us for a book discussion as we mark the release of Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India by Human Rights Faculty Member and Women and Gender Studies Professor Rupal Oza. The author will be in conversation with Vasuki Nesiah, Professor of Practice in Human Rights and International Law at the NYU Gallatin School. In this […]
