Join us as President of David Diamond Associates, David Diamond, and Joachim Pissarro, Bershad Professor of Art History and director of the Hunter College Galleries, share intimate clips from oral history footage and walk us through the extraordinary life of Hunter’s own, Hester Diamond’49. Hester, a fearless and visionary art collector and venerated interior designer, […]
Meet the Authors: Federico A. Subervi-Vélez, Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto, Jairo Lugo-Ocando The News Media in Puerto Rico: Journalism in Colonial Settings and in Times of Crises The News Media in Puerto Rico offers a synopsis as well as a critical analysis of the Island’s news media system, with emphasis on the political and economic factors that […]
Roosevelt House is honored to present a live Zoom panel discussion, marking Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, on Anti-Asian Hate in the Pandemic Age: Curing the Virus of Hate—featuring experts, scholars, and policymakers on how to explain and address the recent surge in discrimination and violence against Asian Americans. This event is co-presented with the […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the second 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 continue with the eight candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Manhattan District Attorney. With incumbent Cyrus […]
Older Adults in the Plague Year: Times of Resistance and Resilience 2020 was quite a year. The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it stay-at-home orders that upended peoples’ lives and the national economy; George Floyd was murdered by a police officer, sparking a global reckoning with systemic racism; anti-Asian violence increased as national leaders used anti-Asian […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman. In this acclaimed and monumental political history, Schulman delivers the most comprehensive account ever produced on the organization ACT UP and American AIDS activism. The author will be in conversation with author […]
The Biden Administration has advanced new climate initiatives that will greatly accelerate and reinvigorate the federal government’s engagement in urgently needed climate action, including the U.S.’s rejoining of the Paris Agreement. Although the previous administration withdrew from direct action, municipalities, states, and other subnational organizations continued their work on climate issues. “We are still in” […]
End of Spring 2021 semester. Have a great summer!
As we mark Pride Month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present the third in a series of 2021 Zoom election events, designed to give young and first-time voters the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June primaries (Primary Day is June 22). We continue with an event co-presented by […]
Co-presented with the Roosevelt House LGBTQ Policy Center, Candidates for City Council Take on LGBTQ+ Issues convenes candidates for City Council who are seeking to maintain its LGBTQ+ representation as current LGBTQ+ Council members reach the end of their respective terms. Participating candidates include: Erik Bottcher, New York City Council, District 3 Marti Cummings, New York City […]
