Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series We Need to Build: Pluralism and Its Possibilities Join us at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College for a talk with internationally renowned scholar and civil leader on interfaith cooperation and pluralism, Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America. The 21st-century American city on a hill has a […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Coming Together: Healing as a Community Join us at Hunter College for a talk with trauma-informed diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, Dr. Laura Quiros. Dr. Quiros is a licensed master social worker who graduated from Hunter College's Silberman School of Social Work in 2000. She also serves as […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th Speaker: Ari L. Goldman Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Director, Scripps Howard Program in Religion, Journalism and the Spiritual Life, Columbia University Speaker: Gregory Khalil President and Co-Founder of Telos; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism at Columbia University Reception to […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series The Intersection of Identity: Growing Up Palestinian-American Speaker: Susan Muaddi Darraj Ms. Muaddi Darraj a Palestinian-American author of books for adults and children, including the Farah Rocks series.
This new book is an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve problems together. Speaker: Loretta J. Ross Co-founder of SisterSong, Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College, MacArthur Fellow Class of 2022 Speaker: Carol Jenkins […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Leaving the Hasidic Community: Reality versus Popular Culture Speaker: Zalman Newfield, PhD Prof. Newfield is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and the acting Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Hunter College Speaker: Heba Gowayed, PhD Prof. Gowayed is a faculty member in the Department […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Forum on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech: What Does it Mean for the Hunter Community? The panel discussion will cover two important and distinct subjects of interest to the Hunter community. The session will begin with a discussion of the purposes, source of rights, and contours of […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Finding Our Voices Speaker: Aarti Namdev Shahani Ms. Shahani is a working journalist and the author of Here We Are, a memoir. She is the creator and host of the Art of Power podcast.
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series A More Fair Playing Field: Trans Rights in School and Sports Speaker: Lex Horwitz Lex Horwitz (he/they) is a former transgender athlete who is a public speaker and consultant in the Northeast, focusing on transgender rights in sports. Speaker: Bobby Hodgson Bobby Hodgson is the assistant legal director […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Migration Narratives in the U.S: Building Community Capacity and Resilience Speaker: Marciana Popescu, PhD Popescu is a professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and a member of the UN-NGO Committee on Migration. Her work focuses on global and local migration policies, particular areas of interest […]
