Join three prominent NYC political reporters on Wednesday, March 23 for an in-depth analysis of Albany politics and Governor Hochul’s ambitious 2022 budget proposal, which will impact millions of New Yorkers. Moderated by Dr. Basil A. Smikle Jr., Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Program, the program will feature Rebecca Lewis, Deputy State Politics Reporter, City & […]
Announcing a webinar discussion with notable political geographers who have familiarity and expertise on the topic of geopolitics in post-Soviet space and on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its ramifications. Please join us on Zoom for the opportunity to learn more and ask questions to our esteemed panelists. Co-organized and co-moderated by CUNY faculty, Dr. Peter […]
Transgender Americans are currently facing one of the most anti-trans legislative years in US history. According to the Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index scorecard, 2021 saw 147 anti-trans legislative proposals; and this year, according to USA Today, at least 280 proposals aimed at the LGBTQI+ community have emerged in statehouses across the country—with a focus on […]
Technology and Society in the Next Generation: Growth, Security, and Well-Being A Three-Day Conference Presented in Person and on Zoom - April 6-8, 2022 Technological innovation is giving rise to a future infused with the tension between progress and risk. In the coming decades, technological innovation across a range of fields could hasten important advances […]
Greetings and Introduction Jessica Neuwirth, Rita E. Hauser Director, Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House, Hunter College Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founding Director, Remember the Women Institute Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hon. Adva Vilchinski, Consul for Public Policy, Consulate General of Israel in New York Artistic Responses to Intimate […]
As recent history has powerfully reminded us, leaders who wage war must simultaneously focus on devising exit strategies—and waging peace. No one understood this dual challenge better than America’s Civil War president, Abraham Lincoln. Now, CNN senior on-air analyst—and best-selling historian—John Avlon has produced a timely, and timeless, account of Lincoln’s final, epochal months as both […]
Featuring readings and reflections from poets, novelists, essayists, and memoirists including Marina Budhos, Nancy Bulalacao, Christina Chiu, Curtis Chin, Luis Francia, Lisa Ko, Marie G. Lee, Ed Lin, Vina and Manuel D. Orden, Bino Realuyo, Purvi Shah, Monique Truong, Eileen Tabios, and Barbara Tran. The early 90’s were […]
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend a new public program presented in-person and on Zoom “The LGBTQ Homelessness Crisis in New York” According to UCLA’s William’s Institute, LGBTQ adults are far more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. In particular, homelessness rates are highest among transgender, Black and Latinx […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class by Dan Canon. In this important new study, Canon delivers an incisive critique of the role of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system. The author will be in conversation with Hunter College professor of sociology, Dr. CalvinJohn Smiley. Precisely […]
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has released new proposed substantial equivalency regulations. The goal of these regulations is to hold nonpublic schools across the state accountable for providing its students with a basic secular education. Once passed, these regulations will serve as a crucial mechanism to ensure that the tens of thousands of school children […]
