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 […]
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 & […]
Please join us in the Roosevelt House Auditorium as we bring together our Hunter community with human rights and public policy experts for an open forum to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Moderated by Jessica Neuwirth, Director of the Human Rights Program and Dr. Basil Smikle Jr., Director of Public Policy Program. This event will […]
Roosevelt House and The Pulitzer Center are pleased to present a discussion—presented in person and on Zoom—with leading immigration journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee Anna-Catherine Brigida. Examining U.S. border policies and their wide-ranging impact on migrant communities, the event will be moderated by the Director of the Hunter College Journalism Program Sissel McCarthy. From Central America to […]
Join us virtually or in-person for a special event featuring Xochitl Gonzales, New York Times best-selling author of Olga Dies Dreaming in conversation with Yarimar Bonilla, Political Anthropologist and the Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College This event will be held in person at Roosevelt House and online via Zoom. Proof […]
Pamela Nadell in conversation with Leah Garrett. In the days when the City College of New York was all male and Hunter College was all female, Jewish women, mostly the daughters of immigrants from Russia and Poland, knew that a Hunter education was the springboard to a teaching career. Other Hunter Jewish subway scholars took different paths. […]
Launching its first full season of public events at the Roosevelt House LGBTQ Policy Center under the leadership of its new Director, Erin Mayo-Adam, we are pleased to present an urgent discussion on the escalating violence and discrimination faced by Asian and LGBTQI+ communities around the globe. In New York City alone, 2021 saw anti-LGBTQI+ […]
The Public Service Scholar Program (PSSP) is a year-long internship and academic program for students interested in exploring careers in public service. The program seeks to raise the representation of women, POC, and immigrants in leadership positions. Interested in joining our 2022-2023 cohort? We encourage students to attend our Information Session on Wednesday, February 9, […]
Roosevelt House is honored to present what promises to be a news-making, one-on-one discussion with Mayor Bill de Blasio as he nears the end of his eight years at City Hall. The Mayor will be in conversation with Joseph P. Viteritti, the Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy at Hunter College. Viteritti is the author of the most comprehensive […]
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend a new public program presented in-person and on Zoom Walking While Trans: The End Of New York’s Anti-Loitering Law. Continuing the first full season of public events at the Roosevelt House LGBTQ Policy Center under the leadership of its new Director, Erin Mayo-Adam, we are pleased to present […]
