April 14 marks the 90th birthday of our beloved Roosevelt House advisory board member and generous supporter and advocate, Ambassador William vanden Heuvel. Though we remain in social isolation, all of us at this institution want to wish the Ambassador a very happy birthday and best wishes for many more. In celebration of his milestone, Roosevelt […]
The Public Policy Program and the Hunter College Economics Department present Awakening in Tomorrow’s Post-Pandemic World: Economic Policy in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/156086215 Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm For Hunter students and faculty: please note that Tuesday, April 7 is running on a Wednesday schedule As COVID-19 continues […]
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome journalist and historian Craig Fehrman to discuss his well-received new book, Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote, the story of America’s presidents as authors—opening a new window onto the public and private lives of our nation’s highest leaders. […]
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, associate professor of law at the University of Denver, to discuss his new book, Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants. The book presents an in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice […]
Join us at Roosevelt House for a conversation about A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir, the lively, intimate posthumous memoir of an iconic woman, gay life in New York in the second half of the 20th century, and the rise of LGBTQ activism. Edie Windsor became internationally famous when she sued the U.S. government, […]
Roosevelt House and the LGBTQ Public Policy Center at Hunter College are Pleased to Present Film Screening and Discussion Hot to Trot Please join us at Roosevelt House for a screening of Hot to Trot, a documentary film about same-sex competitive ballroom dance. The documentary goes inside this fascinating but little-known world and follows a […]
Please join us at Roosevelt House for a discussion about one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s top commanders. Author David L. Roll will present his new book, George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, which tells the story of America’s most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington—whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world […]
Please join us at Roosevelt House for a dramatic reading from Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts, a play by Ellen Abrams. It examines the fraught and complicated relationship between Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt—American royalty and two of the most renowned and admired women of their time. Eleanor Roosevelt, the famed First Lady, […]
Please join us for a broad-ranging discussion of current policy issues facing the New York City Taxi industry – including the fallout from predatory loans; a proposed cap in vehicles to ease the city’s congestion; proposed congestion pricing; new bus-only two-way crosstown streets; and particularly the impact on South Asian immigrant drivers, who are disproportionately represented […]
Roosevelt House welcomes four leading civil rights lawyers to discuss new strategies to protect LGBTQ rights in an era when the White House is undermining LGBTQ rights and the support of the Supreme Court is no longer a given. Carl Charles is a staff attorney in the New York Office of Lambda Legal. He focuses […]
