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Violence Against the LGBTQ Community - Then and Now: A Screening of The Laramie Project

Wednesday, October 9 5:00PM: Reception 5:30PM: Screening 7:00PM: Post-screening discussion   Screening: The Laramie Project (1hr 37min) The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a screening of the award winning 2002 HBO film, The Laramie Project, followed by a conversation with esteemed writer-director Moisés Kaufman. The post-screening discussion will examine the connection between past and […]

American Voices: The Sandra Cisneros Symposium at Hunter College

Please join us as Roosevelt House—together with Hunter College’s Office of the President and MFA in Creative Writing Program—celebrate the artistry of the great Sandra Cisneros on the 40th anniversary of the publication of the The House on Mango Street. To mark the occasion, American Voices: The Sandra Cisneros Symposium at Hunter College will bring together leading authors, journalists, scholars, singers, […]

The Feminister — Film Screening

Please join us for a film screening of The Feminister which follows the career of former Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, the first to institute “feminist foreign policy” which has since been adopted by a number of countries around the world. The film traces the secret talks she mediated between North Korea and the United States […]

Rustin: A Film Screening and Conversation About the Life and Legacy of Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin

5 pm: Reception 5:30 pm: Screening: Rustin (1hr 47min) 7:15 pm: Post-screening discussion   The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a screening of the Netflix film Rustin, which tells the poignant and absorbing story of the largely overlooked civil rights leader Bayard Rustin—who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and others to organize the […]

The Battle for Intro. 2: The New York City Gay Rights Bill, 1971 – 1986

Initially proposed in 1971, the Gay Rights Bill in New York City was the first of its kind in the nation, meant to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, and public accommodations. After 15 years of grassroots activism and strident opposition, the bill, known as local law Intro. 2, passed in […]

11th Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize

Ann Kirschner, Hunter College President, invites you to attend a special program and reception honoring the recipients of the 11th Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize. Individual Honorees Helen Arteaga-Landaverde, MPH, PHD NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Theodore “Ted” Long, MD, MHS NYC Health + Hospitals Organizational Honoree Mixteca Sunset Park, Brooklyn The Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize honors individuals and not-for-profit organizations […]

Paul Sparrow — Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindbergh ― and the Battle to Save Democracy

For the last FDR-themed event of the Roosevelt House season, we are pleased to present a discussion of Paul Sparrow’snew book Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindbergh―and the Battle to Save Democracy. In this deeply researched and engaging history, Sparrow brings President Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life as […]

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