On July 14th, the SAG-AFTRA union, which represents approximately 160,000 writers and performers in various fields, went on strike over declining pay as streaming services and other changes affect their compensation, plus the threat that artificial intelligence poses to their professions. Other similar unions such as the screenwriter’s union and the Writers Guild of America […]
Join CENTRO and CUNY’s Hunter College for an Afternoon Tertulia on feminist action as a response to intersectional oppression within grassroots organizations of the sixties and seventies. This tertulia brings together authors Ericka Huggins, of the Black Panther Party, Iris Morales, of the Young Lords, and Patricia Romney, of the Third World Women’s Alliance, for […]
Roosevelt House Open House Learn more about Roosevelt House’s two academic programs, Public Policy and Human Rights, which both offer Minor and Certificate tracks. Students will have an opportunity to meet with program directors Basil Smikle and Jessica Neuwirth along with other Roosevelt House faculty and staff, network with one another, and hear from students already progressing in each program.
Kicking off a new season of public programs at Roosevelt House, we are pleased to present a discussion with acclaimed journalist Samuel G. Freedman on his widely praised new book, Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights. In this riveting and eloquently written chronicle, Freedman reconstructs and reconsiders the early life […]
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of Craig Seligman’s new book Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag. The acclaimed book provides a vivid new history of drag as told through the life of pioneering drag queen Doris Fish. The author will […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present—on the day of its publication—a discussion of James B. Conroy’s new book The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War. In this cinematically rendered and gripping history, Conroy delivers the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret parlay in Morocco […]
Please join us as Roosevelt House and Hunter’s Jewish Studies Center co-host a discussion of the new book Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. Devoted to ten of the most colorful, fascinating, and consequential Jewish political leaders over the past three millennia, Providence and Power fills an important gap in the study of leadership, statecraft, […]
As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to an end, please join us for a discussion with leading policymakers and educators about the importance of a newly introduced […]
Please join us for the opening of an important new exhibition: Roosevelt House: Saving a National Treasure for a New Generation Exploring the history, preservation, and rebirth of the Roosevelt family home — today’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, and celebrating the three extraordinary women deservedly identified with this thriving landmark: Sara […]
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, invites you to a documentary film screening and discussion of: Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square The screening will be presented in person only & a post-screening panel discussion will be presented in person and on Zoom. Featuring: Co-Director/Producer & Chair of Film & Media […]
