Marking Asian American History Month the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and Network 20/20 with co-sponsorship by the Hunter Asian American Studies Program and Center and the History Department invite you to attend a documentary film screening and post-screening discussion of: Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia Please join us as the Roosevelt […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of One Thought Scares Me…: We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them to Know; We Don’t Teach Our Children What We Don’t Wish Them to Know by Academy Award winning actor and advocate Richard Dreyfuss. In this urgent call to reconsider and reestablish the role of civics education in […]
Marking World Press Freedom Day the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and PEN America invite you to attend a documentary film screening and post-screening discussion of 20 Days in Mariupol. Please join us as the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program and PEN America co-host an in-person only screening of the film 20 Days in Mariupol followed by […]
Please join us as Roosevelt House and Hunter’s Music Department co-host a unique concert program by Duo Extempore, a musical duo featuring 2015 graduate of Hunter’s MA in Music program Nicole Brancato on keyboard and Evan Jagels on bass. Their site-specific, curated improvisations draw musical inspiration from classical music and jazz—pushing the boundaries of what piano and bass can do together, and redefining the […]
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, invites you to attend a very special in-person event: Speak Up For The Equal Rights Amendment! A press conference announcing a student-led petition drive for the ERA With Special Guests: Hon. Chuck Schumer & Hon. Carolyn Maloney This year marks the 100th anniversary of the year feminist legend Alice […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of The Present Illness: American Health Care and Its Afflictions by physician, health services researcher, and professor of medicine Martin F. Shapiro. In this eye-opening and powerful assessment of the state of medicine in the United States, Shapiro goes beyond political posturing and industry quick-fixes to address the all-important question: why […]
Martin F. Shapiro, MD, PhD, MPH, will weave together history, sociology, extensive research, and his own experiences as a physician to explore the broad range of afflictions impairing US health care and explains why we won't be able to fix the system without making significant changes across society.
With 20 months to go until the 2024 presidential election, both parties are staking out policy positions on a number of issues hoping to connect with American voters. To discuss the intricacies of the coming policy debates, join Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress in conversation with Dr. Basil A. Smikle Jr., […]
Please join us as Roosevelt House marks the 60th anniversary of the death, and 90th anniversary of the birth year, of one of the 20th century’s most essential writers: Sylvia Plath. To commemorate these anniversaries, The Sylvia Plath Symposium at Hunter College will bring together some of the nation’s foremost scholars, authors, performers, and activists to celebrate and explore the […]
With welcome by LGBTQ Policy Center Director, Erin Mayo-Adam. The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House invites you to attend an event celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility. The event brings together a panel of New York City-based advocates, academics, and policymakers who are working toward what activists call the “liberation” of transgender and nonbinary communities. […]
