Upcoming Public Programs
“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt House Public Programs
In 2022, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating a federal right to abortion and overturning Roe v. Wade. Since then, the federal government and many local policymakers have also enacted new restrictions on gender-affirming ca... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the New York launch of award-winning historian Leah Garrett’s new book, The Flight Nurses’ War: The American Women Who Saved Thousands of Lives at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Uncovering an extraordinary story of Second World War heroism, Garrett... Read more
Marking Puerto Rican Heritage Month at Hunter College, Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and Hunter College President Nancy Cantor are pleased to present veteran journalist, former New York State Secretary of State, and Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Rossana Rosado discussing her new memoir Bronx A... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the New York launch of the groundbreaking and innovative new book Prison Hashtags: Incarceration, Reentry, and Digital Identity by leading scholars of criminal justice Calvin John Smiley and Jan Haldipur. In it, the authors explore the pivotal r... Read more
Please join us as the Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program (SSTRP) at Roosevelt House and the Eno Center for Transportation present a special panel discussion on the status of the critical Second Avenue Subway project, and how the lessons of its first phase will be implemented in the second.Convenin... Read more
Human Rights Program Events
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Public Policy Program Events
Come back soon for an updated list of Public Policy Events. Click here to view past events.
LGBTQ Policy Center Events
In 2022, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating a federal right to abortion and overturning Roe v. Wade. Since then, the federal government and many local policymakers have also enacted new restrictions on gender-affirming ca... Read more
Calendar of Events
Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, reopened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights, to support faculty research, and to foster creative dialogue.
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