Events for Oct/07/2025
People & Places Conference
Community developers from five national networks are coming together in solidarity to advocate, collaborate, and innovate. Join us at the People & Places Conference to support each other as we build political power. You'll have opportunities to make meaningful connections with peers from across the country as you learn about policy trends that impact your ... Read more
Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” Featuring David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face. He has one Tony Award (M. Butterfly) and three other nominations (Golden Child, Flower Drum Song, and Yellow Face), as well ... Read more
Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education
Roosevelt House is honored to present a conversation with Hunter College Professor of Public Policy Joseph P. Viteritti about his new book Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education (Oxford). An authoritative history of the school choice movement, as well as a heartfelt memoir from one of the country’s leading education scholars, ... Read more
Open Doors and Great Walls: Winston Lord’s China Odyssey
Come join Amb. Winston Lord, former U.S. Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1989, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and former Senior China Advisor in the Special Envoy for Climate Change office at the U.S. State Department, and Orville Schell, Vice President and Arthur Ross Director of the Center ... Read more
AI and the Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed, causing much anxiety about how our society and daily lives may change in the not-too-distant future. Top of mind for many: jobs. A panel of experts brings the speculation down to earth, addressing questions such as: What jobs will AI replace? What new jobs will be created? How ... Read more