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  • Lecture: Mobilizing ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ to Secure Our Freedoms

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    Presenter: Professor Basil Smikle, Jr., Ph.D., Director of the Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy at Hunter College & Member of the FDR Library Board of Trustees The lecture will present the historical context of the Four Freedoms Speech, the formulation of Roosevelt’s vision, and its impact on the post-war world and its relevance today. […]

  • Lecture: Free Speech and Civility on College Campuses

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    Presenter: Tania Tetlow | President, Fordham University The lecture will discuss the realities of engaging civil discourse and free speech on college campuses. Tetlow, a renowned legal scholar and former federal prosecutor before her career in higher education, will share how she navigates this terrain via theory and real-life examples. About the Presenter Tania Tetlow […]

  • Lectures at St. Ignatius: John F. Kennedy, The Houston Speech, and Catholic Citizenship

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    PRESENTER: Mark Massa, S.J., Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and Professor of Theology at Boston College John F. Kennedy’s ‘Houston Speech’ before 300 Protestant clergymen in 1960 supposedly won him the presidency. Was that good news for the Catholic presidential candidates who came after him? About the Presenter Mark […]

  • Lecture | Fulfilling America’s Promise: Delivering on FDR’s Vision of Freedom From Want

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    PRESENTER: Anne Williams-Isom, New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services This lecture will discuss the foundations, challenges, opportunities, and lessons for leaders as America works to deliver on FDR’s “Freedom from Want.” Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom will delve into areas including poverty, equity issues, the ongoing asylum humanitarian crisis, and how we, as […]

  • Lecture at St. Ignatius: A Long Way From Home: Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Parental Rejection and God’s Merciful Love

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    Presenter: Mr. Carl Siciliano, Founder of the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive housing program for homeless LGBTQ youth Surely one of the cruelest disparities faced by LGBTQ people is the unequal access too many have teens have to their parents' love and support. Carl will discuss the frequent tethering of parental […]

  • Lecture | The Long Pilgrimage of Dorothy Day

    Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    Wallace Hall & Livestreamed Presenter: Mr. Robert Ellsberg, Publisher, Orbis Books Robert Ellsberg will reflect on Day's long life "on pilgrimage," and the way her faith was tested by daily life and the challenges of history. About the Presenter Robert Ellsberg, the publisher of Orbis Books, worked with Dorothy Day for the last five years […]