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Distinguished Lecture Series
Center for New Deal Studies

Sponsored by The Center for New Deal Studies, Roosevelt University and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park, NY

Date Topic Speaker
2006 "What Makes a Good Neighbor?  Upholding Values of Human Rights and Security in Latin American Immigration to the United States Luis Alberto Cordero, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Costa Rica
     
2005 "The FCC and the Media" A Fireside Chat and Four Freedoms Roundtable Karen Gibbs, moderator; Panelists:  Newton Minow, Sr. Counsel, Sidley Austin; Carol Marin, NBC5 News and Chicago Sun Times; Professor John C. Roberts, DePaul School of Law 
     
2004 Working with Women and Children in Post-War Countries: The Liberian Situation Krubo Kollie, University of Liberia
     
2002 Corporate Accountability in an Age of Doubt Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library
     
2001 World Hunger: A Human Rights Issue Stephane Hessel, Ambassadeur de France
 
2000 Remembering Eleanor Roosevelt Through Music and History Allida Black, ER Papers Project, and performance of cello concerto, “Eleanor’s Gift”
 
1999 Celebrating the Legacy of New Deal Housing Policy Gail Radford, SUNY-Buffalo, & Julia  Stasch (Chief of Staff to Mayor Daley)
 
1998 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Felice Gaer, Blaustein Institute for the  Advancement of Human Rights
 
1997 FDR & the Arts: The Federal Theater Studs Terkel, after a student performance of “The Cradle Will Rock.”
 
1996 FDR & the Holocaust Ambassador William vanden Heuvel
 
1995 Refugees: The Dilemmas of Global Dislocation Ambassador Morton Abramowitz
 
1994 Preventing Family Violence Esta Soler, Family Violence Prevention Fund
 
1993 Public v. Private Responsibility: Families & Children in the 21st Century Panelists including Cong. Richard Durbin, Mary Davidson, Thomas Roeser, Delores Holmes,Michael Warder. Moderated by John Callaway
 
1992 Women in Politics Cokie Roberts

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