HUNTER COLLEGE HOSTS FIFTH ANNUAL JOAN H. TISCH PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM AT ROOSEVELT HOUSE

“Confronting a Superstorm of Challenges: A New American Grand Strategy”

 Monday, November 18
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:15 – 7:15 p.m.

The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

47-49 East 65th Street (btwn Park and Madison Avenues)

Hunter College will convene a panel of experts in a conversation to explore the ways in which public health, the economy, national security, climate change and other issues are linked challenges and the need for a coherent, new unified strategy to confront these burgeoning domestic and international crises on Monday, November 18, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, located at 47-49 East 65th Street (btwn Park and Madison Avenues).­A reception will immediately precede the program.

Drawing on lessons from FDR’s “Grand Strategy,” this new approach calls for a renewed focus on collaboration across borders to find smart solutions to a broad range of global threats to health, the environment and international prosperity.

Panel participants will be Patrick Doherty, Deputy Director, National Security Studies Program, The New America Foundation; Dr. Richard Jackson, Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health, Hunter College; Col. Mark Mykleby, Former adviser, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Senior Fellow, The New America Foundation. Moderated by Michelle Wucker, President of the World Policy Institute.

The Joan H. Tisch Public Health Forum is funded by a grant from The Steve Tisch Foundation, The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Foundation and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.

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. The institute provides opportunities for students to analyze public policy and experience meaningful civic engagement; for faculty to research, teach, and write about important issues of the day; and for scholarly and public audiences to participate in high-profile lectures, seminars and conferences.