21st Century New Deal Political Leadership
Jackson, Mississippi mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba kicked off the conference with an inspiring panel on what communities can do to shape their own government.
Speaking Truth to Power
To close out the conference, a group of Roosevelt University students reflected on their work as activists and organizers against racial injustice.
The Leading Edge of Social Justice
Roosevelt University was one of the first fully integrated colleges in the United States, one of the first with an integrated faculty and Board of Trustees, and one of the first to promote social justice and human rights as core missions.
Change Agents
Meet five alumni who have dedicated their careers — in the classroom, on the basketball court, and at the concert hall — to serving others.
Why Innovation Matters
Innovation is a term as overused as multitasking or empowerment. Yet at its basic form, it means taking an idea and translating it into a form that creates value.
Video: John Kafka and the YMCA College
Only months before the Nazi invasion, John Kafka escaped from France and arrived in Chicago. The YMCA College alum remembers his time as a student in a “strange world.”