Home  About  Chapters  Policy  Publications  Join  Jobs  Donate  Blog  Hartford News GW's Center on Human Rights Director, Kathryn Nash, discusses her center's plans for the semester at GW's launch event News from the National Office Thinking Big Senior Fellows 2009 Highlighted Chapter: Hunter College > More On Campus Midwest Regional Fall Policy Workshop Blum speaks at Vermont Campus Compact conference Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "When there is no vision the people perish." — Franklin Roosevelt    University of Hartford > Roosevelt Home > Hartford “We like the way YOU think” Our theme for this school year surrounds the idea of “We like the way you think.” All of your ideas can make a difference in the world. Our Mission The Roosevelt Institution is the first non-partisan national student think tank that acts as a conduit for ideas to reach the policy discourse. We are here to make the leaders of tomorrow and to teach them about policy and leadership. What makes this organization unique is that we are run only by college students! We are the ones making the changes; we are the ones who create the policies for public discourse. Here at the University of Hartford we are committed to spreading the word about the Roosevelt Institution and building a campus-community base.   Chapter History Roosevelt Chapter at The University of Hartford was established in Fall 2005. On September 18th, 2006 we officially established our roots on the University of Hartford campus with our National Liftoff Event. We had guest speakers Congressman John Larson, Mayor Scott Slifka of West Hartford, and Mayor Eddie Perez of of Hartford. Following the event on September 19, 2006 we officially became recognized as an organization by the Student Government Association. We are still growing in number, and would love to welcome new members! Success Stories We were honored and excited, as a few members of our chapter attended the SCEPR Symposium at UNC-Chapel Hill in March 2006; to present their proposal for the reconstruction of New Orleans (Green Architecture and Building). After which we had a featured articles in an edition of The Hartford Observer. In the Spring of 2008, three members of our chapter were published in the second edition of the 25 ideas journal on Community Development. The policy was called, "Improving Educational Equity." The Roosevelt Institution brought students from across the country to meet with policy makers and other progressive organizations. Two hundred students attended training sessions and debated ideas for future policy work. What You Can Do! Eleanor Roosevelt once said "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." We are the future, we have dreams, and that is something beautiful. We are always open to new ideas. You can participate or share ideas by writing policy papers, helping with fund-raisers, and planning events.   Meet our Executive Board   Questions, Comments, Concerns, Snide Remarks... If you have anything to say at all! Please, email any Executive Board member. Andrea Cohen- andcohen@hartford.edu Katie Roy- roy@hartford.edu Alissa Rauch- rauch@hartford.edu Michelle Tafur- tafur@hartford.edu Meetings: Please email board members for more information. Group members: Khaled S Alfadala Jeremy D Armbruster Catherine E Bailey Nathan R Barber Marie Belletti Jamie D Black Peninnah L Bonhomme Shawn Anthony Cano Elsa Chin Robert J Cogan Andrea R Cohen Dane M Cooney Jessica L Davidson Laura M Engel Sophia E Ezomoghene Connie J Frantzen Jessica P Gamache Lowell A Greenberg Timothy F HUTCHINSON Erin E Macro Eric M Maitland Jason Meiser James A Mello Paije E Moormann Theodore E Norcross IV Brendan S O'Neil Brendan S O'Neil Elizabeth L Posey Alissa R Rauch Jacqueline A Roche Katie A Roy Ashley M Sales Jeffrey J Smith Ted J St Germain Adam Stanisic Nicole Suissa Michelle Tafur Andrew M Turano Rebecca A Tyrrell Jessica M Van Nostrand Dianna A Vazquez Emerson E Westwood Stephen R Zigmont Jenna M Zona doruk baglan chevaughn c campbell raquel casino gulay ozdemir   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || tel (202) 833-1359 || fax (202) 833-1359