Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Rutgers  Rutgers News Each year, the incoming leaders of Roosevelt Institution chapters gather at the FDR Estate in Hyde Park, New York. Photos by Nick Bradley. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." — Franklin Roosevelt    Center on Social Movements and Gender Issues > Roosevelt Home > Rutgers > Social Movements and Gender Issues Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): The Center on Social Movements and Gender examines how disempowered groups influence the political process. Social movements, which encompass civil society or, more generally, non state actors and issues of gender and the means in which those issues influence the political process, are on the agenda. Some areas of study include (but are in no way limited to): - Non-State Actors (such as Not for Profit organizations) - Social Movements, such as the Zapitista movement in Central America - Gender Issues and Elections - Gender Issues and Society We welcome all research on these topics. Group members: Bryan Greene Nathan E Betancourt Ata R Hindi James D Lamond Pedro Santana   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 || (202) 833-1359