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Roosevelt Institution at Yale

The Yale Chapter of the Roosevelt Institution is a founding chapter of a national network of student think tanks. We organize students into policy centers that conduct original policy research and propose solutions to the problems facing our society at all levels. Roosevelt works to build relationships with relavent policymakers in order to put students' ideas into action.

Latest News

Roosevelt Fellow Ben Lazarus was invited to testify before the Washington, DC City Council during their hearing about the practice of predatory payday lending. Lazarus testified based on his research with the Center on Economic Policy. (more...)
Former Center on International Development Co-Director Emily Morrell spent the summer in Rwanda working for the international NGO that she co-founded, Gardens for Health International (GHI), along with another Roosevelt Fellow from Brown. GHI works to build community gardens to provide the necessary nutritional support for HIV and AIDS patients. (more...)

Five Roosevelt Fellows from the Yale Chapter presented at the Roosevelt National Policy Expo in Washington, DC in July. They presented their research on microcredit in New Haven, predatory payday lending, health insurance mandates, and higher education access to an audience of members of Congres and staffers, advocacy organizations, and other members of the DC policy community.

Six groups of Yale students were published in the Roosevelt Institution's national publication series, 25 Ideas. The three 25 Ideas issues will be distributed to every member of Congress, along with thousands of state and local lawmakers around the country.

Latest Policy

Predatory Payday Lending
Sustainable Food

Community Health Gardens in Rwanda

College Outreach & Advising Programs

Policy Centers

Center on Economic Policy: meetings Thursdays at 6pm in the Silliman Dining Annex (to the left of the dining hall)

Expanding and Improving Microcredit Initiatives in New Haven
Affordable Housing and Homelessness in New Haven and Connecticut

Center on Education: meetings Tuesdays at 8pm in the Trumbull Seminar Room (above the dining hall)

     Increasing Socioeconomic Diversity in Public Schools
     Evaluating the Success of Teach for America in New Haven
     Improving Teacher Retention in New Haven

Center on the Environment: STEP meetings Thusrdays at 7pm in the Branford Common Room; 1000 Friends of CT meetings TBA

Evaluation of the Student Taskforce for Environmental Partnership (STEP) at Yale

Center on International Development: meetings Thursdays at 7pm in the Davenport Seminar Room (second floor of entryway N)

Developing Alternative Energy Sources for Rural Communities
Incentives to Reduce Homelessness in Developing Countries

Center on Public Health: meetings Sundays at 4pm in the Trumbull Common Room

Expanding Medical Outreach to Native American Communities
Providing Health Insurance for Undocumented Children

Center on Security and Foreign Policy: Middle East meetings Mondays at 7pm in the Timothy Dwight Common Room - Immigration meetings Thursdays at 6pm in the Timothy Dwight Dining Hall

Inequality and the Roots of Mexican Immigration
Fostering Communication and Dialogue in Middle Eastern Communities