Panel

Join us at The New School's Starr Foundation Hall on Tuesday, April 15 as our 2025 Henry Cohen Lecture Series continues with an intimate conversation featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning Mojave poet, activist, and educator Natalie Diaz and Institute Founding Director Darrick Hamilton on the poetry of economics, with special remarks from The Rockefeller Foundation’s Chief Innovation Officer Zia Khan.

Join us on Tuesday, April 8 for the third event of our spring 2025 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, "The Freedom Budget: From Civil Rights to Economic Rights." Featuring Nina Turner, Cori Bush, Tamieka Atkins, and Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, the discussion will examine the enduring relevance of the 1966 Freedom Budget for All Americans—which aimed to eradicate poverty by tackling issues such as unemployment, substandard wages, poor housing and inadequate access to health services and education—in addressing the growing challenges and inequities of our contemporary political economy.

Presented by the Institute's Health and Political Economy Project (HPEP), this conversation will feature a public lecture from Acting Health Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Dr. Michelle Morse, who will then join a panel with Darrick Hamilton, Jamila Michener, and Brian Smedley, moderated by Dr. Dave Chokshi. The discussion will explore the kinds of health investments and policies, power-building strategies, and narratives we need to see real change.