On Monday, November 13, 2017 Latanya Mapp Frett, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, came to International House to speak to Residents. The discussion was moderated by Terry McGovern, Chair and Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center. The evening’s conversation focused on women’s rights to health resources globally; the impact of the changing political landscape on the future of women’s access to birth control; and abortions and other health resources. Both Frett and McGovern have dedicated their lives to social justice and believe...

Each year, International House President and CEO Calvin Sims invites a select group of Residents to join him at the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York. At the annual black tie event, winners in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature for the prestigious prize are announced. Sims serves as Board Secretary for the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards. The 2017 Awards were held on Wednesday, November 15, with nine Residents there to Represent the I-House...

International House Residents at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit. Through the generosity of the Fund II Foundation, 21 Residents from International House representing Africa, Europe, Asia, North and South America were given the opportunity to travel to Detroit, Michigan, to learn about the African-Americans experience in that city. As a Resident from Nigeria who had always been curious about the specifics of African-American history, so I was so happy to be among those participating in this special trip, which took place October 13-15, 2017. The motto of the Fund II Foundation is...

New Funding Will Create Programs and Opportunities for African and African American Students NEW YORK, NY– (February 17, 2017) International House, a premier residential community dedicated to preparing the next generation of globally-minded leaders, has been awarded a grant to support its continued efforts in fostering a new generation of globally-minded leaders and increase diversity within that talent pool. Fund II Foundation has awarded International House a grant of $500,000 to support programming, cultural initiatives, scholarships and outreach in African and African-American...

On October 24 and 25, 2014, International House and The GroundTruth Project, in association with the World Economic Forum, World Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Ford Foundation, MSNBC, and Univision, presented Generation Jobless: A Conference on Global Youth Unemployment. The Millennial Generation has been called “Generation Jobless.” Nearly one quarter of the world’s young people – 290 million aged 15-24 — are in 21st century limbo: they are NEETs — not in Education, Employment, or Training. They struggle to navigate day-to-day practicalities: making a living, paying rent and affording...

International House made history on Thursday, April 7, 2016, when, for the first time, all four living Chairs of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank gathered together for a public discussion. “When the Federal Reserve Speaks…The World Listens” was a live panel discussion where former Chairs Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker and Ben Bernanke joined current Chair Janet Yellen in Davis Hall. The at-capacity audience included Residents, Alumni, Trustees and luminaries from New York’s diverse business communities, and the event received unprecedented media coverage from outlets around the world. The...