Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Yale  Yale News Co-President Stephanie Somerman presents at the Michigan Roosevelt Research Seminar, Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA 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 National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." — Teddy Roosevelt    Center on Social Issues > Roosevelt Home > Yale > Social Issues The Center on Social Issues is currently inactive. If you are interested in continuing the work of the center, please contact yale-socialissues@rooseveltinstitution.org. Recent Research Felon Voting Rights Presentation On January 12, the Center on Social Issues presented at a state-wide conference on felon voting issues held at Central Connecticut State College and organized by Rep. Bill Dyson. This Felon Voting Rights Presentation was well-received and the center is exploring further options for promoting this research. Fall 2005 The Center on Social Issues has tackled three projects this semester. The first is a paper on felon voting rights. The paper concentrates on possible legal reforms (such as parole officer education), various interpretations of the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the relationship between felon disenfranchisement and recidivism. A final draft of this project will be finished in time for a presentation at CCSU in mid-January. The second policy piece deals with affirmative action. This concentrates on the potential applicability of socioeconomic affirmative action as an alternative to race-based programs. This paper deals more with examining constitutional issues and Supreme Court decisions in order to test the potential merits and failings of both possible programs. The final project regards marriage equality, and focuses on the financial benefits of allowing gay marriage, as well as a comparison of legal rights covered by marriage as compared to a civil union. The center will finish all three of these projects by the end of January 2006 and then consider topics of specific interest to New Haven, including immigration and labor issues. Click Here for Center on Social Issues One-Pager Click here to read the principles of the Center on Social Issues Group members: Gregory Geusic Victor Alquicira Andrew D Beaty Nikolas Bowie Ryan K Dallen Sam Duboff Benjamin Elkins David J Lee Matthew S Levinson Corinna L Li Andrew L Liotta Aaron M Littman Charles C Loi Raphael Magarik Sarah Marks Rachel B Plattus Adler Prioly Ellen Ray Rebecca Serbin Danielle Torres Efan Wu Michael Y Zang Maria de Leon erica.newland@yale.edu   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 / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657