Soho Forum Debate: Naomi Schaefer Riley vs. Martin Guggenheim

Tue Jan 06 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

The Sheen Center | New York

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Soho Forum Debate: Naomi Schaefer Riley vs. Martin Guggenheim
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Resolution: Government-run child protective services should intervene more in the lives of children.
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For the affirmative:

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on child welfare and foster care issues, and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She is a former columnist for the New York Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor and writer, as well as the author of several books, including No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives.


For the negative:

Martin Guggenheim is the Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus at New York University Law School and founder of the Family Defense Clinic. As one of the nation’s foremost experts on children’s rights and family law, he has published more than 50 articles and book chapters, authored five books, and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.


ALL tickets must be reserved in advance.


Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors open
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 06:30 PM
Meeting convenes
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 08:00 PM
Reception
Host: Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi's Apartment

Info: Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket.

Please note: to attend the reception you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 12.00 to USD 34.00

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