Soho Forum Debate: Naomi Schaefer Riley vs. Martin Guggenheim
Schedule
Tue Jan 06 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Sheen Center | New York, NY
About this Event
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.
Where is it happening?
The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 12.00 to USD 34.00


















