Events
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Oct 19
October 19, 2016
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Committee Room 10, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA, UK (Please use Cromwell Green entrance, allowing 15 minutes for security clearance.)Eroding Trust: The UK’s Prevent Counter-Extremism Strategy in Health and Education
Experts discuss a new Open Society Foundations report assessing the human rights impact of the UK government’s effort to engage teachers, doctors, and other caregivers in the fight against violent extremism.
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Oct 5
October 5, 2016
3:30–9:00 p.m. (EDT)
BRIC House Ballroom, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217Cops and Community: Innovations Around Policing
Join community leaders, activists, police, and scholars as they share ideas for finding solutions to the violence, tension, and mistrust that exists between cops and the community.
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Sep 26
September 26, 2016
1:30–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBook Launch—Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters
Leading human rights lawyer Anthony Lester discusses his new book, which presents a powerful account of what’s needed to protect our hard-won rights and freedoms.
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Sep 22
September 22, 2016
1:30–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202Can Universal Basic Income Eradicate Poverty?
Andy Stern discusses his recently published book, which investigates the current and projected state of the labor economy as emerging technologies push us toward a future with fewer overall jobs.
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Sep 19
September 19, 2016
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkReception for Ebola Through the Lens
Join us at the Open Society Foundations office for a reception for the photography exhibit Ebola Through the Lens in advance of its New York debut at Photoville.
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Sep 14
September 14, 2016
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBook Launch: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Rosa Brooks discusses her new book, which examines what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.
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Sep 12
September 12, 2016
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWhy Transformation Is Taking Such a Long Time in India and the Role that Art Can Play
How artists, environmentalists, conservationists, and political actors are contributing to the revitalization of the city of Varanasi.
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Jul 27
July 27, 2016
1:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBook Launch: The End of White Christian America
A discussion of a new book exploring how demographic shifts are changing America.
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Jul 25
July 25, 2016
11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonRoundtable with Finalists for Executive Secretary of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
As the Inter-American Commission prepared to elect a new executive secretary, this roundtable offered a rare opportunity to hear from the candidates themselves and engage in a moderated discussion with civil society.
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Jul 14
July 14, 2016
8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFueling Economic Advancement and Empowerment Through Land Rights
This discussion examines the importance of land rights to open society priorities, how land rights create a foundation for other interventions, and the opportunities and challenges facing a growing land rights movement.
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Jul 13
July 13, 2016
1:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
The Living Well, 2443 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218Punishing the Poor: Opening Reception for #unconvicted
In the United States, nearly all arrested people are required to pay cash bail in order to be released from jail before trial, yet more than three in five inmates remain behind bars because they cannot afford to pay.
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Jun 29
June 29, 2016
12:00–6:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsArmed Drones, Counterterrorism, and Human Rights: The Need for a European Voice?
A panel of speakers with firsthand insight into drone operations will discuss human rights in the context of drone use and the fight against terrorism.
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