Events
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Jun 25
June 25, 2020
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Live StreamHow the War on Drugs Continues to Fuel Authoritarianism
A panel of experts will examine the ways governments and their police forces continue to prosecute the war on drugs as the world is gripped by COVID-19 and roiled by protests against police brutality and racism.
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Jun 13
June 13, 2020
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Live StreamMusicians with Albinism Celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day
This live-streamed event will feature musical performances, remarks from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and short video clips from advocates for people with albinism from around the world.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2020
9:00a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Live StreamHigh-Level Convening on UN Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
How can we develop a better, rights-respecting approach to security in a post COVID-19 world?
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Jun 01
June 01, 2020
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Live StreamBook Launch—The Dissent Channel: Reimagining U.S. Diplomacy
Elizabeth Shackelford, who resigned from the U.S. State Department in protest of the Trump administration, discusses her new book with Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and Open Society’s Tom Perriello and Sarah Margon.
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Mar 11
March 11, 2020
6:00–8:00 p.m.
The New School The Orozco Room (A 712) 66 West 12th Street New York, NY 10011Book Launch and Q&A—Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs
Peter Andreas discusses his book Killer High, which tells the story of war through the lens of six psychoactive drugs: alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, and cocaine.
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Feb 10
February 10, 2020
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFilm Screening and Q&A—Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone
Open Society’s screening of the first feature-length documentary using the lens of harm reduction to examine the methadone clinic system will feature a Q&A with co-director Helen Redmond.
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Jan 21
January 21, 2020
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkResistance in a Time of Fear: Through Shahidul Alam’s Lens
Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year, Shahidul Alam, talks about photography, activism, and the right to expression.
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Dec 09
December 09, 2019
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHow the Syrian Government Targets Health Workers for Arrest, Detention, and Torture
This event marks the launch of the newest Physicians for Human Rights report, My Only Crime Was That I Was a Doctor.
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Dec 04
December 04, 2019
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFilm Screening and Q&A—When We Walk
Living with a severe form of multiple sclerosis, filmmaker Jason DaSilva—who will be present for a Q&A at this screening—examines the national healthcare crisis as he tries to be closer to his son who lives 2,000 miles away.
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Dec 02
December 02, 2019
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Story of the First Two Nations to Pass Landmark Disability Rights Law
Three Latin American advocates discuss Peru and Colombia recently becoming the first countries in the world to fully recognize the right of every person to exercise their legal capacity.
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