Economic crimes and grave violence often occur in tandem. But commercial companies involved in facilitating serious international crimes—or profiting from them—have rarely been held accountable by international courts.
Open Society presents a hard-hitting, lively talk about the #MeToo movement. Panelists will discuss shifting paradigms, restorative justice, and the ways celebrities both enabled and distorted the movement.
In the lead up to the Sibiu Summit, where European leaders will meet on May 9 to discuss the future of Europe, this event aims to refocus the debate on issues that truly matter.
BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Horta Hall, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
Lazarus, rising Malawian pop star, joins Open Society to discuss albinism, discrimination, and the film about his life.
Open Society Moving Walls fellow Walé Oyéjidé shares excerpts from his project After Migration, currently on view at Open Society Foundations–New York as part of the Moving Walls 25/Another Way Home exhibition.
International Center of Photography Museum, 250 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
Actor and producer Michael K. Williams hosts a screening of his documentary about people impacted by the juvenile justice system.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum; 830 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Artist Hank Willis Thomas, curator Christine Eyene, and Open Society President Patrick Gaspard discuss Thomas’s work and its relationship to contemporary political contexts.
BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Brussels
Following a screening of the Frontline/ProPublica documentary Right to Fail, a panel of activists and journalists discuss the rights of persons with disabilities to live and be included in their communities.
The Berlin office of the Open Society Foundations hosts a conversation on housing rights, exclusion, and the future of Berlin as a capital of activism.
CLB Berlin, Aufbau Haus am Moritzplatz, Prinzenstraße 84.2, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises talks with Beverly Tatum about the role race plays in schools today and the relevance of Tatum’s work in majority African-American districts like Baltimore.
University of Baltimore Law School, Moot Court Room, 1401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21217
Author Sohaila Abdulali and filmmaker Vaishali Sinha will explore the narrative and perceptions of rape victims, power, and feminism in the era of the #MeToo movement.