Events
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Apr 3
April 3, 2015
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFrom the Front Lines in Ferguson: A Conversation about Policing, Race, and Justice
Open Society grantees discuss the context of racially charged troubles in Ferguson, Missouri, and current prospects for change.
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Apr 1
April 1, 2015
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkIs It Possible to Do Justice in Guatemala?
The former attorney general of Guatemala discusses whether it is possible today to change Guatemala’s culture of impunity.
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Mar 25
March 25, 2015
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsThe Eastern Partnership in 2014: Turning Point for Some, Insecurity for All
Panelists discuss the latest edition of the European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership Countries.
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Mar 18
March 18, 2015
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProtecting Women and Families from the War on Drugs: UN Sessions
This panel will present research demonstrating how the drug war particularly harms women, and will explore leveraging upcoming UN convenings to better promote and protect the human rights of women and families.
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Mar 12
March 12, 2015
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkVictories and Challenges for Media Defense: A Conversation with Media Legal Defense Initiative
Representatives from the Media Legal Defence Initiative discuss its work defending journalists, bloggers, and independent media against legal threats.
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Mar 11
March 11, 2015
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkSchool Discipline Book Launch with Dan Losen and Marsha Weissman
Celebrating the publication of two important new books, this event highlights some of the latest research on school discipline and will present substantive solutions for the future.
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Mar 10
March 10, 2015
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkTrials, Tribulations, and Tantalizing Possibilities in the New Ukraine
Svitlana Zalishchuk, a Maidan activist and now a parliamentarian in the Rada, discusses challenges reformers face in creating a “New Ukraine” in the context of war in the Eastern part of the country.
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Feb 25
February 25, 2015
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDrugs Courts: A Fresh Approach or a Continuation of the Old Paradigm?
Drug courts, presented as an alternative to incarceration, are themselves controversial and problematic. Do these mandatory, court-supervised drug treatment programs hold up to scrutiny?
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Jan 20
January 20, 2015
7:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Long and Difficult Struggle for Accountability for Great Crimes: The Guatemala Case
A panel honors the contributions of Dr. Clyde Snow, who pioneered the critically important use of forensic anthropology in investigating human rights abuses.
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Jan 15
January 15, 2015
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkStalin/Putin: Geopolitics, Power, Ideas
Stephen Kotkin and Bill Keller discuss Stalin’s history and how its reading could shed light on the public and political life of Putin’s Russia.
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Jan 14
January 14, 2015
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkSolving Wicked Problems: Lessons on Systems Change from Diverse Fields
Synthesizing lessons from three movements—disability rights, workers’ rights, and global health—three Open Society Fellows explore strategies and tactics potentially applicable across a range of issue areas.
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Dec 15
December 15, 2014
6:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDisappearances in Mexico: A Report From the Legal Team for the 43 Students Abducted in Iguala
Human Rights Center of the Mountain Tlachinollan provides updates concerning the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa who were kidnapped and are presumed to have been murdered in Iguala.
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