Events
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Mar 7
March 7, 2010
4:00 a.m. until
March 9, 2010
5:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkGlobal Supplementary Grant Program North America / Doctoral Fellowship Programs Spring Conference 2010
The joint conference of the fellows from the Global Supplementary Grants North America and the Doctoral Fellowship programs attempted to incorporate many disciplines from the wide-ranging specialties of the grantees.
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Mar 1
March 1, 2010
1:00–6:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New York10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action
Sam Gregory of WITNESS and other rights advocates discuss original and artful ways to capture attention and communicate a cause.
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Feb 24
February 24, 2010
7:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkKazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship: Unfulfilled Promises
Panelists will explore the impact of Kazakhstan's Organization for Security and Cooperation chairmanship on Europe and on developments in Kazakhstan.
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Feb 16
February 16, 2010
7:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Road from Ayodhya: Muslim Inclusion in a New India
Open Society Fellow Basharat Peer discusses India's Muslim population as they try to find their place during a time of rapid economic growth and lingering sectarian tensions.
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Jan 21
January 21, 2010
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRural Organizing in a Divided Land
Open Society Fellow Marcy Westerling discusses the challenges and opportunities of progressive rural organizing in the U.S. and responding to growing threats from the Right.
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Jan 21
January 21, 2010
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
Albie Sachs discusses his experiences as a member of the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, as the country sought to overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime.
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Jan 19
January 19, 2010
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Copenhagen
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and OSI's Nancy Youman share their eyewitness observations of the December 2009 climate change summit and assess its failure to establish ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions.
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Jan 13
January 13, 2010
5:00–10:00 a.m. (EST)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsGeorgia in 2010: Where Now for Democratic Development?
This Open Society Institute panel will examine key reforms which must be enacted to keep the EU-Georgia Action Plan on track.
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Dec 16
December 16, 2009
8:15 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsEurope's Muslim Communities
The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Open Society Institute-Brussels present a double launch event for two publications addressing the topic of Muslims in Europe.
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Dec 7
December 7, 2009
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Interrogator’s Dilemma: Abuse, Accountability, and the Myth of the “Ticking Time Bomb”
Open Society Fellow Matthew Alexander discusses shifts in U.S. policy on the interrogation of terrorism suspects and the importance of seeking accountability for the torture of detainees.
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Dec 1
December 1, 2009
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Liberian Civil War and the Staten Island Refugee Community
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and pioneering community activist Rufus Arkoi discuss the Liberian civil war and the Staten Island refugee community that formed in its wake.
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Nov 11
November 11, 2009
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCrude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
The Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI partner and grantee, hosts a conversation with journalist Peter Maass about his new book on "the troubled world oil has created."
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