Events
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May 7
May 7, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkOrganizing in the Obama Era
Veteran organizers Zack Exley, Ai-jen Poo, and Zephyr Teachout examined the perils and the promise of mass civic participation.
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May 6
May 6, 2009
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkKyrgyzstan—Contradictory Changes?
This panel looked at Kyrgyzstan's social and political landscape, which appears to be heating up in a series of high-profile developments that many observers relate to the upcoming presidential elections.
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May 4
May 4, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkForced Labor in Burma
Open Society Fellow Richard Horsey discussed the International Labor Organization's successful efforts to persuade the government of Burma to amend some of its harsh labor policies.
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Apr 30
April 30, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDemocracy and the Internet—Re-examining the Core Assumptions
Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov focused on threats to open society posed by the Internet and discussed ways in which authoritarian governments and extremists are using the web to their own advantage..
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Apr 27
April 27, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWhy Russia Says No to Methadone
Prof. Vladimir Mendelevich and Dr. Robert Newman, leading experts on drug treatment, discussed the ban on methadone in Russia, and explored barriers to HIV prevention and treatment.
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Apr 23
April 23, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProsecuting Heads of State
This panel event explored the issue of accountability for former heads of state who committed human rights violations and other abuses while in power.
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Apr 22
April 22, 2009
8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkLabor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan.
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Apr 21
April 21, 2009
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East A Conversation with “Abu Aardvark”
Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East.
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Apr 15
April 15, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkChanging U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.
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Apr 13
April 13, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of “stop-and-search” and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies.
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Apr 8
April 8, 2009
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDebate Showcase
This round-robin invitational debate was sponsored in part by the Open Society Institute and organized by the International Debate Education Association and Hobart & William Smith Colleges.
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Apr 7
April 7, 2009
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkIraq—In Search of Truth and Trust
Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge.
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