Events
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Oct 23
October 23, 2008
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkChina Ink—The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
This OSI-hosted conversation with co-author Judy Polumbaum looked at changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese reporters and editors.
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Oct 20
October 20, 2008
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe U.S. Economic Downturn
This OSI webcast provides a snapshot of the roots of the downturn, the nuances of quick-fix policy solutions, and whether the institutions whose policies created the economic mess are now designing its solution.
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Sep 30
September 30, 2008
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Life in Transition
OSI presented a conversation with Alex Boraine, author of A Life in Transition, an insider's account of important institutions and events in South African history.
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Sep 23
September 23, 2008
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPhotography as Advocacy—A Half Century of Oil and Misery in the Niger Delta
OSI and the Revenue Watch Institute hosted a discussion of oil in the Niger Delta and the use of photography in advocating for social change.
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Jul 24
July 24, 2008
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBlack Male Achievement—What Needs to Be Done
The OSI Campaign for Black Male Achievement hosted a discussion to shine a light on the organizations and leaders focusing on solutions to the crisis in America facing black men and boys.
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Jul 22
July 22, 2008
1:00–6:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWomen of Liberia—Fighting for Peace
OSI and Amnesty International held a film screening and panel discussion of Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace, a documentary by Academy Award–winner Jonathan Stack.
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Jul 17
July 17, 2008
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMy Guantánamo Diary—The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
The Open Society Institute hosted a discussion of a new book that tells the hidden stories of Guantánamo detainees and probes the injustices committed in the name of the "war on terror."
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Jun 17
June 17, 2008
5:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society European Policy Institute
BrusselsConference: Democracy's International Challenges
The Open Society Institute is a joint organizer of a conference to explore the new challenges faced by advocates of global democratization.
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May 5
May 5, 2008
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWomen’s Rights and Social Change in Chechnya
OSI hosted a talk on women’s rights and social change in Chechnya with Gistam Sakaeva of the Grozny-based women’s NGO Reliance and a 2008 Voices of Courage honoree of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
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Apr 15
April 15, 2008
3:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkZimbabwe Post-Election Climate
Speakers from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the International Crisis Group discussed the current political and human rights situation on the ground, looked at potential outcome scenarios, and made recommendations...
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Apr 7
April 7, 2008
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Three Trillion Dollar War
Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses the true cost of the Iraq War, casting a spotlight on expense items that have been hidden from the U.S. taxpayer, at this OSI event.
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Apr 3
April 3, 2008
12:30–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Greatest Silence—Rape in the Congo
This OSI film screening and panel discussion examined the problem of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and what steps must be taken to stop it.
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