Events
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Apr 26
April 26, 2016
8:15 a.m.–1:45 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkChanging Constitutional Law in the Post-Scalia Era: Lessons from the Past for the Future
Award-winning constitutional scholar David Cole discusses his new book, Engines of Liberty, which explores how citizen activists have successfully shaped constitutional law.
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Apr 6
April 6, 2016
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBook Launch—Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless black girls out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.
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Apr 4
April 4, 2016
11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonNo Health, No Help: Abuses in Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Latin America & The Caribbean
This event will launch a new report documenting the abuses in drug rehabilitation centers and take an unprecedented look inside these often overlooked and undocumented institutions.
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Mar 30
March 30, 2016
9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonU.S. Military Assistance and Children’s Rights Violations: Lessons from Afghanistan
This expert panel will explore the record of conditionality on U.S. aid to Afghanistan and the practical steps that can be taken to improve implementation of U.S. laws relating to military assistance.
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Mar 28
March 28, 2016
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonCountering Tajik–Afghan Border Insecurity
Join the Open Society Foundations for a discussion on Tajik-Afghan border communities and recommendations for border security policy.
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Mar 15
March 15, 2016
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement
A new book provides firsthand accounts from 16 current and formerly incarcerated people of what it is like to be kept alone in a cell.
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Mar 10
March 10, 2016
12:30–7:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkAgainst the Odds: CICIG in Guatemala
The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala played a central role in exposing a series of scandals that brought down a president.
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Mar 10
March 10, 2016
5:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonGoing After Ill-Gotten Gains: Assets Recovery as a Remedy for the Victims of Grand Corruption
This conference will discuss ways to provide remedies for mass citizen victims of grand corruption, based on case studies from three very different countries: Uzbekistan, Equatorial Guinea, and Ukraine.
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Feb 17
February 17, 2016
7:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkOn the Front Lines of Environmental Justice
Open Society Fellow Chitrangada Choudhury and ActionAid USA senior policy analyst Brandon Wu locate demands for environmental justice on the international policy agenda and within the realities of rural India.
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Feb 9
February 9, 2016
10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDrug Crop Production, Poverty, and Development
An international panel of researchers and growers from Colombia, Morocco, Peru, and the United States discuss the role of drug crop production in poverty and development.
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Feb 8
February 8, 2016
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWith Targets on Their Backs: Providing Health Care in Conflicts Without Rules
An expert panel explores how violations of medical neutrality are used as weapons of war—and the impact this has on humanitarian organizations offering aid.
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Feb 4
February 4, 2016
7:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkExamining Binaries: The Private Sector and the State in Development Processes
Two Open Society Fellows discuss public–private partnerships in education and natural resource exploitation in India.
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