Events
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Mar 10
March 10, 2016
5:30–7:00 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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Feb 17
February 17, 2016
12:15–1:30 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
3:30–8:00 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
6:00–8:00 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
12:15–1:30 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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Jan 13
January 13, 2016
5:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFilm Screening and Q&A: Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation—adapted from Uzodinma Iweala’s novel—depicts the brutalities experienced by child soldiers. The event is linked to an Open Society publication about the impact of conflict on children’s education.
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Jan 13
January 13, 2016
12:30–2:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkTalking Nonsense (and Benefiting from It): A Conversation with Jamie Holmes
Jamie Holmes discusses his book, Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing, on navigating the increasingly ambiguous and uncertain modern world.
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Jan 6
January 6, 2016
12:10–2:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCity of Thorns: A Conversation with Ben Rawlence (New York)
Human rights activist and writer Ben Rawlence speaks about his new book, City of Thorns, which deals with daily life and the struggle for survival in the world’s largest refugee camp.
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Dec 9
December 9, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Impact of Drug Policy on the Environment
Leading up to the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs, a panel of researchers looks at how drug control policies perversely harm the natural environment.
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Dec 2
December 2, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPolicing and Public Health: Advancing Harm Reduction Strategies in Law Enforcement Practices
This event brings together experiences of researchers, harm reduction advocates, and law enforcement to describe how to protect the rights and health of the most vulnerable members of society.
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Nov 11
November 11, 2015
5:30–7:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFilm Screening and Discussion: The State of Madness
Lo Stato della Follia (The State of Madness) is a documentary that exposes life within “criminal asylums” in Italy and the deprivation of basic rights for people with mental illness.
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Oct 26
October 26, 2015
1:00–2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkStrategic Litigation Impacts: Global Narratives About Social Change
An international panel of advocates discusses the possibilities and limitations of deploying strategic litigation as a tool for social change.
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