Events
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Oct 21
October 21, 2015
6:00–9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkOpening Reception for Moving Walls 23: Journeys
Moving Walls 23: Journeys is an exhibition that highlights the spaces—both physical and psychological—inhabited by people pursuing freedom, security, and a more self-determined future.
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Oct 9
October 9, 2015
10:00–11:30 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkUsing Culture to Address Intractable Urban Problems: A Talk with the Former Mayor of Bogotá
As Open Society works to reduce homicides in Latin America and help cities implement the new Sustainable Development Goals, Antanas Mockus’s experience as the former mayor of Bogotá offers valuable lessons.
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Oct 7
October 7, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCommunity Not Confinement: Why the United States Shouldn’t Bring Back Asylums
Does the lack of adequate community support to Americans with mental disabilities justify a return to the asylum system? An expert panel discusses the history, ethics, and human rights concerns of institutionalization.
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Oct 7
October 7, 2015
6:00–9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDrugs and the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment and Global Drug Control
The Open Society Global Drug Policy Program and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty convene a panel of experts to discuss capital punishment in the context of international law and global drug control.
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Sep 21
September 21, 2015
12:20–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDocumenting Grave Crimes Against Children in Palestine
Two experts present a short film and discuss their efforts to challenge the official version of the killing of two teenagers by Israeli forces in May 2014.
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Sep 14
September 14, 2015
5:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProvocateur, Genius, Scoundrel: A Frank Discussion with the Inimitable Gleb Pavlovsky
Gleb Pavlovsky, the mastermind behind much of the Kremlin’s ideological character and a prime architect of Putin’s “managed democracy,” takes part in this conversation on Russia.
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Sep 14
September 14, 2015
3:00–4:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkQuo Vadis: Ukraine? A Conversation with Two Leading Experts
Oleksandr Sushko and Balazs Jarabik discuss the state of reforms in Ukraine today.
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Sep 8
September 8, 2015
6:30–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkInside Cracolândia: Promoting Health and Human Rights in Brazil’s “Cracklands”
Those working inside Brazil’s so-called urban “cracklands” will take part in a discussion on drugs, health, human rights, and policy reform.
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Jun 23
June 23, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFilm Screening: Justice and the Generals
This film tells the 20-year saga of the search for justice in the rape and murder by military forces of four American churchwomen in El Salvador. A post-screening discussion will focus on recent developments in the case.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2015
12:30–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCrime Fighting, Perverted: Interpol and Authoritarian Regimes
Fair Trials International is working to counter abuses of Interpol’s global “wanted persons” alerts, which are being used to target refugees, human rights defenders, journalists, and peaceful political activists.
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Jun 9
June 9, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkModern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy
Fred Abrahams, author of the new book Modern Albania, will give an inside account of the fall of communism in Albania and efforts to rebuild after decades of labor camps, thought police, and one-party rule.
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May 28
May 28, 2015
6:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDigital Echoes: Understanding Patterns of Mass Violence with Data and Statistics
Patrick Ball of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group presents real-world cases of how accurately understanding patterns of violence is increasingly important to advancing rights and justice.
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