Events
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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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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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Mar 25
March 25, 2008
1:30–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBaghdad Film School—Making Movies in Iraq
ArteEast and the Open Society Institute hosted a screening of documentary films illuminating ordinary life in today's Iraq, produced by students at the Independent Film & Television College in Baghdad.
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Mar 13
March 13, 2008
5:00 a.m. until
October 24, 2008
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPhotography Exhibition: Moving Walls 14
The photographs in this OSI exhibition document issues including the devastating consequences of oil production in Nigeria, survivors of sex-trafficking in Moldova, the effect of rapid modernization on Turkey s national psyche, the continued...
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Mar 7
March 7, 2008
6:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkEnding Slavery, Promising Transparency, Bringing Citizens Home—A Report on Mauritania’s Democratic Transition
The Open Society Justice Initiative hosted a discussion on the promise and danger brought about by recent developments in Mauritania.
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Feb 28
February 28, 2008
1:00–6:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkNegotiating Human Rights in the Afghan Context
At this OSI panel, human rights advocates working in Afghanistan addressed the challenges of promoting global standards in a conservative Muslim society recovering from decades of conflict and extremism.
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Feb 27
February 27, 2008
12:00–5:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWomen in Conflict Zones—Why Are Governments Failing and How Are Women’s Rights Movements Responding?
At this OSI event, panelists discussed their cutting-edge work addressing violence against women in conflict and post-conflict zones, and where they see governments failing.
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