Events
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Jan 21
January 21, 2010
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRural Organizing in a Divided Land
Open Society Fellow Marcy Westerling discusses the challenges and opportunities of progressive rural organizing in the U.S. and responding to growing threats from the Right.
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Jan 21
January 21, 2010
1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
Albie Sachs discusses his experiences as a member of the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, as the country sought to overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime.
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Jan 19
January 19, 2010
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Copenhagen
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and OSI's Nancy Youman share their eyewitness observations of the December 2009 climate change summit and assess its failure to establish ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions.
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Dec 7
December 7, 2009
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Interrogator’s Dilemma: Abuse, Accountability, and the Myth of the “Ticking Time Bomb”
Open Society Fellow Matthew Alexander discusses shifts in U.S. policy on the interrogation of terrorism suspects and the importance of seeking accountability for the torture of detainees.
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Dec 1
December 1, 2009
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Liberian Civil War and the Staten Island Refugee Community
Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and pioneering community activist Rufus Arkoi discuss the Liberian civil war and the Staten Island refugee community that formed in its wake.
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Nov 11
November 11, 2009
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCrude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
The Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI partner and grantee, hosts a conversation with journalist Peter Maass about his new book on "the troubled world oil has created."
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Nov 9
November 9, 2009
8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCombatting Violence Against Women in Southern Africa
Cosponsored by the Open Society Institute and WITNESS, this discussion examines the role of the Southern African Development Community in ending violence against women in the region.
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Oct 28
October 28, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHow to Engage Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Burma
At this Open Society Fellowship Program event, three distinguished speakers address how the international community can promote peace and human rights in Burma.
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Oct 20
October 20, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkGeorgia, One Year Later: Where Has the Aid Money Gone?
This Open Society Institute forum analyzes the effectiveness and transparency of foreign aid disbursed to Georgia since the country's crisis with Russia.
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Oct 15
October 15, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHuman Rights and Their Limits
At this Open Society Institute event, Central European University professor Wiktor Osiatynski discusses how to balance human rights with democracy and other values.
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Oct 14
October 14, 2009
2:30–6:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWrong Color, Wrong Clothes: Accounts of Ethnic Profiling in France & United States
The Open Society Justice Initiative hosts a comparative discussion on documenting and challenging racial profiling in France and the United States.
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Sep 29
September 29, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMoving Walls 16 Opening Reception
The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is hosting an opening reception for Moving Walls 16, featuring work by Stefano De Luigi, Benjamin Lowy, Eugene Richards, Tomas van Houtryve, Paolo Woods, and Zalmaï.
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