Events
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Sep 4
September 4, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Turning Point in Human Rights
Panelists including Mark Danner, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War discussed the 1981 massacre of civilians by government soldiers in the village of El Mozote, El Salvador.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2003
4:30–10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPetroleum and Poverty
This panel discussion focused on the "resource curse"—a pattern in which poor countries become poorer when they start selling lucrative oil exploration rights.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe USA Patriot Act's Effect on Civil Liberties
Experts on immigration and homeland security discuss the U.S. Justice Department's detention policies and related antiterrorist legislation.
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May 14
May 14, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkInequality or Interdependence
Three analysts discuss the economic and social impact, both in the United States and abroad, of contemporary U.S. conservatism and propose widespread policy changes.
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May 5
May 5, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Battle for Civil Society in Egypt
An Egyptian activist who spent nearly three years as a political prisoner discussed his strong hopes for a “democratic transformation” in the Middle East.
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Apr 24
April 24, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMurder by Public Policy
OSI Fellows and acclaimed authors Eric Klinenberg (Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago) and Samantha Power (A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide) discuss similarities in two seemingly unrelated tragedies: the July...
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Apr 11
April 11, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkBuilding the Afghan State
An Afghanistan expert warned that failing to curtail the power of the country’s warlords could jeopardize the successful implementation of a new constitution.
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Apr 2
April 2, 2003
2:00–7:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRadical Islam and Arab Nationalism
Olivier Roy discussed terrorist groups’ appeal to pan-Islamic nationalism and the failure of U.S. policy makers to fully comprehend this trend.
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Mar 18
March 18, 2003
2:00–7:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New York40 Years Later—Assessing the Promise of Gideon
Marking the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, criminal justice advocates discussed the impact of the ruling.
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Mar 14
March 14, 2003
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkCollapse of a State
The director of OSI's Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) discusses the deplorable human rights and economic situation in Zimbabwe, and how his program, the region, and the world are responding.
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Feb 26
February 26, 2003
2:00–8:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRandom Family
Two Soros Justice Fellows–journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally–discuss recent high-profile projects focusing on urban poverty and drug use in the United States.
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Feb 13
February 13, 2003
4:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMust Democracy Be An Endless Meeting?
A panel of activists and academics discuss inclusive decision-making strategies that can help make community organizations and social movement groups more effective in influencing change in the United States.
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