Events
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Oct 28
October 28, 2014
8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkUN Special Rapporteur Kishore Singh on Privatization in Education
Kishore Singh presents key findings and recommendations from his recent report to the UN General Assembly, which examines how privatization adversely impacts the right to education.
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Oct 27
October 27, 2014
11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202Big Change Baltimore 2014: Connect to the Power of Change
Join OSI-Baltimore at its second Big Change forum for connecting ideas—and some key solutions already in place—to people who are committed to powerful change.
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Oct 27
October 27, 2014
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonBroader Implications of the Human Rights Crackdown in Azerbaijan
Gerald Knaus of the European Stability Initiative and Paige Alexander of USAID discuss the implications of the ongoing crackdown on human rights in Azerbaijan.
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Oct 20
October 20, 2014
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkHow the International Community Can Address the Drugs–Development Link
Experienced practitioners discuss how smart policies can address the link between drugs and development.
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Oct 15
October 15, 2014
8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPresumption of Guilt: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention
The author of a recently released Open Society Justice Initiative report on the arbitrary and excessive use of pretrial detention presents the report’s key findings and recommendations.
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Oct 6
October 6, 2014
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201Film Screening—Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity
Join us for a screening of Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, a film that explores the difficulty of talking about race in a meaningful way, and a dialogue with filmmaker and educator Shakti Butler.
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Oct 1
October 1, 2014
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Charles M. Blow, New York Times op-ed columnist, discusses his extraordinary life story—growing up in segregated, impoverished Louisiana.
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Sep 30
September 30, 2014
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkErosion of Media Freedom in the Balkans: Shadows of the Nineties
Milka Tadic Mijovic sheds some light on the current situation of media and journalists in her home country of Montenegro and in the region more broadly.
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Sep 29
September 29, 2014
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Unintended Consequences of Right to Information
Open Society Fellow Prashant Sharma discusses unintended consequences of India’s Right to Information Act.
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Sep 22
September 22, 2014
2:00–7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkArt and Conflict in the Arab Region
This conversation looks at the situation of art and artists across the Arab region, with a focus on the role of artists in the political turmoil of recent years.
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Sep 22
September 22, 2014
5:30–11:00 a.m. (EDT)
The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.Shifting Strategies on Drug Policy: A Comparative Approach
After decades of orthodoxy and stringent enforcement of drug policies, the global counternarcotics regime is increasingly challenged.
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Sep 15
September 15, 2014
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Enoch Pratt Free Library, The Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster share the latest research and personal anecdotes in their new book, Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life.
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