Events
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Apr 30
April 30, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDemocracy and the Internet—Re-examining the Core Assumptions
Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov focused on threats to open society posed by the Internet and discussed ways in which authoritarian governments and extremists are using the web to their own advantage..
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Apr 30
April 30, 2009
5:00 a.m. until
May 2, 2009
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
New Orleans, LouisianaThird Annual Gathering of Leaders: The Affirmative Development of Boys and Young Men of Color
OSI grantee the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color hosted its third annual gathering of educators, community leaders, and students to advance the intellectual capacity of black male students.
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Apr 28
April 28, 2009
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MarylandFilm Screening: HBO's The Black List: Volume Two
At this first event in OSI-Baltimore's year-long series, filmmakers Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell will introduce the film and take questions afterward.
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Apr 27
April 27, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkWhy Russia Says No to Methadone
Prof. Vladimir Mendelevich and Dr. Robert Newman, leading experts on drug treatment, discussed the ban on methadone in Russia, and explored barriers to HIV prevention and treatment.
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Apr 24
April 24, 2009
5:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonBreaking Barriers: The Obama Administration, the 111th Congress, and the Future of School-Age Black Males
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Howard University School of Education, and the Open Society Institute presented a discussion on education legislation, including education-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
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Apr 23
April 23, 2009
2:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProsecuting Heads of State
This panel event explored the issue of accountability for former heads of state who committed human rights violations and other abuses while in power.
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Apr 23
April 23, 2009
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-Washington, D.C.Internet and Democracy—Re-examining the Core Assumptions
Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov examined the assumptions underlying our understanding of the Internet's impact on democracy, in the context of both authoritarian states and established democracies.
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Apr 22
April 22, 2009
8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkLabor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan.
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Apr 21
April 21, 2009
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East A Conversation with “Abu Aardvark”
Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East.
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Apr 20
April 20, 2009
3:00 p.m. until
April 21, 2009
7:00 p.m. (EDT)
University of California, BerkeleyFaculty Development Program Spring Conference 2009
Faculty Development Program grantees attended their 2009 spring conference at the University of California Berkeley.
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Apr 17
April 17, 2009
6:00–10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Brussels, BelgiumHas the EU Just Lost Moldova? An Eyewitness Account from Civil Society
Organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Open Society Institute Brussels, this briefing featured Igor Munteanu, executive director of the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives Viitorul, Moldova.
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Apr 15
April 15, 2009
1:30–5:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkChanging U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.
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