Events
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Sep 3
September 3, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
September 7, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaOSI Symposium at the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies
OSI sponsored a symposium at which researchers presented work on quality and equity in learning outcomes in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Sep 2
September 2, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
October 21, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Woodstock, NYPhotographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004
This OSI-supported traveling exhibit features images taken by Iraqi citizens in Baghdad and Falluja.
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Aug 9
August 9, 2007
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MDPoetry Slam: Promoting Children's Voices
OSI grantee Promoting Children s Voices hosts a poetry workshop and competitive poetry slam for Baltimore youths.
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Jul 31
July 31, 2007
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Highland People of Thailand—Statelessness as a Source of Exclusion, Rights Violations, and Vulnerability to Human Trafficking
This OSI panel looked at the plight of the highland people of Thailand, who are denied citizenship in their own country and subject to human rights abuses.
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Jul 12
July 12, 2007
5:00–9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Poisonous Affair—America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja
The author of a book on the gassing of an Iraqi Kurdish town spoke about how Iraq amassed chemical weapons to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way, at this OSI-sponsored event.
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Jul 5
July 5, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
July 6, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Paris, FranceInternational Institute for Educational Planning Policy Forum on Private Tutoring
This International Institute for Educational Planning forum, cosponsored by OSI, aimed to identify best practices and propose proactive policy options.
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Jul 5
July 5, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
July 28, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Portland, ORThe Forgotten People & The After of War in Lebanon
At this exhibition, OSI Moving Walls photographer Rania Matar presents her work documenting the deplorable conditions of Palestinian refugee camps.
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Jun 27
June 27, 2007
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MarylandConvening of Experts: Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap
OSI hosted a one-day meeting of researchers, policy influentials, and other experts in the addiction and health care fields who explored opportunities and obstacles associated with addiction treatment.
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Jun 27
June 27, 2007
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-Washington, DCPoisoned Wells—The Dirty Politics of African Oil
Journalist Nicholas Shaxson looked at how oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe at this panel hosted by Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI grantee.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2007
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
New York CityFixers on the Frontlines
Journalists and fixers -- those who provide translation and other expertise to journalists covering war zones—discussed the increasing risk of such work in Iraq and Afghanistan, at this panel co-sponsored by OSI's Documentary Photography Project.
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Jun 26
June 26, 2007
6:00–11:30 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPoisoned Wells—The Dirty Politics of African Oil
Journalist Nicholas Shaxson looked at how oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe at this book launch hosted by Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI grantee.
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Jun 25
June 25, 2007
11:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkUpdate on the "Anti-Prostitution Pledge" and Its Global Impacts
OSI hosted an update on U.S. government attempts to require that anti-AIDS groups sign a pledge opposing prostitution or lose funding.
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