Events
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May 4
May 4, 2007
4:30–8:30 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkKatrina Was Not a Natural Disaster—What Went Wrong in the Gulf Coast?
This OSI forum looked at why poor and black neighborhoods were the most vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina, and discussed approaches to creating more equitable and sustainable communities.
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May 3
May 3, 2007
8:20 a.m.–2:20 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkProtecting America’s Children—Assessing the Promise of In Re Gault 40 Years Later
On the anniversary of a landmark court case concerning juveniles in the justice system, OSI cohosted a forum with judges, lawyers, and activists working to ensure the constitutional rights of children.
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May 2
May 2, 2007
8:15 a.m.–1:45 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkRethinking Green in the South Bronx—Environmental Justice and the Transformation of a Community
To mark Earth Day 2007, former OSI fellow Majora Carter spoke about her efforts to transform the South Bronx into a place where clean air, green space, and job development go hand-in-hand.
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Apr 30
April 30, 2007
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkInternational and Domestic Responses to Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons
Sunil Pant, director of the Blue Diamond Society in Nepal, and Clarence Patton, director of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, spoke at this panel sponsored by OSI s Sexual Health and Rights Project and U.S. Programs.
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Apr 27
April 27, 2007
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreVan Jones
The award-winning human rights lawyer who founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights spoke about his work on social justice issues, including the incarceration of youth, at this OSI-Baltimore event.
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Apr 27
April 27, 2007
9:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonCrackdown in Zimbabwe: Keeping Democratic Hopes Alive Amid Rising Repression
The Woodrow Wilson Center Africa Program and the Open Society Institute cosponsored a briefing with Zimbabwean civil society and opposition leaders.
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Apr 25
April 25, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
April 27, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Ohrid, MacedoniaTransparency, Ethics, and Anticorruption Measures in Education Seminar
This OSI-supported seminar will help participants find ways to increase the role education can play in building a stable democracy where transparency, rule of law, and codes of conducts are respected.
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Apr 24
April 24, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
May 18, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Aleppo, SyriaMoving Walls Aleppo Exhibition
This documentary photography exhibition includes the work of seven photographers from previous Moving Walls exhibits in the United States Gary Fabiano, Aleksandr Glyadyelov, Eric Gottesman, Edward Grazda, Lori Grinker, Andrew Lichtenstein, and...
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Apr 18
April 18, 2007
3:00 p.m. until
April 20, 2007
7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Geneva, SwitzerlandCERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communications
This OSI-supported workshop series is one of the biggest international meetings of technical repository-developers, library Open Access policy formulators, and the funders and researchers that they serve.
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Apr 5
April 5, 2007
2:00–8:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkDocumenting Injustice, Protecting Identities
This OSI-sponsored panel discussion, featuring photographer Donna DeCesare, addressed the challenges of depicting injustice without exposing victims to further stigma.
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Apr 5
April 5, 2007
8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkMedical-Legal Partnerships: From the U.S. to Abroad
OSI's Law and Health Initiative and U.S. Programspresented a discussion on how lawyers and health care professionals can collaborate to improve health and bring justice to vulnerable people.
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Apr 5
April 5, 2007
5:00 a.m. until
April 28, 2007
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MDMoving Walls: Dads
OSI-Baltimore presents a photography exhibit by Stephen Shames, who documents men playing an active role in their children's lives.
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