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Talking About Race: A Screening and Discussion of 13th

Open Society Institute–Baltimore and the Baltimore City Office of the Public Defender present a free screening and discussion of Ava DuVernay’s landmark documentary, 13th, which looks at racial disparities in the criminal justice system as an ongoing form of slavery (officially outlawed by the 13th Amendment), as part of Open Society Institute–Baltimore’s "Talking About Race" series.

Speakers

  • Nkechi Taifa

    Speaker

    Until November 2018, Nkechi Taifa was the advocacy director for criminal justice at the Open Society Foundations.

  • Walter Lomax

    Speaker

    Walter Lomax, project director of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative.

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Voices

How Effective Are U.S. Testing Practices on Children with Intellectual Disabilities?

A new documentary follows three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities as they make their way through the educational system and the workforce.

January 30, 2019

Voices

A Perilous Moment for Transgender People in the United States

A demonstrator holding a sign that says; "Trans Rights Are Human Rights"

In response to a series of increasingly brazen attacks against transgender Americans, civil society in the United States must stand strong for social justice and in defense of the progress made in recent years.

November 13, 2018 | Sebastian Kohn

Event Recap

The History of American Islamophobia, from the 19th Century to the Trump Era

Khaled A. Beydoun

Khaled A. Beydoun’s new book charts Islamophobia in the United States and the ways anti-Muslim rhetoric is rooted in the country’s legal system.

October 31, 2018

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