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Open Society Institute A cash crunch is threatening to unhinge both the economy and society in Tajikistan.

EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Tajikistan: Migrant Worker Woes Cause Trickle-Down Effect of Misery
Source: www.eurasianet.org
Tajikistan: Migrant Worker Woes Cause Trickle-Down Effect of Misery - news and analysis about Central Asia and the Caucasus
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Open Society Institute Marked rise in attacks on journalists by both Palestinian & Israeli forces

The Media Line
Source: bit.ly
The Palestinian territories witnessed a serious rise in violations of media freedoms last month, a Palestinian media monitoring group has reported.The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms ...
8 hours ago
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Open Society Institute Boston-area public defender aims to improve aid for low-income clients

Bay State Banner - And justice for all
Source: www.baystatebanner.com
Renay Frankel, a public defender in Roxbury and Dorchester District Courts and in the housing unit at Greater Boston Legal Services, is one of 17 recipients of a 2009 Soros Justice Fellowship, awarded ...
9 hours ago
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Open Society Institute Is religion back at the center of European politics? http://bit.ly/rbT2W

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Open Society Institute School food: What if students’ health was the bottom line?

Audacious Ideas » A fresh new alternative
Source: www.audaciousideas.org
Tuesday, July 7, 2009Posted by Thomas Kim, Chief Financial Officer, Baltimore City Health Department, under Big Visions
Tue at 8:48am
Sara
Sara at 11:52am July 7
And perhaps even more audacious is the notion that school systems could supply healthy food themselves. It can be done.
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Open Society Institute After two years documenting the work of hospice volunteers inside Angola Prison, photographer Lori Waselchuk showed staff at other prisons how much hospice programs can benefit inmates.

How To Bring Documentary Images to Decision Makers
Source: www.pdnonline.com
Hospice volunteer Diego Zapata washes Richard “Grasshopper” Liggett’s face. Liggett, 55, is fighting advanced liver and lung cancers.
Tue at 7:03am
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Open Society Institute Sex workers are subjected to widespread human rights abuses in Botswana, Namibia, & South Africa. But sex workers are organizing to demand an end to violence and discrimination.

Rights Not Rescue | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
This Open Society Institute report highlights opportunities to expand human rights protections for sex workers in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
Mon at 8:24am
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Open Society Institute Is a different approach to Burma overdue?

Memo From Myanmar - With No Clear Path Out of a Diplomatic Thicket, a Push to Redraw the Map - NYTim
Source: www.nytimes.com
Rather than tying negotiations to the treatment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, say experts, the world should engage the junta on a broad range of issues.
Mon at 7:30am
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Open Society Institute Rachel Maddow launches series on accountability & torture in the “War on Terror.”

Blueprint for Accountability: Working the Dark Side | Link TV
Source: www.linktv.org
Combining live theater and journalism, Culture Project's "Blueprint for Accountability: Working The Dark Side"convened an extraordinary panel to spark public discourse about torture and the "War on Terror".
July 1 at 8:03am
Livia
Livia at 6:20pm July 1
Excellent! Hope to see more and more! Thanks.
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Open Society Institute Social innovator and Open Society Institute grantee Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone, speaking @ Obama nonprofit event yesterday.

C-SPAN Video Player - Pres. Obama Remarks on Nonprofit Programs
Source: www.c-span.org
July 1 at 7:17am
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Open Society Institute Check out the video clip and audio discussion!

OSI Forum: Bring Your "A" Game | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
The Open Society Institute hosted a screening and discussion of the documentary Bring Your "A" Game, which seeks to reverse the trend of poor educational outcomes for black men and boys.
June 30 at 11:13am
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Profiling Minorities: A Study of Stop-and-Search Practices in Paris | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
Police officers in Paris consistently stop people on the basis of ethnicity and dress rather than on the basis of suspicious individual behavior, according to this Open Society Justice Initiative report.
June 30 at 10:29am
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Paris Police Use Racial Profiling, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
Racial and ethnic profiling by the police is illegal in France, but according to a study published Tuesday, young Arab and black men are stopped for identity checks far more often than young whites.
June 29 at 3:54pm
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Open Society Institute Tonight: NYC event and live webcast!

Afghanistan's Upcoming Presidential Election: Free and Fair? | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
At this panel cohosted by the Open Society Institute and Asia Society, Afghan and international experts discuss human rights, media, and political perspectives on the 2009 elections.
June 29 at 7:20am
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Open Society Institute Mourning the loss of Baltimore activist and former OSI fellow Leon Faruq.

Leon Faruq - baltimoresun.com
Source: www.baltimoresun.com
eon Faruq, the director of Safe Streets for Living Classrooms who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, died Wednesday at Sinai Hospital, where he was being treated for kidney disease. ...
June 29 at 6:58am
John
John at 3:21pm June 29
Farewell, Leon!! Baltimore will miss you!!
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Open Society Institute Just got our Facebook "vanity url": http://www.facebook.com/OpenSocietyInstitute woohoo :-)

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Open Society Institute We're at Personal Democracy Forum today & tomorrow. Are you?

Personal Democracy Forum Conference | Personal Democracy Forum
Source: personaldemocracy.com
The Personal Democracy Forum is the world's largest and best known conference on the intersection of technology and politics. For the sixth year, more than 1,000 top opinion makers, political practitioners, ...
June 29 at 6:31am
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Open Society Institute Trouble the Water: Powerful oscar-nominated documentary on two unlikely Hurricane Katrina heroes--coming soon on DVD http://bit.ly/GmDor

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Source: www.zeitgeistfilms.com
Zeitgeist Films. Bringing quality foreign and independent feature films and documentaries to American screens since 1988.
June 26 at 7:08am
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Nice People Take Drugs - People Like These
Source: www.nicepeopletakedrugs.org
a deck of cards - brought to you by Nice People Take DrugsPoliticians from all over the world have consumed cannabis and other drugs for many years. Click on a card to see what they have to say about it.Please ...
June 26 at 5:13am
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Open Society Institute Conference on civic engagement & the future of civil society, September 2009 in Bratislava http://bit.ly/QZhu7

CEE TRUST Civil Society Forum
Source: www.csf.ceetrust.org
Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
June 25 at 10:01am
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Open Society Institute Stay up to date on developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia on EurasiaNet's new Facebook fan page!

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June 25 at 8:00am
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Open Society Institute Saving Our Sons: The educational crisis facing young men of color: Join us for this NYC Event July 11

The Eagle Academy Foundation | Saving Our Sons
Source: eagleacademyfoundation.com
about the educational crisis facing young men of color and wants to make a difference! Learn strategies for helping our young men achieve academic, professional, and social success. This event is for EVERYONE ...
June 25 at 6:20am
Lizzy
Lizzy at 7:56am June 25
job well done
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Open Society Institute Please join us for this NYC event July 7!

The Future of Equality, Liberty, and the U.S. Constitution | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
Two new books-Keeping Faith with the Constitution and The Constitution in 2020-present an opportunity for a lively coming together of scholars and activists to discuss the ideas that undergird our democracy and shape our laws: equality, liberty, criminal justice, and governmental powers.
June 24 at 5:57am
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Open Society Institute Turkey and the Middle East: A Fruitful Relationship? June 25 event in Brussels

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Source: www.carnegieeurope.eu
Turkey’s diplomatic role in the Middle East has grown in recent years, especially as a mediator in the Israel-Syria talks. It assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this June, providing it with an opportunity to expand its diplomatic presence on the world stage. ...
June 24 at 5:41am
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Open Society Institute Lebanon's first book of stories from lesbian/bisexual/queer/questioning women & transgender persons:

Bareed Mista3jil
Source: www.bareedmista3jil.com
June 23 at 10:28am
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Call for Applications: Human Rights Internship | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
The Open Society Institute offers an internship program designed to give recent graduates in the social sciences, law, and humanities first-hand research experience in a human rights organization in Central/Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.
June 22 at 12:43pm
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HIV and Human Rights in Southern Africa: Victories and Ongoing Challenges | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
Namibian lawyer and human rights activist Michaela Clayton speaks on HIV/AIDS and human rights issues in Southern Africa.
June 22 at 11:02am
R Michael
R Michael at 11:28am June 22
excellent work! I hope that Sindiwe Magona is included in your work. She has an excellent bestseller in RSA about women and HIV/AIDS
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Open Society Institute On the exaggerated fears over cyberwarfare--another provocative piece from Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov.

Boston Review — Evgeny Morozov: Cyber-Scare
Source: www.bostonreview.net
Since 1975, an award-winning forum for political, cultural and literary ideas.
June 22 at 8:07am
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Open Society Institute A more detailed version of yesterday's announcement:

Open Society Institute to Give $100 Million to Aid Europeans in Need | Open Society Institute
Source: www.soros.org
Chairman George Soros announced the gift, which will help communities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union hardest hit by the global economic downturn.
June 19 at 9:50am
Manuela
Manuela at 3:58am June 20
George Soros is in my opinion THE most important benefactor in CEE and the LEADER with the greatest positive impact in 1990-2009 in this region.
As a student in Cluj-Napoca Romania (1998-2002) I felt that the library at Fundatia George Soros was the most relevant source of information for young people in an era where information & internet access ... Read Morewas scarce. The other democratic initiatives Mr. Soros generously endowed such as ARDOR were instrumental in creating an open flow of ideas & communication and empowering the younger generation to create a more OPEN SOCIETY in this part of the world.
The recent gift demonstrates once again the generosity and positive impact Mr. Soros continues to have in this region and reinforces his past deeds. I always wonder how the world would look like if there were more leaders like Mr. Soros with a sharp mind, a generous heart and a heightened civic awareness...
Bebs
Bebs at 3:02pm June 20
and I agree!