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2018 Jan 29
The Wall and the Gate: Book Tour
7:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Hillel 52 Mt. Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Book Reading and Discussion with Michael Sfard, Professor Arthur Applbaum, and Harvard Student Leader Isabel Slavinsky.
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A farmer in the West Bank, cut off from his...
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Elisa Massimino

Senior Fellow

Elisa Massimino was President and Chief Executive Officer of Human Rights First, one of the nation’s leading human rights...

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2020 May 19
Kleptocrats, Coronavirus, & How to Combat Them
Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location: 
Virtual Webinar (Registration Required)
The response to the Coronavirus pandemic will prove a bonanza for corrupt leaders who have historically robbed their countries of funds needed for the health and welfare of their citizens as trillions of dollars are disbursed without even the usual, ineffective safeguards. The panelists will discuss the immediate need to enhance transparency and accountability with existing resources, and the ultimate need for an International Anti-Corruption Court to punish and deter the shameless kleptocrats that the pandemic will eventually expose.
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2020 Jun 03
The Struggle for Black Lives: Historical Legacies to Future Possibilities
Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
The tragic killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville have sparked protests across the country. Join the Carr Center for a conversation with two leading scholars on the history of racist policing in the United States, the killing of black people by police and vigilantes, the role of social and civil rights movements in advocating for change, and ways in which we can envision a just future.  
Panelists:
• Keisha N. Blain | W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow, Harvard University; President, African American...
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2020 Jun 05
Migrants in Hungary and the Role of Grassroots Groups
Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Introducing activism through the lens of a solidarity group in Hungary.
Panelists:
• Aiski Ryokas | Activist
• Aliz Pocsuvalszki | Activist
• Mussa Kilam | Activist 
• Amy Rodgers | Activist 
• Camille Tournebize | Activist 
• Aniko Bakonyi (co-moderator) | Topol Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy...
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2020 Sep 08
Economic Justice: Building Movements in the United States
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.
This panel of distinguished changemakers will discuss economic justice concerns in the...
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2020 Oct 15
Surveillance Capitalism
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice. 
Panelists:
• Chinmayi Arun | Assistant Professor of Law,...
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2020 Nov 12
The Human Rights Movement and the Struggle for Economic Justice Today
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice. 
Panelist:
Aminta Ossom | Clinical Instructor, International Human...
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2021 Mar 03
Human Rights and the Military Coup in Myanmar
Registration is required
10:00am to 11:00am
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Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Join us for our first Human Rights in Hard Places event this semester, a discussion on Human Rights and the Military Coup in Myanmar with leading activists in the region. The Carr Center’s Human Rights in Hard Places talk series offers unparalleled insights and analysis from the frontlines by human rights practitioners, policy makers, and innovators. The series is moderated by Carr Center Executive Director, Sushma Raman. 
Speakers: 
• Matthew Smith | co-founder and Chief...
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2017 Mar 07
Study Group - The Democracy Crisis in Europe and the US: A Comparative Perspective
4:00pm to 5:30pm
 

How is liberal democracy being attacked by "illiberal governance" in Europe and the US? What is the "illiberal governance" model in Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Russia?  Is it a sustainable alternative to liberal democracy, or a nationalist reaction against globalization and outside elites that may not prove sustainable?  How does it relate to populist nationalist...
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