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    2019 Oct 25

    Pride & Progress - Film festival and symposium

    Registration Closed(All day)

    Location: 

    RUBENSTEIN R-414 A.B AND WEX-434 A.B

     

    Please attend any session or the full day

     

    The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies - Central America and the Caribbean Program, Harvard Business School, Harvard University Center for African Studies, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Cambridge Human...

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    2019 Feb 28

    Psychiatric Diagnosis: The First Cause of Everything Bad in the Mental Health System

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Wexner Room 102, 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA, 02138

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    Psychiatric diagnosis is completely unregulated and is widely — and unjustifiably — believed to be solidly grounded in science, to help reduce human suffering, and to expose psychiatrically labeled people to no harm. Dr. Paula J. Caplan resigned from two committees...

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    2018 Nov 29

    Public Lecture by Cynthia Dwork: Skewed or Rescued?  The Emerging Theory of Algorithmic Fairness

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, Rooms 520 A,B & C

    dworkIntelligent systems, much like humans, have the ability to see and respond to the world around them. Using data in new ways to make more accurate predictions or enabling new services, these machines offer the hope of overcoming the limitations of our own decision-making. However, with this they bring questions about how we make...

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    2020 Nov 13

    Reckoning with Election 2020: Race, Violence, & the Power of New Voters

    Registration Closed 3:00pm to 4:00pm

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    Virtual Event (Registration Required)

    Election 2020 proved to be historic in terms of the numbers of voters that were mobilized to the polls. The Election also made clear that there would be no nationwide repudiation of Trumpism. Join the Carr Center for a conversation with leading scholars of racial politics about the election turnout, voter suppression, and what this means about the state of democracy today. This event is part of the Bending the Arc: A Talk Series with Dr. Megan Ming Francis. This event will be co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. 

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    2019 Nov 01

    Reimagining Black Youth-Led Technologies Symposium

    Registration Closed 8:15am to 6:00pm

    Location: 

    Wexner 434 AB

    The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and the Harvard University Provost's Office invite you to the Reimagining Black Youth-Led Technologies Symposium. 

    The Reimagining Black Youth-Led Technologies Symposium will map and explore the global state of relevant research and practice, share and discuss insights and ideas in technology from the African continent and the African Diaspora, and encourage collaboration between...

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    2020 Oct 08

    Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the U.S.

    Registration Closed 10:00am to 11:30am

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    Virtual Event (Registration Required)

    Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for the release of our report on Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States. We'll discuss the historical context in which this project was framed, recent developments around rollbacks and movements for expansion of rights, and policy recommendations for building a more robust commitment to rights and responsibilities around six broad areas, including equal protection and due process.  We'll also discuss results from our public opinion poll and townhalls across the United States, conducted with support from the...

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    2020 Nov 19

    Reparations and Economic Justice

    Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm

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    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:

    • Dr. Raymond Arnold Winbush | Research Professor, Director...
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    2020 Sep 16

    Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society

    Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm

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    Virtual Event (Registration Required)

    Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy featuring prominent scholars, business and technology leaders, public interest technologists, and activists who address the ethical and rights implications of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on society and human life. The title of the series draws inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

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