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2020 Feb 04

Human Rights and the Crossroads - Where Does Activism Go Next?

11:45am to 1:00pm

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Allison Dining Room

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.

2020 Apr 07

CANCELLED - The Price of Civil Rights: Black Lives, White Funding, and Movement Capture

11:45am to 1:00pm

Location:

Allison Dining Room

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. Moderated by Sushma Raman, the series highlights current day human rights and humanitarian concerns such as human rights in North Korea, migration on the US-Mexico border, Myanmar, and the dismantling of democracy.

Megan Ming Francis, Visiting Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State...

2020 Jun 03

The Struggle for Black Lives: Historical Legacies to Future Possibilities

Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm

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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

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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 Jun 12

People Power in the Face of Authoritarianism in Nicaragua

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

A conversation with Nicaraguan human rights defenders about the trials, triumphs and future challenges of people power in Nicaragua in a context of democratic decay, decreasing civic space and authoritarianism since the return of Daniel Ortega to power in 2007.

Panelists

Amaya Coppens Zamora | Activist, Medical Student, Political Prisoner
Mateo Jarquín Chamorro | Assistant Professor, Chapman University
Mónica López Baltodano | Activist,...

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2020 Jun 17

India’s COVID Democracy Crisis: Lockdown of Labour and Liberties

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm

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Virtual Webinar (Registration Required)

In response to the public health crisis of COVID, India has imposed one of the most stringent and ill prepared lockdowns in the world, leading to a humanitarian disaster. Over 700 people have died unrelated to the virus but due to distress directly caused by the lockdown, such as hunger. Even as the state has flexed its executive muscle, activating police forces to enforce the lockdown with...

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2020 Jun 11

Police Brutality in the United States: A Conversation with Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

The killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as well as countless black people has sparked protests around the country. Join the Carr Center for a conversation with Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Callamard and other UN experts have called on the U.S. government "to take decisive action to address systemic racism and racial bias in the criminal justice system by launching independent investigations and ensuring accountability in all cases of excessive use of force by police."

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2020 Jun 17

The Struggle for Black Lives: Reimagining Systems and Institutions

Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

According to Alan Jenkins, Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, "it is time for a Third Reconstruction: a fundamental reconsideration of our Constitution, systems, institutions, and practices to uphold human rights and ensure equal opportunity for all." Join us in a conversation with Professor Jenkins to discuss how we can reimagine systems and institutions, and the leadership that is needed to move the needle on racial justice.

Panelists:

Alan Jenkins | Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School

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2020 Nov 12

Summit on Nonviolent Resistance Today

Registration Closed 11:00am to 4:00pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

On November 12, 2020, the Nonviolent Action Lab convened a summit featuring scholars and practitioners of nonviolent action. The event featured a keynote speech from the Rev. Stephen Green of Faith for Black Lives, several panels featuring new research on nonviolent resistance, and focused discussion among dozens of scholars, practitioners, and Topol Fellows from Harvard, Tufts, Brandeis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston Latin School, and elsewhere.

This Summit, convened by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, is made possible...

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