U.S. Programs | Open Society Institute

A Question of Freedom
OSI-New York
September 25, 2009

AUDIO
This Open Society Institute roundtable discussion features R. Dwayne Betts, author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.

About U.S. Programs
OSI's U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates.

Call for Proposals: Developing Small Donor or Membership Bases
October 1, 2009
The Open Society Institute and the New World Foundation invite proposals to increase organizational sustainability and community accountability in the United States.

Democracy and Power Fund Announces Final Round of 2009 Grants
September 30, 2009
A total of more than $5.3 million was awarded to 24 organizations that address the fund's priority areas.

Remembering Katrina: Four Years Later
August 28, 2009
The fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levees is an opportunity to assess the progress of rebuilding efforts, and to remind the nation that the journey toward recovery is far from over.

New Documentary Exploring Mental Illness After Prison Debuts on FRONTLINE
VIDEO
The Released provides a rare look at the lives of people suffering from mental illness as they struggle to stay out of prison and find a place in society.

Video Clip: Picking Cotton�Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
VIDEO
A new book by Open Society Institute fellows involves an improbable friendship forged between a woman and the man she misidentified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years.

The Future of Family Detention in America
OSI-New York
September 23, 2009
VIDEO AUDIO
Cosponsored by the Open Society Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union, this forum discusses The Least of These, the acclaimed documentary about the T. Don Hutto immigrant family detention center in Texas.

Black Labor in America: Emerging Opportunities Amid the Economic Crisis
OSI-New York
June 25, 2009
AUDIO
Steven C. Pitts of UC Berkeley discusses the job crisis facing the black community, with an emphasis on relations between black men and Latino immigrants in the workplace.

Justice Denied: America's Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel
April 2009
This OSI-supported report examines the ability of the American justice system to provide adequate counsel to individuals in criminal and juvenile delinquency cases who cannot afford lawyers.