Barvalipe: Identity, Pride, Commitment
December 6, 2011
video VIDEO  
This video features images and excerpts from interviews with young Roma participants at Barvalipe, the first-ever Roma pride summer camp.

 

Advancing Education Reform with "Writers Bloc"
Kamila Shamsie and Hugh McLean
January 13, 2012
blog BLOG  
A group of writers including Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Adiche, and Aleksander Hemon take a look at education systems in conflict-affected countries around the world.

Black Male Mentoring: Decoding the Image
Stephen Powell
January 27, 2012
blog BLOG  
Without the help of black men and other caring adults serving as their guides, beating the odds can seem quite insurmountable for young black males.

 

Stateless Children: Denied the Right to Have Rights
slideshow SLIDESHOW  
The blight of statelessness affects an estimated 12 million people around the world. But it is in the lives of an estimated 5 million stateless children that the injustice is often most painfully evident.

Call for Applications: Global Supplementary Grants
Deadline April/May 2012
Open Society Scholarship Programs seeks applicants for the Global Supplementary Grant Program for humanities and social science doctoral students from select countries of Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Call for Project Proposals: Student Initiatives
Deadline: February 29, 2012
The International Higher Education Support Program is pleased to invite project proposals for new projects from students within its Student Initiatives from the following Southeast European university student communities: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia.

Call for Applications: Summer University Courses on Privatisation in Education and Innovative Financing for Education
Deadline: February 15, 2012
Applications are invited from educational researchers, policy analysts, education finance specialists, government officials, advanced graduate students, and faculty members.

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Breaking the Barriers: Helping Black Males Achieve Academic Success
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
October 20, 2011
audio AUDIO
Ivory Toldson of Howard University and Raymond Winbush of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University talk about what educators, parents, and families can do to ensure that young black men succeed.

Film Screening: A Small Act
OSI-Washington, D.C.
September 21, 2011
video VIDEO  
This film depicts the inspiring story behind the work of the Hilde Back Education Fund, which provides school fees and other assistance to bright and needy Kenyan students in secondary school.

The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies
May 12, 2011
video VIDEO   audio AUDIO
This conversation with George Soros covers topics including the roots of his philanthropic philosophy, lessons learned, and the future of the work of the Open Society Foundations.

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Black Male Mentoring: Decoding the Image
Stephen Powell
January 27, 2012
blog BLOG  
Without the help of black men and other caring adults serving as their guides, beating the odds can seem quite insurmountable for young black males.

Remembering Tom Alexander
Hugh McLean
January 24, 2012
blog BLOG  
Tom Alexander's insistence on linking social justice with quality in education challenged and inspired us all.

London's Police Rethinks Stop and Search Tactics
Rebekah Delsol
January 24, 2012
blog BLOG  
Black people in the United Kingdom are now 30 times more likely to be stopped than white people under exceptional stop and search powers granted by a 1994 law.

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