http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms 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. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/y6xamXZCEUc/rfpsmalldonor_20091001 The Open Society Institute and the New World Foundation invite proposals to increase organizational sustainability and community accountability in the United States. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:02:57 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/democracy/news/rfpsmalldonor_20091001 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/democracy/news/rfpsmalldonor_20091001 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/rg3CsgROKsU/grants_20090930 A total of more than $5.3 million was awarded to 24 organizations that address the fund's priority areas. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:35:12 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/democracy/news/grants_20090930 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/democracy/news/grants_20090930 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/jnyQ0Nezkqw/dwaynebetts_20090813 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. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:48:10 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/events/dwaynebetts_20090813 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/events/dwaynebetts_20090813 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/m42z1cByF4o/hutto_20090828 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. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:42:47 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/equality/events/hutto_20090828 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/equality/events/hutto_20090828 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/5-1xZddI6HM/katrina_20090828 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. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:37:30 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/strategic/news/katrina_20090828 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/strategic/news/katrina_20090828 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/Ru3dUebF63s/labor_20090625 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. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:18:39 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/cbma/events/labor_20090625 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/cbma/events/labor_20090625 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/Z76Qf79_B0c/released_20090422 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. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:19:54 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/released_20090422 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/released_20090422 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/BLCo6nfaGXE/justice_20090401 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. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:37:24 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/articles_publications/publications/justice_20090401 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/articles_publications/publications/justice_20090401 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/AGlefCjz4PI/cotton_20090302 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. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:20:38 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/cotton_20090302 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/multimedia/cotton_20090302 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenSocietyInstituteUSPrograms/~3/VIoRu_mlRCA/about 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. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:29 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/about http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/about