Third 5 Days for The Cuban 5 in Washington DC
Washington DC Washington, DC, United StatesThe Institute for Policy Studies is joining voices from around the world to ask President Obama to change over 50 years of unjust U.S. policy toward Cuba.
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Events
Briefing: World Day Against Child Labor
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430 United States Capitol Complex, Washington, DC, United StatesIPS' Tiffany Williams is a featured panelist on congressional briefing by The Child Labor Coalition and The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) to promote the rights of 15 million child domestic workers.
Author Event: Part of The Family?
IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesIPS' Break the Chain Campaign hosts author Sheila Bapat to discuss her book on "Nannies, Housekeepers, Caregivers and the Battle for Domestic Workers' Rights."
Reception: Abby Ginzberg and Soft Vengeance
Alliance for Justice 11 Dupont Circle NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin the Institute for Policy Studies, and Alliance for Justice for a reception with sneek previewing of the film about lawyer, writer, art lover and South African freedom fighter, Albie Sachs.
Film: The New Black
Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DCAn IPS and Community Cinema preview that tells the story of how the African American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.
Making Mondays Matter: Is Faith Necessary?
Irish Whiskey Public House 1207 19th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesInstitute for Policy Studies and Inspire BBQ will host a forum featuring Colman McCarthy and Joe Eldridge speaking on the role of faith in social movements.
Film: Maestra
IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesCuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women. The Cuban Literacy […]
Book Event: This Light of Ours
Busboys & Poets - 14th & V 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DCInstitute for Policy Studies, with Teaching for Change bookstore and Busboys and Poets, welcomes Matt Herron, Dorie Ladner, and a panel moderated by Askia Muhammad to discuss the book on "Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement"
Brownbag: Pacific Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador
Center for International Environmental Law 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Institute for Policy Studies joins the Center for International Environmental Law, and Oxfam to invite you to the D.C. community discussion on the amicus curiae brief in the Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador case.
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Art Event: “Interrogation” – John Feffer
The Mountain (Mount Vernon United Methodist Church) 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Institute for Policy Studies is proud of the art and activism of our Foreign Policy In Focus project director, John Feffer, as he presents his new dark comedy play on is a dark comedy about surveillance and interrogation, starting July 10th.
Press Conference: Advocates Call for End of U.S. Support of African Tyrants
National Press Club 529 Fourteenth Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesIPS' Foreign Policy In Focus joins a diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa in calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal dictators across Africa.
Gaza Update with Special Guest Tariq Abu Khdeir
Come and hear first hand from Tariq Abu Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian-American arrested and beaten by Israeli police in Jerusalem last month.
Film: Apocalypse Africa: Made In America
IPS Conference Room 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC, United StatesThe Institute for Policy Studies hosts a screening and discussion to give context to the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and connect it to the history and current policy of the U.S. supporting and enabling tyranny across Africa.
Brown Bag: Golden Palms? A Look at Liberia’s Work Conditions
Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DCILRF and IPS are excited to welcome Edwin Cisco, Vice-President of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL), to discuss the rapid expansion of palm oil and FAWUL's efforts to engage and organize palm oil plantation workers in Liberia.
Town Hall: Ferguson & Beyond
Join Institute for Policy Studies, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, and Busboys and Poets' A.C.T.O.R (A Continuing Talk on Race) for this special presentation on "The Way Forward" from police killings of Black people.