June 2019
Book Release: Noura Erakat’s Justice for Some
IPS honors World Refugee Day with a reception and book signing for our board member Noura Eraka and her newly published book on "Law and the Question of Palestine."
Find out more »Extraction Casino Report Presentations
Presentations in both Mexico City and Ottawa Canada of the report on "Mining companies gambling with Latin American lives and sovereignty through supranational arbitration."
Find out more »Film: HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
IPS partners with CaribbeanTales for the opening film of the DC Caribbean FilmFest about a lesser known revolutionary who followed the call of history and joined the independence movements sweeping Africa.
Find out more »May 2019
We Know Who Caused Climate Change. How Do We Make Them Pay?
A forum on Who is disproportionately responsible for climate and environmental destruction, who disproportionately pays the price, and the global movements to fight back.
Find out more »April 2019
First Annual Marcus Raskin Award for Civic and Intellectual Courage
Recognizing Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II for outstanding and brave leader in the fields Marc was passionate about, including peace, social reconstruction, art, and politics.
Find out more »Film: Charm City
A powerfully candid portrait of a group of police, citizens, community leaders, and government officials during three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, followed by a Q&A coordinated by IPS Board Chair Tope Folarin with Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
Find out more »Palestine & Social Justice: A Community Dialogue
A community discussion that will include background history of Palestine and Palestinians, US policy in the Middle East, its impact on Palestinian rights, what the different is and what's not about Trump's Middle East policy, and why we call Israeli policy towards the Palestinians "apartheid."
Find out more »Implementing Restorative Justice Practices in Incheon South Korea
A presentation on the effectiveness of school based RJ practices on fostering student voices and how youth empowerment adds to educational settings.
Find out more »Reversing Wealth Inequality (Oregon)
IPS's Chuck Collins making "The Case for Restoring Progressive Taxation and Bringing Wealth Home."
Find out more »Unpacking Netanyahu’s Reelection: Future Implications
IPS's Phyllis Bennis featured a panel about Trump support and recognizing Israel’s annexation and sovereignty over the West Bank and his Administration's long-awaited peace deal.
Find out more »The Resurgence of Public Ownership: A Transatlantic Exchange
A discussion of the power and potential of public ownership over universal services, as a new wave of momentum in the US & UK confronts climate change and decades of neoliberal austerity measures.
Find out more »No Compromise, No Retreat in the Fight Against Imperialism and War
A bold community forum to address the work of opposing both militarized domestic state repression, and the policies of de-stabilization, subversion and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally.
Find out more »How Public Funding of Elections Saves Taxpayers $$$
IPS's Justin Jacoby Smith and other panelists will unpack having our tax dollars work for a stronger democracy.
Find out more »Solutionary Rail: Just Transition to Decarbonized Infrastructure
The Solutionary Rail Team will join Basav Sen of the Institute for Policy Studies to brief movement and policy makers on the essential role of HIGHER speed freight and passenger rail and the corridors they utilize must play in any climate, just transition, or Green New Deal.
Find out more »March 2019
National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War, and Racism
Join with us in Washington DC or at a demonstration in your area to show, in the strongest possible way, our opposition to NATO’s destructive wars and its racist military policies around the world.
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