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SUMMARY:Sudan In Focus: Ending the Counter-Revolutionary War\, and Towards Sudanese Unity
DESCRIPTION:12:30 noon EDT\, Washington DC | 6:30 pm CAT\, Khartoum (Sudan) \nModern conflict rarely involves a straightforward trajectory. The conflict in Sudan has taken a higher profile in Western news reporting around Africa with UNICEF reporting that dozens of children have been killed or injured due to escalating bombardment and siege conditions. The UN estimated that 19 million people face acute hunger\, a situation aggravated by soaring fuel and fertilizer import costs\, and the mass displacement of nearly 13 million people is described by international agencies as a “profound humanitarian collapse.” \nBut what are the root causes of this situation and what broader geopolitical factors are in play? There are Sudanese experts and protagonists who assert that the conflict is a neo-colonial takeover\, with United States ally the UAE using a proxy force to exploit that nation for its resources and strategic position. This event will cover this analysis. Attendees will also learn about the agency and dynamic work of the Sudanese people to overcome the current state of affairs and transform their nation. \nJoin us for this webinar unpacking the root causes\, geopolitical factors and implications of the war\, and the inspiring responses of the Sudanese people. \n\nMosaab Baba\, Pan-African Forum – Sudan\nSuad Abdel Aziz\, Decolonize Sudan\nNisrin Elamin\, University of Toronto and Sudan Solidarity Collective\n\nModerator: Netfa Freeman\, Pan-Africanist organizer and IPS Events Coordinator \nCo-sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies\, Africa World Now Project\, and the Black Alliance for Peace. 
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/sudan-in-focus/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
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SUMMARY:A People’s Briefing: The Perfect Storm of Increasing Economic Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:Families in the United States are facing a perfect storm. Food\, housing\, and healthcare costs are increasing faster than wages. Inflation and gas prices are high. Immigrant families are being torn apart. Critical supports that help families meet their basic needs have been drastically scaled back or eliminated with more cuts looming. \nJoin us for a webinar to analyze the policy choices that are pushing millions of Americans into increasingly precarious conditions. A slate of panelists will unpack the challenges in healthcare\, food security\, housing and immigration illuminated in the new IPS report\, A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families and the alternative path that is possible. \nSPEAKERS \n\nGina Plata-Nino\, Director for SNAP and the Food Action Research Center\nMeredith Dodson\, Senior Director of Public Policy at the Coalition on Human Needs\nJenny McLelland\, a mom to a disabled son who depends on Medicaid.\nLayla Sayed\, 2026 IPS Henry A. Wallace Fellow\n\nModerator: Karen Dolan\, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies \nCo-sponsored by Food Action Research Center\, Coalition on Human Needs\, First Focus on Children\, Little Lobbyists\, and Institute for Policy Studies.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/peoples-briefing-on-the-perfect-storm/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Webinar
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SUMMARY:50th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
DESCRIPTION:IPS invites you to our 50th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards! Come celebrate five decades of uplifting unsung human rights defenders and honoring our movement heroes together. \nThe in-person event will begin with a catered reception at 5:30 pm ET. The ceremony will begin at 7:00 pm ET\, and will finish with a closing reception at 8:00 pm ET \nGet your ticket today to secure a 25% discounted Early Bird ticket while they still last! \nJoin us to uplift our incredible awardees\, Unidos MN and La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana. Both our Awardees represent communities that have built serious power to defend their rights. \n\nMinnesotans organized as Unidos MN to protect their community from ICE violence and inspired the whole country with their mass resistance.\nLa Liga is energizing the North American labor movement by mobilizing unions across Mexico to use their seat at the bargaining table and stand up to transnational corporations.\n\nWe are going all-out for our 50th and will have live music\, food and drinks\, memorabilia\, and lots of fanfare. We’re reaching far back to invite as many IPS alumni as possible for this milestone! We cherish these awards as a time to convene our community and celebrate our allies’ hard work\, so please extend this invitation to all who want to come together. \nWe offer a range of ticket prices to keep this event accessible to all who’d like to join. \nWe are also looking for co-sponsors to help make this event happen.
URL:https://ips-dc.org/event/lm50/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting of Washington\, 2111 Decatur Place NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008-1912
CATEGORIES:Arts Event,Awards Dinner,Reception
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