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Live Webcast: Unleashing the Power of Art, Culture, and Media to Transform Black Communities
Harlem Children's Zone, New York City
December 6, 2010
This town hall discussion looks at the role art and culture can play in addressing the negative perceptions of black men and boys in American society.

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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.

Redistricting 2011: Mapping Political Power for the Decade
OSI-New York
October 14, 2010
video VIDEO   audio AUDIO
This preview and panel look at Gerrymandering, a documentary that sheds light on the typically opaque redistricting process in the United States and the many who attempt to manipulate it for partisan gain.

Real Men: A Curriculum for Empowering Young Men of Color
OSI-New York
October 12, 2010
audio AUDIO
This screening and discussion focuses on a powerful set of educational tools that help young men develop the skills, emotional flexibility, and resilience they need to succeed.

Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics
OSI-New York
September 20, 2010
audio AUDIO
This Open Society Foundations event explores strategies to inspire civic participation and engagement among black youth.

School Reform in Baltimore: Fewer Suspensions Equal Better Results
Shawn Dove and Jane Sundius
January 3, 2011
blog BLOG  
At a time when the underachievement of black boys in the United States can only be described as a national crisis, there is finally some good news.

Young, Black, Male, and Proud
Jordan Coleman
December 15, 2010
blog BLOG  
A fifteen-year-old filmmaker talks about his achievements, dreams, and responsibilities toward his generation.

We Dream A World: The 2025 Vision for Black Men and Boys
December 2010
This report, supported by the Open Society Foundations, is a call to action for America to begin strategically addressing the problems that hinder black men and boys.

NPR Announces Plan to Bolster News Coverage of State Government Nationwide
October 18, 2010
Supported by a $1.8 million grant from the Open Society Foundations, the initiative aims to bring greater transparency and accountability to the workings of state legislatures.

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