Sign up here for Local Events, our weekly email
of upcoming activities:
Events
Institute for Policy Studies and its projects host events around the world. Most events take place in Washington, DC, are free and open to the public.
Calendar
- AprThe Political Campaign of Andy Shallal: A Look Back and The Look Ahead — Join in conversation with Andy Shallal, E. Ethelbert Miller, Joy Zarembka, Steve Cobble, and Jonetta Rose Barras.
28 - AprAbduction in Laos — IPS and the Center for Strategic and International Studies Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies are pleased to invite you to a talk featuring Dr. Ng Shui Meng.
29 - AprVenezuelan Constitutional Expert Hermann Escarrá Speaks — IPS' Foreign Policy In Focus hosts a talk with Venezuelan law professor about the current situation in Venezuela and the dialogue for peace, moderated by IPS boardmember James Early.
30 - MayConference: Facing the Dangers of 21st Century Great Power War — IPS Foreign Policy In Focus' Emira Woods is featured on part II of the conference workshop, The Risk of Great Power War: Regional Perspectives.
03 - MayFilm: Vanishing Pearls — IPS' Climate Policy Program partners with Parallel Film Collective the DC premiere screening that delves into the worst environmental disaster in American history.
19 - MayAuthor Event: Missing Class — The Institute for Policy Studies and others host a dynamic and participatory workshop and book signing on "Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures."
28 - JunCollective Courage: Economic Thought & Practice — A DC talk and special book launch event on the history of African-American cooperatives, featuring scholar/activist Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
03 - JunThird 5 Days for The Cuban 5 in Washington DC — The 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.
04 - JunAuthor Event: Part of The Family? — IPS' Break the Chain Campaign hosts author Sheila Bapat to discuss her book on "Nannies, Housekeepers, Caregivers and the Battle for Domestic Workers' Rights."
17 - JunFilm: The New Black — An IPS and Community Cinema [DC] 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.
22
Past
- AprCuba and the US: What's Next — A formal discussion panel on US-Cuban relations by the Alternative Break Program.
16 - AprAuthor Event: Life Interrupted — IPS' Break The Chain Campaign and Teaching for Change Bookstore will host Denise Brennan author of a new book on trafficking into forced labor in the united states.
08 - AprWomen's Fast for Families on the National Mall — One hundred women leaders from around the country fast together to demand fair immigration reform and an end to deportations NOW!
07 - AprCongressional Briefing: From NAFTA to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement — IPS’ Global Economy project and others hold a congressional briefing on the 20th anniversary of NAFTA to reflect upon the agreement’s harmful effects on North American communities and the environment, and how negotiations for more free trade agreements threaten people everywhere.
03 - MarSplit This Rock Poetry Festival 2014 — Poems of Provocation & Witness 2014 invites poets, writers, activists, and dreamers to Washington, DC for four days of poetry, community building, and creative transformation.
27 - MarA People's Hearing on the Lasting Impact of the Iraq War — Moderated by Phil Donahue, the Institute for Policy Studies, Iraqi Veterans Against the War, and over 30 other organizations co-sponsor a convening on the 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
26 - MarThe United States Re-Balancing In East Asia — A seminar on adopting a 100-year time-frame to address a range of innovative policies that could ensure a long-term and cooperative U.S. presence.
26 - MarFilm: The Truth About Our Youth Premiere — The Institute for Policy Studies, Just Kids Maryland and others join for a screening that looks at Maryland's youth in the adult criminal justice system.
25 - MarPetro-Machismo: The Geopolitical Exploitation of Increased North American Oil and Gas Production — Michael Klare details how rising oil and gas production close to home is enabling a more aggressive stance toward rivals abroad.
21 - MarAuthor Event: Blue Future — IPS senior scholar Maude Barlow talks about and signs her new book on "Protecting Water and People and the Planet Forever."
19
If you are hosting an event that IPS is part of, send details to netfa@ips-dc.org