|
OSI
Offering
Justice
Fellowships
in
2006
--
Deadline
Next
Month
9/30/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/405/fellowships.shtml
In 2006, the Open Society
Institute's US Justice Fund will support individuals through two programs:
the Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships and the Soros Justice Media Fellowships.
Similar in many respects to previous OSI initiatives, the newly launched
program will fund outstanding lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers,
activist academics, journalists and filmmakers to implement innovative
projects that address one or more of the US Justice Fund's criminal justice
priorities. Projects should seek to accomplish one or more of the
following:
-
advance death penalty reform
and abolition efforts;
-
improve public defense services;
-
combat racial profiling;
-
promote leadership in progressive
justice reform efforts among people who are or have been imprisoned;
-
encourage systemic reforms that
create incentives for community based solutions over parole and probation
revocation;
-
challenge unreasonable civil
and legal barriers to the reintegration of people returning from prison;
-
redirect criminal justice monies
to strengthen community resources and responsibility for public safety
and justice;
-
advance sentencing reform efforts;
-
curtail prison expansion;
-
empower communities most affected
by mass incarceration to develop and advocate for alternative policies
that address underlying social, racial and economic inequality.
Projects may also emphasize
the intersection of the above priorities with the particular needs of communities
of color, immigrants, GLBT communities or women and children.
Guidelines and application
information are available at http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus_areas/justice_fellows/
online. The application deadline is Friday, October 14, 5:00pm.
Contact Nidia Cordova-Vazquez at [email protected]
for further information or to share ideas.
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Issue #405
-- 9/30/05
Commentary:
Direct
from
Kabul
--
DRCNet
on
the
Scene
in
Afghanistan
This
Week
and
Next
|
On
the
Scene
I:
European
Think
Tank
Calls
for
Licensed
Opium
Cultivation
at
Afghanistan
Conference
--
Response
Varied
|
On
the
Scene
II:
Afghanistan's
Neighbors
Look
With
Interest
at
Licensing
Proposal
|
On
the
Scene
III:
Beyond
Treatment
and
Prevention
--
Harm
Reduction
in
Afghanistan
|
Denied:
Massachusetts
Jury
Slaps
Down
Overreaching
District
Attorney
in
"School
Zone"
Bust
|
Methamphetamine:
House
Democrats
Challenge
Harsher
Penalties
in
Federal
Methamphetamine
Bill
|
Methamphetamine:
SAMHSA
Says
Meth
Use
Steady,
Problem
Use
Increasing
--
Data
Says
Yes
But
Not
as
Much
as
SAMSHA
Implies
|
Needle
Exchange:
LA
Cops
Hassle
NEP
Clients
--
Complaint
Filed
|
Harm
Reduction:
Canada
Health
Minister
Says
More
Safe
Injection
Sites
Should
Open
If
Communities
Approve
|
Web
Scan:
GAO
Report,
Cascade
and
AAPS
Blast
Meth
Madness,
New
Orleans
Jail
in
the
Flood,
MedMj
Legal
Brief
Bank,
Charles
Shaw
on
Alternet,
DEA's
Microgram
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
DRCNet
T-Shirt
Design
Contest
|
OSI
Offering
Justice
Fellowships
in
2006
--
Deadline
Next
Month
|
Job
Opportunity:
National
Field
Director,
Marijuana
Policy
Project
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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