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Congratulations to 2023-24 Advocate Andrea Tock and her colleagues at the Women’s Justice Initiative (WJI) for winning the Resilience Award at the UN SDG Action Awards 2026 during a ceremony in Rome in October.
Read our conversation with Andrew Murgitroyd, GS’27 Undergraduate HR Major.
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ISHR Fall Film Series
Schermerhorn Hall, 1198 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 501
7:10 PM - 9:00 PM
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Digital Suppression and the Right to Political Participation
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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ISHR Fall Film Series
Schermerhorn Hall, 1198 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 501
7:10 PM - 9:00 PM
America/New_York