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The Volante
April 18, 2018
Also at the meeting, debate continued regarding the move of SGA meetings to the Freedom Forum in the Al Neuharth Media Center. SGA president Josh Sorbe said the specifics of the move are still being discussed, such as when SGA will begin discussion on whether to return to MUC 216 for the springÃâà...
El Paso Inc.
April 17, 2018
When the Freedom Forum offered him the chance to work in Washington, D.C., or return to El Paso with a two-year fellowship to teach at UTEP, he and Ellie picked El Paso and went into business for themselves. “I guess we turned into serial entrepreneurs,” he said. “We started El Paso Inc. in 1995.”.
El Paso Inc.
April 17, 2018
When the Freedom Forum offered him the chance to work in Washington, D.C., or return to El Paso with a two-year fellowship to teach at UTEP, he and Ellie picked El Paso and went into business for themselves. “I guess we turned into serial entrepreneurs,” he said. “We started El Paso Inc. in 1995.”.
Pittsburg Morning Sun
April 10, 2018
The conference was created to honor Al Neuharth, founder of USA TODAY, the Freedom Forum and the Newseum, “for his long and distinguished career in journalism and his free spirit,” a letter to Nicole said. “This is the best,” Nicole said. “I'm excited to be going and it's nice to be awarded something asÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
April 4, 2018
Most of the appeals before the Planning and Zoning Commission in the news seek permission to rezone some land in order to build something bigger or at least different than was there before. Now some residents have organized to instead downzone their neighborhood. Benton-Stevens has alreadyÃâà...
Bizcommunity.com
March 29, 2018
Opening the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) in Johannesburg, Thor Halvorssen, the forum's founder and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), described the event as much more than a conference for human rights. Speakers included Zimbabwean civil rights activist and #ThisFlag movement leaderÃâà...
Bizcommunity.com
March 29, 2018
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) came under heavy criticism at the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) held in Johannesburg earlier this week. Founder of OFF and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation Thor Halvorssen referred to the body as a "generation of swindle of giant proportion".
africanews
March 29, 2018
An Eritrean journalist and activist, Meron Estefanos, says multinational mining firms in the country are complicit in the current regime's dictatorial rule. The Sweden-based advocate mentioned four main firms, Nevsun Resources, Anglogold Ashanti, Chalice and Donia as companies that were bankrolling theÃâà...
Fond du Lac Reporter
March 29, 2018
Woodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women's Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in communication industries worldwide. She serves on the board of trustees for the Freedom Forum, the Newseum, the Duke Endowment and the Urban InstituteÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 27, 2018
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a platform for struggles that have been opaqued and ignored, a gathering for disruption in the name of freedom, according to its founder and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Thor Halvorssen. The conference series, produced by the HRF, seeks to address theÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
March 21, 2018
Some say the problem is that guns are too readily accessible. In fact, a student movement is insisting gun violence in schools be curbed through legislation. Groups walked out of class last week demanding the government save them with a protective shield of new gun control laws. Others point out thatÃâà...
Belarus Digest
December 31, 1999
... dictatorship by living in truth. “Belarus Free Theatre defies oppression in its proud celebration of free speech and the arts, bravely defending civil liberties in a Soviet-ruled state,” said Havel Prize Committee Chairman. The awarding ceremony will be held during the 2018 Oslo Freedom Forum on 30 May.
Mail & Guardian
December 31, 1999
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a platform for struggles that have been opaqued and ignored, a gathering for disruption in the name of freedom, according to its founder and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Thor Halvorssen. The conference series, produced by the HRF, seeks to address theÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
City Press sat down with Mawarire at the Oslo Freedom Forum on Monday, where he and other activists from across the globe told their journeys of fighting for human rights. Mawarire had tied his popular Zimbabwe flag, which became the symbol of hope under the #ThisFlag movement, around his neck.
The Daily Vox
December 31, 1999
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a platform for struggles that have been opaqued and ignored, a gathering for disruption in the name of freedom, according to its founder and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Thor Halvorssen. The conference series, produced by the HRF, seeks to address theÃâà...
