Alumni News at the Institute

Nayat Karaköseoglu
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Nayat Karaköseoglu
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
On January 29th, Nayat Karaköseoglu, a 2014 AHDA alumna and a program coordinator at the Hrant Dink Foundation, participated in a panel entitled, “Topographies of Memory: Exchanging Knowledge and Best Practices.” The aim of the panel was to look at memorialization projects that use and implement a variety of technological tools, with the goal of increasing the efficacy of efforts against social amnesia and the politics of oblivion: Online maps, websites, applications for smartphones and guided tours incorporating sites of memory are among ef
Matthew Kennis
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Matthew Kennis
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Congratulations to 2012 alumnus Matthew Kennis on his new role as Program Director with the Libertas Center for Human Rights, a torture survivor’s treatment center at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. 
 
Bakary Tandia
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Bakary Tandia
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

2010 Advocate Bakary Tandia was recently featured in the Voice of America article "African Diaspora Makes Its Voice Count in US Election." The article highlights Bakary's voter mobilization efforts in the 2008 US presidential election and his work in the field of human rights.

Mary Akrami
2009 Advocate Mary Akrami with Front Line Defenders
Monday, January 11, 2016

2009 Advocate Mary Akrami, Director of the Afghan Women's Skills Development Centre in Kabul, attended the international launch of Human Rights Defenders - Lives in the Balance, the Front Line Defenders 2015 Annual Report.

Laura Reed
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Laura Reed
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Laura Reed (M.A. 2013) is a Research Analyst for Freedom on the Net, an annual index of global internet freedom, at Freedom House. Laura collaborates with local researchers to assess internet access, censorship, and user rights in Eurasia, Europe, and the United States. She has been interviewed by the press on issues related to human rights and internet freedom, and has spoken about surveillance, privacy, and intermediary liability at forums and international conferences.

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