Selected Past Events
2024 Events
Confronting State Violence across the Globe (April 5, 2024)
In partnership with the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, History and Music Departments at the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard University Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR), and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights hosted a free, hybrid format conference at Harvard University’s Barker Center (110 Thompson Room) on Friday, April 5, 2024. This constituted the Roma Program’s 12th Roma conference marking the annual International Roma Day which is celebrated worldwide every April 8th. For more information about International Roma Day, click here.
Making a Health Case for Reparations in Boston (March 25, 2024)
2023 Events
Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom (October 24, 2023)
Forced Mobility and Organized Crime in Latin America (October 3, 2023)
In partnership with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, and the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University, the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights hosted a free, in-person conference at Harvard University’s Martin Center. This constituted the Roma Program’s 11th Roma conference marking the annual International Roma Day which is celebrated worldwide every April 8th. On April 8, 2023 we marked the 52nd anniversary of the First World Roma Congress. For more information about International Roma Day, click here.
2022 Events
Can Reparations Close the Racial Health Gap? (November 3, 2022)
In partnership with Harvard Public Health magazine, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights hosted a free, in-person symposium at Harvard University’s Martin Center. Throughout the day, we examined the challenging question of how to redress centuries of anti-Black racism – and how to ensure that reparations are designed with the long-term health of Black communities and individuals in mind. Speakers brought a wide range of expertise in law, policy, public health, history, media, and community organizing.
Launch of University of Athens and Harvard University Joint Program on Refugee and Migrations Studies (January 19, 2022)
2021 Events
Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective (December 10, 2021)
Title 42 and Human Rights Abuses of Haitian Migrants at the Texas Border (November 9, 2021)
Climate Change, Structural Racism and Organizing for Change (October 27, 2021)
Organized Crime in Mexico City: The Coming Battle (October 13, 2021)
Anti-Racism in Public Health Policies, Practice, and Research (September 21, 2021)
Medicare for All: A Conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (June 2, 2021)
The Chelsea Project: The Alchemy of Science, Policy and Community (WIP Series, May 25, 2021)
Health Under Siege: From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza (May 21, 2021)
The ICC’s Latest Ruling: Implications for Israel/Palestine Justice, Human Rights, and Health (March 9, 2021)
State of Human Rights: 2020 Reflections and Lessons Learned (January 27, 2021)
2020 Events
Romani People During Pandemics: Anti-Romani Racism During COVID-19 Pandemic (September 2, 2020)
2019 Events
30 Years Later: Are We Protecting Children’s Rights? (November 13, 2019)
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Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora Day 1 (April 5, 2019)
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