Amid a political, economic, and security crisis, Haiti also faces its greatest humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. We’re pledging $20 million for locally-led solutions aimed at supporting Haitian civil society, joining with
@wk_kellogg_fdn
:
@RealCandaceO
Hi Candace, Mr. Soros and the Open Society Foundations oppose all violence and do not pay people to protest.
We lament the effort, through baseless allegations, to distract from the crisis of police brutality in Minneapolis and in too many other parts of the country.
Russia’s war in Ukraine “breaks rules that we thought were no longer breakable,” says Open Society President Mark
@malloch_brown
.
Learn how we have stepped up support for Ukrainians working for democracy and human rights:
@realDonaldTrump
President Trump: Your tweet is incorrect—Mr. Soros does not pay people to protest—and insulting to the many women making their voices heard. We support the right to protest, enshrined in the 1st Amendment, and are shocked a sitting president does not share the Founders’ view.
Although
@SteveKingIA
has deleted his tweet that attempted to falsely portray our deputy chair Alexander Soros as the whistleblower, his continued attempts to intimidate and harass the whistleblower are reprehensible.
.
@SteveKingIA
is circulating false information, claiming Alexander Soros, our deputy chair, is the whistleblower. He is not. Attempts to out the whistleblower violate protections put in place to help people in government root out waste, fraud, and abuse.
Bringing her experience growing up in one of the most unequal countries and her economics expertise, our Director of
#Equity
@lauraabcarvalho
leads our work to tackle global
#inequity
—especially amid the cost of living crisis.
#InsideOpenSociety
Open Society President
@patrickgaspard
's letter to
@facebook
's
@sherylsandberg
about their smear campaign against George Soros & us as reported by
@nytimes
: "Your methods threaten the very values underpinning our democracy."
@therealroseanne
@ChelseaClinton
Hi Roseanne, Mr. Soros did not work with the Nazis. When he was a teen, he and his family resisted the Nazi occupation of Hungary: . Some more facts about him and us:
@johnston_kelly
Mr. Johnston, neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society is funding this effort. We are surprised to see a
@CampbellSoupCo
executive spreading false stories. We do support the historic U.S. commitment to welcoming people fleeing oppression and violence in their homelands.
@RepMattGaetz
We can save you the trouble, Congressman: Neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society are funding this effort. We do support the historic U.S. commitment to welcoming people fleeing oppression and violence in their homelands. Maybe you could investigate why they feel the need to flee.
Ukraine does not present any military threat to Russia, which manufactured this crisis to deprive Ukraine of its right to self-determination and to undermine European security and solidarity.
#StandWithUkraine
After being ousted from Google for speaking up for more ethical AI research and about the company’s diversity issues,
@TimnitGebru
has launched
@DAIRInstitute
—with our support—to ensure tech isn't rooted in racism, ableism, and gender bias.
The Taliban’s rapid gains have put many Afghan civilians—especially journalists and rights defenders—in imminent danger. Our $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund will help address their urgent humanitarian and safety needs.
Congratulations to
@nhannahjones
for being one of 2021's
#Time100
Most Influential People. Her
@1619FSchool
—a free, community-based after-school literacy program supported by us—centers the Black experience and the role race has played in U.S. history.
Today our founder George Soros announced the Open Society University Network (OSUN) with a $1 billion endowment to better prepare students for current and future global challenges. He invites those sharing our vision to help build this unique network.
Congratulations to
@Sifill_LDF
of our grantee
@NAACP_LDP
for being named one of 2021's
#Time100
Most Influential People. She has led vital progress on voting rights, stopping police violence, and dealing with systemic racial injustice in the U.S.
George Soros: hero of our time. “I’m very proud of the enemies I have...It’s a perfect way to tell a dictator or a would-be dictator if he identifies me as an enemy,” says our founder and chair in
@nytimes
.
Our founder George Soros’s firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance has led to a lifetime of work devoted to democracy, freedom of expression, and respect for human rights.
Ahelyett, hogy befektetne a gazdaságba, az egészségügybe és az oktatásba, Magyarország kormánya tízmilliókat költ egy civil társadalom ellenes kampányra. Ez a kampány amely propagandából, bűnbakkeresésből és félelemszításból áll példa nélküli az Európai Unióban.
We are proud to support Ariana Grande’s effort to help organizations advocating for trans youth as well as those providing direct services. Learn more about the fund and see the list of recipient organizations:
.
@SteveKingIA
is circulating false information, claiming Alexander Soros, our deputy chair, is the whistleblower. He is not. Attempts to out the whistleblower violate protections put in place to help people in government root out waste, fraud, and abuse.
Freedom of expression, assembly, association, and movement.
Equal justice.
Transparency.
The right to health care.
The right to clean water and air.
People holding their governments accountable.
Everyone realizing their full potential as humans.
This is what we fight for.
Adelyn and her mother moved to Colorado from Maine so that Adelyn could get access to cannabis oil that has been effective at controlling her chronic seizures.
When media are free and democratic institutions are strong, open society flourishes. George Soros’s commitment to these ideals is what makes him so dangerous to authoritarians around the world.
Sudan has abolished the death penalty for apostasy and banned female genital mutilation as the country liberalizes after 30 years under Omar al-Bashir.
We're committing $25 million to the new Ukraine Democracy Fund to support Ukrainian civil society, international solidarity with Ukraine, and the dignity of those displaced and affected by the conflict. This builds on our work in the country since 1990.
“Black people suffer the most from the legacy of slavery, but most Americans suffer from it to some degree.” -
@nhannahjones
of our grantee
@1619FSchool
on her new documentary series
#1619Hulu
The demonization of our founder and chair, George Soros, started as a political strategy in Hungary. It's now a defining feature of contemporary global politics and made up largely of virulent lies and wild theories.
@HNSGR
in
@buzzfeednews
:
When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began a year ago, there was no other option for Oleksandra Matviichuk
@avalaina
than to fight for justice and freedom.
We stand in solidarity with brave youth climate activists advocating for immediate action on the global climate crisis. George Soros and the Open Society Foundations have not funded
@gretathunberg
’s work, nor is Mr. Soros her grandfather.
We do not pay protesters. Neither does our founder George Soros. Claims that we do serve to delegitimize those who are exercising their Constitutionally-protected right to protest peacefully and petition their government for redress of grievances.
The vilification of our founder and chair, George Soros, has been pushed "from the dark corners of the internet and talk radio to the very center of the political debate." via
@NYTimes
"
@Facebook
employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros." Why did FB pay to lie about our founder? Neither we nor Mr. Soros pay or direct people to protest.
The government of Turkey is launching a bogus sham trial in order to intimidate critics and silence dissent. This travesty of justice is an attack on freedom itself.
#GeziPark16
For indigenous communities in Colombia, coca is nothing to be ashamed of and is part of a deeply held culture and tradition. It's time for policy to reflect that. Learn more:
President Lula’s election in Brazil is a watershed moment in the fight against authoritarian populism in Latin America.
#Brazil
’s renewed commitment to democracy raises the stakes for our own work to support democracies to deliver inclusive political, economic, & social progress.
George Soros, our founder and chair, has invested the majority of his wealth in promoting democracy and accountability for over three decades.
@BBCRadio4
's
@alittl
looks at the harmful conspiracy theories against Mr. Soros and us.
With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s election, we can now begin the hard work to repair the damage done to the rule of law and to the norms and values that have guided the republic from the start.
Congratulations to Open Society President
@PatrickGaspard
for being honored with the
@NAACP
's prestigious Spingarn Medal in recognition of his lifelong commitment to equality and civil rights!
Watch and read his full acceptance speech:
We will invest more than $100 million over the next five years to strengthen a range of feminist-led movements and increase their leadership across a broad range of sectors from politics, the private sector, to civil society and government.
#ActForEqual
"His contributions to campaigns to end police brutality, improve access to affordable health care, and increase dignity for working families is unparalleled." -
@DerrickNAACP
Our President
@patrickgaspard
will receive
@NAACP
's prestigious Spingarn Medal:
For decades, our founder George Soros and we at Open Society have supported the movement against systemic racism. Today, we build on this history by announcing $220 million to build power in Black communities and promote bold new anti-racist policies.
Climate justice is critical to the future of open societies. To lead our work in this vital area,
@YDagnet
will take on the newly created role of director of Climate Justice.
We’re proud to honor and celebrate the recipients of the Open Society
#JusticeRisingAwards
—16 visionary Black leaders whose courage, creativity, and tenacity has advanced racial justice and equality in the U.S.
Authoritarians regularly use disasters and crises to tighten their grip on power and crack down on rights and liberties. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Open Society President
@PatrickGaspard
in
@ProSyn
:
Decriminalization—the removal of criminal penalties for buying and selling sex—is key to protecting sex workers from abuse and exploitation, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking freely. Holding up a protest sign. Voting. Or maybe just choosing who we want to dance with.
To autocrats like Putin, that makes us the enemy. So let’s
#BeTheEnemy
. Learn more:
Our founder and chair George Soros has received the Ridenhour Courage Prize for being “a penetrating thinker, creative philanthropist, and visionary whose four decades of courageous commitment to a just and open society are unparalleled."
George Soros has taken firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance to build the Open Society Foundations and a lifetime of work devoted to democratic governance, freedom of expression, and respect for individual rights.
Our investment of more than $130 million to counter the COVID-19 pandemic seeks fair access to treatment and care; helps low-income, informal, and gig workers; protects refugees and migrants; and fights against authoritarian power grabs.
Actually, George Soros spent more than $5 million to provide free breakfasts for tens of thousands of elementary school kids in Hungary. Insects were not on the menu:
While we applaud the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, America will never know true equality until structural racism is eradicated.
Our founder George Soros recently turned 92 years old. His firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance has led to a lifetime of work devoted to democracy, freedom of expression, and respect for human rights.
On this
#HolocaustMemorialDay
, we must never forget what can happen when the politics of exclusion and hatred are left unchecked. Two Roma survivors of the “Forgotten Holocaust” tell their stories:
Happy holidays from the Open Society Foundations! We're looking forward to another year of working together towards a freer, more tolerant, and more democratic world.
The algorithm “was prone to fast-tracking applicants from predominantly white countries and sorting people from other nations into a longer and more onerous review process.”
@JCWI_UK
& our grantee
@foxglovelegal
filed the complaint that took this down.
Governments worldwide are using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to roll back basic rights and have failed to respond to its challenges, as
@AgnesCallamard
of our grantee
@Amnesty
explains.
Congratulations to the 2021 Soros Equality Fellows, whose projects range from documenting the U.S. caregiving crisis to establishing a think tank for Black women in the U.S. and Brazil to protecting sacred Indigenous sites at the U.S.–Mexico border.
“Hamas must be demilitarized, neutralized as a military force,” Open Society President
@malloch_brown
tells
@BBCNewsnight
. The only durable solution is a political one that guarantees the safety, dignity, and rights of Israelis and Palestinians.
We call on the international community to condemn recent raids by Israeli armed forces on the offices of internationally respected Palestinian civil society groups, including our grantee
@alhaq_org
, a leading human rights organization.
#StandWithThe6
After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, its drug fatalities fell to one of the lowest levels in Europe. Learn more about its example and the benefits of decriminalizing drug use:
#SupportDontPunish
"Continued criminalization of sex work and sex workers is a form of violence by governments and contributes to the high level of stigma and discrimination." -
@drtlaleng
in
@teenvogue
“It's easy to think, now that we have our human rights, they will be there forever. They cannot be taken away. But they're like the air you breathe. You don't think about it until you are gasping for your last breath." -
@raad_zeid
in
@nytimes
Israeli forces have raided, damaged, and closed the offices of six Palestinian civil society organizations, including our grantee
@alhaq_org
—a leading human rights organization.
#StandWithThe6
🚨We call on the international community to immediately intervene to protect the six designated organisations, whose finances & assets risk being confiscated, & their staff members, directly targeted, arbitrarily arrested & imprisoned.
#StandWithThe6
“Quiet Skies” is disquieting. In this new
@TSA
program, federal air marshals follow the movements and behavior of ordinary U.S. citizens not suspected of a crime or on any terrorist watch list as they fly domestically. via
@janawinter
@BostonGlobe
In Nigeria, people can spend months or even years in pretrial detention—even on minor charges. Now, a team of volunteer lawyers is delivering free legal aid to detainees to counter this with our support.
Inspired and led by brave women,
#Iranian
people have courageously taken to the streets to demand freedom and an end to government repression. The protests are inspiring in their scope and diversity across ethnicity, religion, age, & socioeconomic status.
During the past five days since the death of
#Mahsa_Amini
, protests broke out in 114 cities across 29 provinces. In 69 cities, 94 protests took place.
In 18 universities, the students of held protests over
#MahsaAmini
's death.
#Iran
#IranianProtests
#Mahsa_Amini
#مهسا_امینی
George Soros, our founder and chair, is “a philanthropist taking a resolute political stand, helping local organizations that don’t fear fighting the enemies of an open society, whether internal or external.” via
@haaretzcom
We welcome today’s news that Thailand’s parliament passed a landmark marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
A new foreign policy think tank in DC—with funding from our founder George Soros and Charles Koch—will promote diplomacy and restraint over threats, sanctions, and bombing. via
@BostonGlobe
The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade, which protected the right to abortion, is an assault on women’s rights, human rights, and democracy worldwide. We and our partners will continue to fight for reproductive rights.
From hateful campaigns against “gender ideology” to insidious attacks on women’s right to choose, authoritarian foes of open society have tried to repress and silence women:
Culture and art remind us that there are other, better possible worlds—and inspire us to make them a reality. Learn more about the part art can play in countering authoritarianism:
The UN says there is “credible evidence” Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's murder. The Trump administration still hasn't told the truth about what it knows. It should publicly disclose reports related to Khashoggi's murder.
A new film about our founder George Soros's life, career, and philanthropy shows his immeasurable impact—from his first philanthropic efforts in apartheid South Africa to the building of democratic societies in Eastern Europe to our current global scope.
“Too often, in this country, black people’s lives are cut short and not given the space and air to fully blossom and live. We are never allowed to just exist, to just let us breathe.” -
@rshabazz
of our grantee
@ColorOfChange
Only 57% of young people aged 18-35 hold faith in democracy.
Our new
#OpenSocietyBarometer
—one of the largest polls ever on human rights and democracy—reveals the concerns of people across 30 countries, from climate change to rising inequality.
George Soros has taken firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance to build the Open Society Foundations and a lifetime of work devoted to democratic governance, freedom of expression, and respect for individual rights.
In his new book "Drug Use for Grown Ups,"
@drcarlhart
argues that the greatest damage from drugs flows from their being illegal. Tomorrow at 5pm EDT, join him and our
@OSFKasia
for a conversation on his research and personal experience:
Our founder George Soros’s firsthand experience with ethnic and political intolerance has led to a lifetime of work devoted to democracy, freedom of expression, and respect for human rights.