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State-wide
Week of Action
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2007
10-2: Demonstration
in POLK PLACE using Darfur Report Cards. We are trying to make Darfur
an issue—come publicize the scores of senators throughout
the US.
6:30 pm: Candlelight vigil in the
pit.
8 pm: SCOTT SUTTON, who lived in
the Darfur region for 11 years, will be sharing his stories in GARDNER
105.
8:45: Discussion/Teach-in on Darfur
led by Scott and our very own Taylor Steelman (also in Gardner 105),
who has been involved in the STAND National for a few years. Come
with questions—anything you want cleared up, this is the time
to learn about what has been happening in Darfur
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2007
7: FILM: Defying Genocide. Film of
the National Holocaust Museum, followed by discussion in Bingham
203
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2007
7 in Gardner 105: FILM: Lost Boys
of Sudan. Emmy Nominated and winner of three nationwide documentary
awards, this film is about the journey of around a thousand children
(as young as 3 and 4) through southern Sudan into Kenya on a 1,000
mile journey. Many of the Lost Boys are in the United States today.
THURSDAY, March 1, 2007
7 in Gardner 105: FILM—Darfur
Diaries: Message from Home. One of the directors of this documentary,
recently returned from Darfur, will be screening the 1-hour movie
and speaking on the experience.
Speaker:
Samantha Powers
One of the worlds leading activists for Darfur will
come to Memorial Hall on April 17, 2007. More details to be announced.
