Miriam Lipman-Hopkins '09 sent this along; Miriam interned in DC last summer at the Save Darfur Coalition.
University of Puget Sound Hosts Voices from Darfur: Personal Stories of a Genocide
Tacoma, WASH. – Two Darfuri refugees will share stories of the devastation in their homeland when the University of Puget Sound hosts Voices from Darfur: Personal Stories of a Genocide at 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, in Kilworth Memorial Chapel.
The program, part of the Save Darfur Coalition tour, features a short documentary film and talks by two refugees:
Daoud Hari is a former sheep and camel farmer who fled his village in Darfur after months of bombings by his own government. When he reached a refugee camp in Chad, he risked his life by re-entering Darfur to translate for the New York Times, BBC News and National Geographic. He has since been granted refugee status in the United States. He has testified before Congress three times and is writing a book about his experiences as a translator in Darfur.
Ibrahim Mousa Adam was a farmer and volunteer teacher in northern Darfur. In 2003 his hometown was destroyed by the Sudanese army and the Janjaweed; 20 members of Adam’s family were killed in the attack and his remaining relatives live in six different refugee camps. He currently lives and works in Rockford, Ill., but aspires to move back to Darfur to help rebuild the country.
A question-and-answer session with Hari and Adam will conclude the program.
Voices from Darfur is sponsored by the University of Puget Sound’s Spirituality, Service & Social Justice office and Jewish Student Organization. The event is free and open to the public.
Directions to the University of Puget Sound’s Kilworth Memorial Chapel are available on the Web site at www.ups.edu/directions.xml.
