This conflict, which has taken place in the Darfur region of Sudan since 2003, has resulted in the murder of tens of thousand of civilians and in over 2 million refugees driven from their homes.
On Monday, March 12 at 7 PM in Randolph-Macon Washington-Franklin Hall, a Panel Discussion on Darfur will feature
Dr. Alphine Jefferson, Department of History, Randolph-Macon College
Elnour M. Adam, Projects Director of Darfur Rehabilitation Project INC
Michael Lucero, Richmond area Darfur activist
Osman Khamis, Darfurian asylee and graduate of the Sudan University of Science and Technology
The March 12 program is sponsored by Randolph-Macon Brothers 4 Change and the Office of International Education at R-MC. Washington-Franklin Hall is at the intersection of Center St. (Railroad Ave.) and College Ave.
On Sunday, March 18 at 4 PM in the Randolph-Macon Brown Campus Center, the March HOT TOPICS Forum will explore the plight of refugees, especially children, in the Darfur conflict. The program will feature clips from the film The Lost Boys of Sudan and discussion by a panel of "lost boys" who have been placed in the Richmond area by Commonwealth Catholic Charities.
The March 18 program is cosponsored by the Duncan Memorial Hot Topics Committee and Randolph-Macon College Brothers 4 Change.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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