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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Simon Deng: The Crisis in Sudan

Noon, Thursday, February 7, Brookens Auditorium

Sponsored by Student Life, Student Affairs, and Multicultural Student Affairs

Simon Aban Deng is a refugee from Sudan and a survivor of child slavery. Now an American citizen, he is leading the effort to end genocide in his native country.

He has addressed the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006 he met with President Bush and conducted a fact-finding and humanitarian aid mission to southern Sudan and Darfur.

For more information about Mr. Deng, go to www.iabolish.org/speakers_bureau/bio_simon.html

For information about the campus event, contact Cynthia Thompson at 6-6665.