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Darfur in Crisis: What Can Louisville Do?
MEDIA ADVISORY
DARFUR IN CRISIS: WHAT CAN LOUISVILLE DO?
PANEL DISCUSSES STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL ACTION
February 27, 2007
| WHAT: |
Darfur in Crisis: What Can Louisville Do? – Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
The Muhammad Ali Center, Metro Louisville Office of International Affairs, and Catholic Charities are hosting a panel discussion and question-and-answer opportunity to share first-hand knowledge of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan from those who have been in the region and to talk about what the local community can do to help. Plus, Ali Center officials will announce related programming in correlation with the photo essay Surviving Darfur: Staring Into the Heart of Human Suffering currently on display at the Ali Center through the end of March. After the discussion, an educational presentation will be given by the Country Representative for Sudan of Catholic Relief Services. |
| WHO: |
Panel members:
Mark Bouchard – Catholic Charities, moderator
Larry Cox – Chief of Staff, Senator McConnell’s local office
Father Pat Delahanty – Catholic Conference of Kentucky
Omar Ayyash – Director, Metro Louisville Office for International Affairs
Shakir Abdelrasool – Sudanese Refugee now living in Louisville
TBD - Representative from the Kentucky Interfaith Task Force on Darfur
Mike Fox – President/CEO, Muhammad Ali Center, closing remarks
Scot LeFevre - Country Representative for Sudan, Catholic Relief Services, Educational Presentation
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| WHEN: |
10:00 a.m., March 5, 2007 |
| WHERE: |
Muhammad Ali Center (Auditorium, Level Two)
144 N. Sixth Street (between Main Street and River Road) |
| WHY: |
A deadly conflict, which began over three years ago, continues in the Darfur region of Sudan. The region, about the size of Texas, has nearly 6 million people and, because of the conflict, one third now requires emergency aid. Some 200,000 people have been killed, with another 2 million displaced by the conflict. Malnutrition, malaria, and cholera are among the greatest health risks. Equally dangerous is the vast insecurity of the region which has increased since the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 2006. The Darfur Peace Agreement was only signed by two of the warring parties, with two rebel factions refusing to sign. Further splintering has occurred in the last few months. Displacement and killings are again on the rise, and over a dozen humanitarian workers have been killed since the end of June 2006. The conflict has spilled beyond the borders of Sudan, affecting people in Chad and the Central African Republic. The result is a crisis that is deemed by the United Nations as the world’s greatest humanitarian emergency today, and one that has the potential to even further destabilize Africa’s largest country and its neighbors. Raising awareness of the Darfur conflict is critical to propelling action. |
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