Past Events Fall 2006
Human Rights Film Festival Fall 2006 Website
Human Rights in China Awareness Week Website
Ying Lao is one of 2 women on an 18-person constitution drafting committee for the
Burmese exiled democracy movement. Of the Shan ethnic minority, she is
a head coordinator of her organization, the Shan Women's Action Network
(SWAN), as well as the Women's League of Burma (an umbrella organization
that has SWAN as a member organization).
UGANDA AWARENESS WEEK (October 16-October 21)
Monday 16 Oct: Bishop Benoni Y. Ogwal-Abwang will be speaking on Monday 16 October at 7pm in Smith Buonanno 106. He was ordained Deacon (February 1969) and Priest (December 21, 1969) and consecrated and enthroned Bishop of Northern Uganda (September 29, 1974). Bishop Ben was Curate of Christ Church, Gulu (1969) where he attracted thousands of young people to the Church. He was Chaplain to many of the Church of Uganda students in the surrounding Secondary Schools, and the Nurses Training College. He has now served in Episcopal Church in the USA parishes for the last 16 years. More information about him here.
Tuesday Invisible Children Screening. 17 October in Wilson 102 at 9pm. Invisible Children is a documentary recorded in 2003 based on the experiences of three college students in Northern Uganda. They went to Uganda to see what they could film, and they found thousands of people affected by the insurgency of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The resulting story focuses on the war's effects on children, particularly child soldiers.
Wednesday Courtney Spence will be speaking on 18 October at 7pm in Salomon 202. Ms Soence heads an NGO called Students of the World, which helps college students get involved in raising public awareness and activism on social issues affecting international communities. She will talk about how college students can contribute to helping end the conflict in Northern Uganda.
Thursday Uganda Rising Screening. Movie produced by GuluWalk Organizers. October 19th in MacM 115 at 9pm.
Saturday Every night in northern Uganda, thousands of "night commuters," children aged 3-17, walk up to ten miles from their homes to sleep in town centers for "safety by numbers" from the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, who abduct and force children into soldiering or sexual slavery. On October 21st, we along with tens of thousands of people across the globe will participate in GuluWalk Day 2006, a sympathy walk mimicking the journey of the night commuters in northern Uganda. We will also be camping out on the main green after walking around the Providence area. Our walk will start at 9pm from the Faunce Steps.
Sarah, Andrea and Jenny did a late night Gate Shift benefiting our group on Friday 13 October. Thanks to all of them!
Resisting Militarism: Pacifism in Israel
You are invited to a discussion featuring Jonathan Ben-Artzi, a conscientious objector in Israel. Jonathan Ben-Artzi was imprisoned for a year and a half for refusing conscription to the Israeli army due his pacifist beliefs, longer than any other Israeli conscientious objector. He was adopted as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International (http://web.amnesty.org/web/web.nsf/pages/iot_co_jonathan) and is now a Mathematics graduate student at Brown.
Thursday 12 October 2006, 7pm, Salomon 202.
Teri Silva and Aditi Bhaskar did a late shift at the Gate benefiting Brown Amnesty International on 22 September 2006.
THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN WOULD LEADS THE WORLD ON HUMAN RIGHTS. Tabling this friday to preserving fair trials and humane treatment. We will tabling this Friday 22 September from 11am-4pm in the Post Office. President Bush is pressuring Congress to authorize indefinite detentions, unfair trials, immunity for torture and cruel treatment. Help preserve justice, fairness, and human dignity. Let me know if want to help out and aren not already signed up. Otherwise, stop by the table in the PO. If you can't do either, send your congressperson an email, or call your officials!! More Background.
Self Education
10/30 Matt Thanabalan: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma
10/16 Eva Kolker and Sara Weschler: Conflict in Northern Uganda
10/9 Jeremy Mak: Human Rights, China and Tibet
10/2 Amy Tan and James Chaukos: Guantanamo Bay
9/25 ??
