After the Holocaust people said
"We didn't know and Never again."
We do not want to repeat these phrases ever again.
Please join Freshmen Leaders On Campus (FLOC) for an important program about the Darfur crisis.
FLOC’s goal for this program is:
To raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur, and to inspire the students faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Arlington to help bring an end to this genocide.
Please share this information with your students, faculty and staff
and join us for the following events.
FLOC (Freshmen Leaders On Campus) Program on Darfur
Program Description: The FLOC program on Darfur will be a month long endeavor, March 3 through April 3, to call the attention of the UT Arlington Community to the serious crisis in Darfur.
Documentary Film: The Devil Came on Horseback
Information
Date: March 3, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Nedderman Hall, room 100
The award winning 90-minute documentary film,
The Devil Came on Horseback*
will be shown, followed by a short reflection and discussion session led by Robert and Paulette Cooper of the Dallas Peace Center.
(* A film by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern
A Break Thru Films production in association with Global Grassroots and Three Generations)
Panel Discussion:
Date April 3, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Nedderman Hall, room 100
The panel will be moderated by Dr. Rick Halperin, director of the Human Rights Department at SMU. Panelists will include:
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Dr. Alusine Jalloh, director of the African Program at UT Arlington,
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Victoria Smith, a human rights activist who has worked in Chad refugee camps twice during the past year
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A refugee from Darfur
Following the events there will be displays in the Nedderman foyer of pictures taken in the refugee camps, actions that individuals may take, and information from human rights organizations.
Service Projects:
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Tents of Hope: The U T Arlington community, including student organizations and University departments, will join in painting a Tent of Hope. The mission of the Tents of Hope project is to support a one-year process in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The UT Arlington Tent of Hope will hopefully be included among the tents displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in the October of 2008, with other tents from communities around the country. Eighty-nine cities, including San Antonio and Austin, currently have Tents of Hope projects in progress.
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Literacy Project for Camp Gaga sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi
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HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) Artists – materials available at events and at gallery (see below)
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Raffle/drawing benefiting Global Grassroots, 501(3)(c) including canvas paintings, DVD, and book, The Devil Came On Horseback
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Program t-shirt sales
UC Gallery Display March 3 – March 14
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Photos with accompanying descriptions taken by human rights activists who have made three trips to work in refugee camps in Chad
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Copies of letters and drawings by children in refugee camp Gaga from the December 2007-January 2008 visit to the camp.
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Works of art and music from HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) Artists, a humanitarian organization focused on raising awareness and funds for pressing issues.
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Copies of The Devil Came On Horseback book and DVD.
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