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Past Events
February 15, 2006
Nicholas Kristoff
Yale University
March 2, 2006
Slifka Center at Yale
March 13 - May 19, 2006
University of Conn Library Exhibit
Curators: Michele Palmer and Shelley Buchbinder
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Corridor
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Darfur Awareness WeekendMarch 17-19, 2006
B'nai Israel, Southbury
April 23, 2006
Simon Deng
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Bridgeport
Rally to Stop GenocideApril 30th
Washington, DC
May 4, 2006
Norwalk Community College
African Lecture Series and
Darfur Children's Art Exhibit
Guest Speaker: Professor Khalid Kodi — Artist and Sudanese Activist
Date and Time: Thursday, May 11th at 7:00 p.m.
Location: YMCA of Greater Springfield, 275 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA
Light refreshments and beverages will be served.
R.S.V.P. to Lorna at Lthomas@springfieldy.org or 739-6951 ext. 121.
Presented in partnership with the African Cultural Council.
The Israel Advocacy and Social Action Committees of B'nai Israel of Southbury are sponsoring a Darfur Editorial-Writing Contest. Middle school students in grades 7 and 8 in neighboring towns as well as students in religious school programs are being challenged to explain to the community why the genocide in Sudan's Darfur area matters today.
Emanuel Synagogue
Thursday, August 3, 2006
7:00 PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
In light of current events, Rabbi Small will begin the program with an update on the situation in Israel and his recent solidarity mission to Israel. This will be followed by two brief documentaries on the situation in Darfur (one is entitled "The Promise" which was filmed by Danbury High School students).
Chris Doucot, founder and director of the Catholic Worker, who has traveled to the region, will speak about the genocide in Darfur and attendees will write letters to the President and discuss additional things which can be done to help in this cause.
Ma'Ariv services will begin at 8:45, followed by a light Break Fast.
Diversity, Demographics, Discovery
November 2
4:30-8:00 PM
Yale University
The Connecticut Geographic Alliance will hold its Geography Action! 2006 Kickoff Event on November 2 (4:30 to 8:00 p.m.) at Yale University. The theme for this year's Geography Awareness Week is Africa in 3-d: Diversity, Demographics, Discovery. One of the breakout sessions that evening will be "The Promise" with Tim Salem from Danbury High School. Mr. Salem and students from Danbury High School have created a very moving short film about the ongoing genocide happening in Darfur. You can view information about the video and request a copy at www.dhsthepromise.com/ThePromiseResources.htm.
UNICEF ambassador and actress Mia Farrow will accompany Tim Salem to the Kickoff Event to provide participants with some of her first-hand experience from several visits to Darfur. She has a personal photo journal to show and will certainly be able to provide a lot of valuable information on the atrocities happening in Darfur.
Monday, November 13
UN Church Center
New York City
Judgment on Genocide: The International Citizens Tribunal for Sudan will be a forum in which the crimes of the Sudanese government will be brought to light. Though the trial will not carry legal authority, it will be a space to speak out for those who have been victimized and those who have been eyewitnesses to the crimes against humanity and genocide that have taken place in Sudan for more than twenty years.
The trial is set to take place in New York City at the UN Church Center. All of the regular components of a trial will be in effect - a prosecuting attorney, a defense attorney, a panel of distinguished judges and eyewitness and expert testimony. The evidence will be presented and the judges will deliberate before verdicts are delivered. The verdicts will be announced at a press conference at the trial. Each judge will make a statement.
Wednesday, November 15
7:00 PM
Temple Sholom
300 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich
Nicholas D. Kristoff, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner, will speak about the genocide in Darfur. The program is sponsored by ADL-CT, Greenwich Reform Synagogue, UJA Federation of Greenwich and Temple Sholom.
General admission is $18 with all the proceeds being donated to Darfur. Students with a school ID will be admitted at no charge.
The general program will be preceded at 6:15 by a Sponsor's Private Reception, $250 per person.
For further information, email reservekristof@templesholom.com or call (203) 869-1791 ext 164.
Global Voice
Friday, November 17
7:00 PM
Newtown Teen Center
Global Voice is a teen group from Newtown High School which is hosting a benefit concert.
Monday, November 27
6:00-8:00 PM
Danbury High School
Danbury High School will be hosting a benefit concert in
its auditiorium entitled "Danbury For Darfur" on November 27th from
6-8pm featuring its multi-talented musicians. The event will be
sponsored by Save The Children and Students Against Starvation. Tickets
can be purchased (requesting a $5 dollar donation) at the door. All
proceeds will be earmarked for humanitarian aid in the region.
Vigil for Darfur
December 3, 2006
Gabriel Bol Deng
Eastern Connecticut State University
Webb Hall 110
6:00 PM
Gabriel Bol Deng was a lost boy in Sudan and is speaking about his personal testimony and also on the organization he has started (H.O.P.E for Sudan) and what we can do to help. Professor Phoebe Godfrey will also be speaking, and we will then be having a candlelight vigil foloowed by cider and cookies! We will also be circulating petitions to be sent to Congress. We would love to have as much attendance as possible at this event.
This event is open to the public so feel free to invite anybody and everybody! This is going to be a wonderful, inspiring, and educational evening.
For more information, contact Alyssa Goodin (goodina@stu.easternct.edu).
December 21
Beginning at 6:30 AM
Emanuel Lutheran Church
311 Capitol Avenue, Hartford
January 19, 2007
Temple Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester
February 24, 2007
Danbury High School students present "The Promise" to The Coalition of One Hundred Black Women at Columbia University.
February 25, 2007
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation and First Congregational Church of Southington
Bake Sale For Darfur
The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr.
West Hartford, CT 06117
March 04, 2007 (14 AdarI 5767)
8:45 PM
Come to the bake sale from 8:45 until 12:00 PM and buy fresh baked challah and homemade humantashen.
Large Challah $ 5.00
3 Hamantashen $ 3.00
Sponsored by the Interfaith Committee of The Emanuel Synagogue and the Church of St. Timothy's.
All proceeds will be donated to help the people of Darfur.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Cyrenius H. Booth Public Library
25 Main St., Newtown, Connecticut
Featuring Award winning student activists from Danbury High School with Assistant Principal, Tim Salem and Newtown High School Students from Global Voice.
Genocide in Darfur and the Cost of Oil: Are We Complicit in the Deaths of
400,000 Civilians?"
An Illustrated Report from Darfur by Christopher Allen-Doucot, Human Rights Activist
8 PM, Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
St. Thomas Aquinas Student Center, University of Connecticut
Sponsors: UConnSTAND, Council on Peace Education,
St. Thomas Aquinas
Artists for Peace
Crystal Theater, Norwalk
April 14, 8:00 PM
The Crystal Theater near the South Norwalk train station is hosting a Fairfield County Artists for Peace fundraiser to buy solar cookers for Darfur women in refuge camps. Right now, women scout around for wood outside the camps and horrible things happen to them.
Call (203) 855-1118 for reservations. The theater is a short cab ride from the South Norwalk MetroNorth station. Additional information and driving instructions may be obtained from www.bernierdance.org and www.crystaltheatre.org.
A printable flyer may be downloaded by clicking here.
The Promise on Capitol Hill
April 19
4:00 PM
Washington, DC
On Thursday, April 19th, Congressman Murphy and Congressman Shays will host a group from Danbury High School, led by Assistant Principal Tim Salem, for a viewing of "The Promise." Mr. Salem will be joined by senior Alysha Rashid, senior Max Delahanty, and senior Sabrina Wirth. Mia Farrow may join the group.
The group will be gathering from 4-5pm in 2105 Rayburn House Office Building. The media will be invited to attend.
April 22, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Emanuel Lutheran Church
311 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT
This is an opportunity to learn about the genocide that continues to decimate the people of Darfur, Sudan and to learn about what we can do to help stop it. More than 400,000 people have died since 2003 in what the United Nations has called "the worst humanitarian disaster on the planet." Over 2.5 million people have been driven from their homes, and almost all of the non-Arab villages in Darfur have been destroyed. About 3.8 million people in Darfur and in refugee camps in eastern Chad rely on tenuous international food aid for survival. The Sudanese government in Khartoum and the allied janjaweed militias have killed, raped, and brutalized the people of Darfur since 2003, and the international community has done little to stop it.
A flyer is available as a Word document or as a PDF file. The Word document can be edited and then distributed.
Darfur: Prospects for Peace?
Time: Wednesday, April 25 at 4:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Host: Alex Mikulich
Contact Phone: 860-231-5299
Location:
Saint Joseph College,
1678 Asylum Avenue,
Bruyette Athenaeum,
West Hartford, CT 06117
Saint Joseph College hosts Abu Assal and David Morse in a panel discussion addressing prospects for peace in Sudan and ending the genocide in Darfur. Dr Alex Mikulich, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Joseph College will facilitate the panel discussion aimed at addressing the following questions: 1) How can a region-wide peace process be re-activated? 2) How could a successful United Nations/African Union Peacekeeping force be implemented in the region? 3) What is our U.S. role in addressing the roots of this conflict?
Genocide Awareness with a Focus on Darfur
Time: Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 PM
Duration: 90 minutes
Host: Alissa Rauch
Contact Phone: 713-725-7548
Location:
University of Hartford: Aurbauc Auditorium,
200 Bloomflied Ave.,
West Hartford, CT 06117
On April 26, 2007 at 7:30 pm, The Roosevelt Institution at the University of Hartford along with the Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur is putting on an event to raise awareness about the Genocide in Darfur. This event will have everything from a speaker to an all women's a capella group (Women of the Cross) and two brief student presentations on genocide in Darfur and Bosnia. There will be free refreshments. This is going to be an incredible event. We look forward to seeing you there!
Darfur Awareness Shabbat Service
Time: Friday, April 27 at 7:00 PM
Duration:2 hours
Host:Diana Lane
Location:
Congregation Adath Israel (Middletown, CT),
8 Broad Street,
Middletown, CT 06457
Congregation Adath Israel is sponsoring a Friday night service on April 27th at 7 pm focused on raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur
and Sudan. Following the service which will last approximately one hour, journalist and author David Morse will be speaking on the subject: "Genocide in Darfur and Sudan: Why
is it happening and what actions can we take?" David Morse has written extensively on the genocide in Darfur and Sudan. He traveled to South Sudan in 2005, after the Sudanese government refused to issue a visa to
visit Darfur. He has visited Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya and plans to visit camps in Chad. This event is free and open to the public.
Also see www.david-morse.com for more information on the speaker.
400,000 Faces
Cheshire Academy
Charles Harwood '40 Student Center
Friday, April 27, 2007
7:00-8:30 PM
A unique experience in raising public awareness will take place at Cheshire Academy on Friday, April 27, 2007, when the nationwide 400,000 Faces project turns a spotlight on the conditions in Darfur, Sudan. The project involves displaying photographs of the faces of 400,000 volunteers, each one representing a person who has died in Darfur. Cheshire Academy's participation will include an all-school assembly and a slideshow shown throughout campus at strategic locations. An evening session, open to the public, will also be held on April 27 on the third floor of the Charles Harwood '40 Student Center from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Reservations for the evening session are highly recommended and may be made to Mrs. Pam Field at pam.field@cheshireacademy or 203-272-5396 ext. 375. Donations made at the evening program will be given to Save Darfur or to Amnesty International.
The Danbury High School Peer Leadership program is holding a walk-a-thon to raise funds, as well as awareness, about the current situation in Darfur. Join the walk-a-thon on Saturday, April 28th in Danbury Connecticut rain or shine to walk for the future of the Darfur civilians. Bring the family! All proceeds go to the Darfur Chapter of the Save the Children foundation. Visit the Walk-a-Thon page to learn more and register.
Global Days for Dafur April 23-April 30
A week of Interfaith services, speakers, slide shows, proclamations and movies in Madison, Connecticut. April 27-May 6, 2007.
Sunday, May 6, 7 p.m.
St. John's Episcopal Church, North Haven
B'nai Israel Synagogue
Sunday, July 14, 2007
7:00 PM
Featuring Ruach and Roll, Biaxident and The Off Beats
Screening of The Promise
Darfur Editorial Writing Contest Award Presentation
A printable flyer is available in as either a PDF or as a GIF file.
Save Darfur Day
Fifty percent of the proceeds from the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball game July 29 will go towards relief efforts in Darfur.
Darfur Editorial Writing Contest
The Israel Advocacy and the Social Action Committees of B'nai Israel of Southbury are sponsoring a Darfur Editorial Writing Contest for students in grades 7 and 8. The winner will be awarded a prize of $100.
For more details, check the flyer.
If you know a 7th or 8th grader, or have a connection to a middle school, encourage them to participate. Questions can be addressed to Patrice Gans at pbgans@sbcglobal.net.
For thirteen days, October 12-24, The Darfur Support Coalition of Fairfield County, together with a dozen co-sponsoring organizations, is hosting a series of outstanding and provocative events taking place from Greenwich to Fairfield. These will include speakers, a high school teach-in, film showings, music, and a traveling photography show. Leaders in the area's faith community will be talking about Darfur in their services, informing an even larger audience.
Friday, October 12 through Wednesday, October 17 at 5:30PM
Real Art Ways Cinema
56 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 232-1006
The Connections Between Darfur and South Sudan
Saturday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
Storrs Friends Meeting House
57 Hunting Lodge Road
Storrs, CT
(at the intersection of N. Eagleville)
A slide show and discussion by "Lost Boy" Gabriel Bol Deng and journalist David Morse.
Gabriel Bol Deng was nine or ten when his village was attacked twenty years ago. He barely escaped with his life. Last May he returned to his native Dinka village, accompanied by Connecticut journalist David Morse, hoping to find one or both of his parents alive. Come and hear the story of their journey. For more information call David Morse at 860/429-6803. This event is free and open to the public.
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Dream for Darfur Olympic Torch Relay
Sunday, October 21
2:00-4:00 PM
Minute Man Park in Hartford
Urge China to use its leverage to persuade the Sudanese government to consent to a civilian protection force in Darfur.
Torch Relay Flyer — Please print copies of this flyer and post them in prominent places.
November 9-11, 2007
University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada)
Official Opening: Friday, November 16, 2007
Bow Tie Cinema City
235 Brainard Road
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 549-0030
Darfur Now is a story of hope in the midst of one of humanity's darkest hours Ð a
call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. In
this documentary, the struggles and achievements of six different individuals from inside
Darfur and around the world bring to light the tragedy in Sudan and show how the actions
of one person can make a difference to millions.
Darfur Now is a call to action for people everywhere to help end the crisis in Darfur.
… more
Tellabration
A Program of Stories to Benefit Darfur
E.O. Smith High School
Storrs
Friday, November 16, 8:00 p.m.
With storytellers Carolyn Stearns, Raouf Mama, Csenge Zalka, Maude Carpenter & Chris Rothe, joined by Chantal Krcmar speaking about Darfur.
For information, call Carolyn Stearns 860-690-4292
or go to www.connstorycenter.org/tellabration.html.
Sponsored by the Connecticut Storytelling Center.
Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace
Sunday, November 18
6:00 PM
St. Patricks Church
Route 58
Redding, Connecticut
The debut presentation of Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace, a new documentary produced by
Danbury High School assistant principal Tim Salem and his students, featuring the photography of Mia Farrow and music written, composed and performed by Danbury High School student, Brian Simalchik
and some of his talented friends.
Tim Salem and his team will present the DVD and facilitate a discussion.
Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace
Tuesday, November 27
6:00 p.m.
Danbury High School Auditorium
$5.00
The first formal screening of Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace. The entire proceeds will be sent to Save The Children.
Special guest Dr. Jerry Ehrlich from Doctors Without
Borders will be at the screening. Ehrlich is responsible for smuggling over 150
children's drawings from Darfur during his stay in 2004. Some of these
heart-wrenching pictures are included in Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace.
… Printable Poster …
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Darfur
Wednesday, January 30th
6:30 P.M.
Speakers: Abu Asal Abu Asal, Amii Omara-Otunnu, David Morse
Hartford Hillel
… more info
Thursday, January 31
7:00-9:00 P.M.
Keynote Speaker: Deacon Arthur Miller
Also: Hena Daniels (Channel 3 News Reporter)
Student-produced film
… more info
Tuesday, February 19
9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Legislative Office Building, Hartford
… more info
Darfur Genocide Documentary and Discussion
Sunday, March 30, 2008
1:30 - 4:00
Friends Room, Welles Turner Memorial Library, 2407 Main St, Glastonbury, CT
Sponsored by the Congregation Kol Haverim Social Justice Committee
View Printable Flyer
… more …Connecticut TAG Call-In Day
Tuesday, April 1
Connecticut Teach Against Genocide asks students, teachers, parents and community leaders to ask their legislators to co-sponsor House Bill 5595 and help make genocide education a part of the school curriculum.
For more information, print the flyer and check the TAG web site.
Service and Remembrance
Wednesday, April 2
12:30-1:45
Keynote Speaker: Deacon Arthur Miller
University of Connecticut at Waterbury
… more info
Darfur and Genocide
Friday, April 4, 2008
2:00 - 5:00
Metropolitan Learning Center, 1551 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT
View Program Flyer, Including Classroom Materials
… more …Hundred Day Fast for Darfur
April 7th, 2008, the 14th anniversary for the start of the genocide in Rwanda, marked the beginning of the 100 Day Fast for Darfur, which continues through July 16. This tag-team fast coincides with the one hundred days it took to kill 800,000 people in Rwanda, as the world stood paralyzed.
… more …Human Rights Torch Relay
Saturday, April 26, 2008
1:00-4:00 PM
New Haven Green
… more …Sunday April 27th, 2:30- 3:30 pm
University of Hartford, Wilde Auditorium
Monday, May 5
7:00 p.m.
Be the Change: Darfur Performance and Benefit
Sunday, May 18
7:00-9:00 PM
Woodbridge Town Green
View Printable Flyer
… more …The Promise and Child of Hope
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
5:00 PM
All Nations Baptist Church
Main Street, Danbury
… more …Building Peace in South Sudan and Darfur
Sunday, May 25, 2008
11:3 a.m.
Storrs Friends Meeting House
57 Hunting Lodge Road, Mansfield
… more …
Human Rights Festival: Darfur Calls
Saturday, May 31, 2008
7:00 PM
B'nai Israel Synagogue
444 Main Street North, Southbury
(203) 267-3395
… more …1335 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut
June 26, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Simsbury High School
October 18, 2008
Note the change in time: 6:00 PM
Save the Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008
2:00-4:00 PM
St. Thomas Seminary
467 Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, Connecticut
View Printable Flyer
John Bul Dau, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," will be will give a public lecture at on Wednesday, December 3, at 7 p.m. in Gilchrist Auditorium at The Loomis Chaffee School. The event is free and open to the public.
The situation in Darfur will be discussed during a special religious service at B'nai Israel of Southbury, Connecticut, Friday April 17, 7:30 PM.
All are welcome and encouraged to come regardless of faith!
The service will feature an update with the latest information about the situation. No fundraising, but information will be given.
Contact: Joel Abramson dorjol2@sbcglobal.net
Location:
B'nai Israel
444 Main Street North
Southbury, Connecticut 06488
Directions: I-84 Exit 15. Go north on US 6 less than a mile to the synagogue on the right.
Mahmood Mamdani
Trinity College
McCook Auditorium
April 22, 2009
4:00 PM
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Presenter: Eric Cohen, President of Investors Against Genocide
May 8, 2009, 10:00-11:30 AM
Jewish Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Ave. (accessed via Simsbury Road), West Hartford
View Printable Flyer
A presentation by Deacon Arthur Miller.
Avon Public Library
September 15, 2009
7:00 PM
View Printable Flyer
Avon High School Auditorium
October 8, 2009
7:00 PM
The winter solstice, December 21, 2009
In the morning:
In Front of Emanuel Lutheran Church, 311 Capitol Avenue, Hartford
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
View Flyer
In the evening:
Along Asylum Avenue at Saint Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford
6:00 PM
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Stars for Freedom
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Registration 5:30-6:15 p.m.
View Program
