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Local and Regional Speakers on Darfur and Sudan

  1. Chris Allen-Doucot (Hartford Catholic Worker) — doucot@sbcglobal.net
    Doucot has traveled to Sudan and has PowerPoint slides to accompany talks.
  2. Rabbi Stanley Kessler — SKess1836@aol.com, (860) 233-9696
    Stanley Kessler is Rabbi Emeritus at Beth El Temple, West Hartford. He has had a long career in the civil rights movement, highlighted by marching with Martin Luther King.
  3. Deacon Arthur Miller (Director, Office for Black Catholic Ministries, Archdiocese of Hartford) — obcm@sbcglobal.net, 860-243-0648
    Deacon Art is one of the original organizers of the Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur.
  4. David Morse (Storrs Friends Meeting) — dmorse@david-morse.com
    Morse has traveled to Sudan and has PowerPoint slides to accompany talks.
  5. Tim Salem (Multi-Cultural Educator and Assistant Principal, Danbury High School) — salemt@danbury.k12.ct.us, 203-797-4716
    Salem, along with six students at Danbury High School, prepared a video entitled "The Promise" which is available for presentations.
  6. Maria Sliwa (American Anti-Slavery Group in Boston) — maria@iabolish.com, 800-884-0719
    For the past six years Maria Sliwa has devoted her full time efforts to raising awareness about modern-day slavery. Maria Sliwa served as a NYPD undercover police officer and then as director of corporate research at a prestigious Manhattan firm for 10 years before she was inspired to work for human rights. Ms. Sliwa now utilizes her police background, research and investigative training to track information for journalist and activist organizations.