[Mitai-announce] Discussion With Former Child Slave Francis Bok

[Hanzhi Zhu]

MIT Amnesty presents...


CHILD SLAVERY
WITH
FRANCIS BOK

Friday, May 6th
6pm
Rm 56-114

Dinner Served

In 1986 seven-year-old Francis Bok was selling peanuts in a marketplace in southern Sudan when Arab militia attacked; slaughtering all men and rounding up women and children. Along with others he was strapped to a horse and brought to northern Sudan where he was enslaved for 10 years before escaping and coming to the United States as a refugee.

In America, Bok became a leader of the modern-day abolitionist movement. He met with President George W. Bush, testified before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and authored a bestselling book about his experience.

As the world prepares to welcome the newest African nation – South Sudan – Bok continues to fight for freedom of millions held in bondage around the world.
Please join us as Bok speaks about his experiences and his effort at stopping this atrocity.