[Mitai-announce] SUDAN BENEFIT DINNER TOMORROW

[Piali Mukhopadhyay]

STOP THE GENOCIDE NOW!

SUDAN CHARITY DINNER
Sudanese cuisine, live music and Omer Ismail.

La Sala de Puerto Rico
[2nd floor of MIT student center; 84 Mass Ave, Cambridge]
7-9 PM, Friday, May 14

Help victims of fighting in Western Sudan!  
Over a million civilians have been displaced in genocidal attacks by
government backed militias.  They urgently need food aid, which must
be delivered before the rainy season starts in a few weeks.  All
proceeds from the dinner go to World Food Programme efforts there.

$8 Students/$12 non-students
TECHCASH DONATIONS ACCEPTED as well as cash or check.
Sign up in the STUDENT CENTER, 10am-4pm, or reserve your spot
by writing to saria_hassan at student.hms.harvard.edu.
 
Enjoy good food and good music!
Food catered by Fasika and live jazz/funk by the Max Fünck Institut.

Hear about current events in Sudan!
Omer Ismail, who recently testified before Congress and appeared on
NPR's "The Connection," will speak on the situation in Darfur, Western
Sudan (please see bio below).

For more information or to get involved, write to sudan at mit.edu or
visit http://sudan.mit.edu.

Sponsored By:
MIT United Trauma Relief
MIT chapter of Amnesty International
MIT Women's Studies Program
MIT African Students Association

Omar Ismail's Biography:
Omer Ismail, born in El Fashir, Western Sudan. After graduating from
Khartoum University, he worked as research assistant to Dr. Mansour
Khalid, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sudan. His work with
international relief and development organizations continued until
1988 when he became the Operations Manager for the United Nations
Operation Life Line Sudan, the largest relief operation in the world
at the time. He fled Sudan after the NIF (National Islamic Front) took
power in 1989 and since lived as a refugee in the US. He returned to
the United Nations to serve in Somalia between 1992-1994. In
Washington, he helped found the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank
of Sudanese intellectuals working for advancement of democracy in
Sudan. He is the spokesperson for The Darfur Union an advocacy group
and the co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development. He lives in Silver
Spring, Maryland.

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