[Mitai-announce] Fwd: Sri Lanka event this Saturday!

[Julia Yoo]

*Read below for details!! *

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Leonid Chindelevitch <leonidus at mit.edu>
Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Subject: Sri Lanka event this Saturday!
To: mitai-exec at mit.edu


Hi everyone,

Here is the final announcement for this Saturday's event we are
co-sponsoring; I
am sorry about the delay, but I didn't want to send it out until we
finalized
all the details. Could someone please forward this to mitai-announce today?
I
am also going to have posters ready for pickup at Copytech early tomorrow
morning.

Thanks a lot!

Leonid.

We mark the 62nd anniversary of the formal independence of South Asian
countries from colonialism on this day.  We affirm our commitment to the
struggle for true democracy and social justice in South Asia and we express
solidarity with all movements against injustice and oppression.

We invite you to a panel discussion on

*The Challenges of Democratization in Post-War Sri Lanka
*



By

Ahilan Kadirgamar

And

Priya Suntharalingam


           with

*Food to follow!*

*$10 suggested donation; no one will be turned away from dinner for lack of
funds.*

Building 4 Room 231 - MIT

August 29th Saturday 4:00 PM


(http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=4&mapsearch=go)



Ahilan Kadirgamar is a Sri Lankan Tamil democracy activist who has been
monitoring and writing about the peace process for several years. He is the
spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum.



Priya Suntharalingam, is a junior at Winchester High School. In February of
this year she underwent a hunger strike for 12 days in support of civilians
under attack in Sri Lanka.


Sponsors:

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
The South Asia Forum at MIT

Amnesty International MIT
Association for India?s Development

South Asians for Progressive Action" (SAPA).

Sanhati

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