[Mitai-announce] Events this week! | Child soldiers in Congo and Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka

[Mary Jue Xu]

Take a short break and come to 2 great events this week!

Hope you see you there!
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1. Join Falling Whistles for lunch and learn about the atrocities in Congo:

Monday, Oct. 18, 1:30-3pm
Rm. 4-149
Lunch provided with advanced RSVP

The war in Congo has been going on since 1998. The war uses young children
called whistle blowers, who are too young to hold a gun. They are put out in
the front lines of war with a whistle instead. Their role is to blow the
whistle to cause the opposing army to shoot them, so that the army gives
away their position. Falling Whistles is a youth-led nonprofit that works to
stop this atrocity.They will be speaking about the current situation in
Congo and their work.

RSVP to hannazhu at mit.edu for lunch availability
Everyone free to attend

2. "Siva Sivalogan" on Conflict in Sri Lanka

Wed. Oct. 20, 6pm
Rm 4-270
Refreshments provided

Siva Sivalogan is a Governing Council (Board of Directors) member of US
Tamil Political Action Council, a grass-roots advocacy group working to
bring peace, normalcy, justice and freedom for the Tamils to live with
dignity in their homelands in North-East Sri Lanka. The presentation
includes:

 * Quick review of the 54+ year old Tamil-Sinhala ethnic divide to the end
of
the ethnic civil war in May 2009;
 * Current situation faced by the Tamils in their homelands in the
North-East
and what awaits them in the future;
 * Immediate wish of the Tamils in North-East;
 * Plans of the 1 Million Tamil Diaspora; and
 * How Amnesty International and the International Community must continue
to
play a role to Help the Tamils live in peace with dignity, freedom, justice
in
their own homelands.