Oregon: Darfur, Sudan Awareness Event at Westminster Presbyterian Church
This Esther Circle hosted event is to raise awareness of the situation in Darfur, to help end the genocide. A summary of region’s history will be discussed, along a presentation of the video “Darfur: A Call to Action”. Postcards will be available to add your voice for Darfur. At the end of the event, an optional viewing of the video “Violence Against Women” will be available for those interested. Childcare will be available, please RSVP.
Time: Wednesday, April 8 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church – 2000 Oakwood Drive, Medford, OR 97504
Utah: Westminster College Die-In for Darfur
In Westminster College’s student center, concerned individuals will “die” for an hour to raise awareness for the plight of the people of Darfur. Then they will tye-dye a t-shirt to continue to expose people to the cause.
Time: Wednesday, April 8 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Westminster College – 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Arizona: Coronal del Sol High School Strut4STAND Fashion Show
On Thursday, April 9th, Corona Del Sol High School is hosting “Strut4STAND Fashion Show” at 7:00pm in the Coronal Del Sol Auditorium. Corona is located at 1001 East Knox Road, Tempe, Arizona 85284. The event is open to the public, with tickets being sold in advance at the school bookstore for $4, and at the door for $5 at the door. Proceeds will go to the Jewish World Watch Solar Cooker Project. The AZ Lost Boys will be featured guests, and will be selling their ceramic cows.
Time: Thursday, April 9 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Corona del Sol High School – 1001E. Knox Road, Tempe, AZ 85284
Kentucky: Transylvania University Film Viewing/Discussion Night
On Thursday April 9th Transylvania University will be hosting a film viewing of Darfur Now as well as the Save Darfur documentary. The film viewing will be held in the Cowgill building on campus in room 102 at 6 p.m. We are asking for anyone and everyone to join us as we try to spread awareness to our campus and our community. We will be setting up a table that people can write to President Obama on the issue with the postcards we will have available. We intend on the event lasting two or three hours. After the film viewing we will hold discussion.
Time: Thursday, April 9 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Transylvania University – 300 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508
Massachusetts: Emerson College Art Not War
This event will be a performance/visual art fundraiser, where students can showcase their talents, while raising money for this great cause. There will be all different types of performances, as well as many photo and painting submissions done by students, that portray either a sense of oppression or hope.
Time: Friday, April 10 from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Emerson College – 80 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Arizona: University of Arizona Darfur Now Screening
Documentary film entitled Darfur Now will be screened for free in the Gallagher Theater at the University of Arizona on April 10th at 7pm.
Time: Friday, April 10 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Gallagher Theater – Tucson, AZ 85721
Directions: Speedway and Mountain within the Student Union
The opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Save Darfur Coalition.
Tags: Act Now for Darfur, action, Arizona, Die-in, Genocide Prevention Month, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oregon, Utah
