معرض ٲطفال دارفور بفيلادلفيا

For 5 weeks the African American Art museum will be hosting this unique and powerful chidren's drawings... join us tomorrow in the opening reception...

Mohamed Elgadi
for/Darfur Alert Coalition
Philadelphia, PA
USA
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The Children of Darfur
Surviving Genocide

An Exhibit of drawings done by the youngest survivors depicting what they experienced in Darfur

July 26 - October 2
OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10th
5:30 PM - 8 PM



Opening Reception: 5:30 - 6:30
View the Children's the artwork
Music By: The Byard Lancaster Quartet
Refreshments: Donated By Whole Foods...

The Children of Darfur: Surviving Genocide PROGRAM: 6:30 - 7:30

Welcome Introduction
6:30 - 6:45

Dr. Diane Turner - The African American Museum in Philadelphia
Ramona Riscoe-Benson CEO and Interim President
Dr. Mahdi Ibn Ziyad - Philadelphia Black Radical Congress - Master of Ceremonies

Spiritual Reflection
Rev. Dr. James Allen - Moderator of The Pennsylvania Eastern Keystone
Baptist Association
Rev. William G. Ayers- Archdiocese Office of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees
Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Imam, Western Sudanese Association
Burt Siegel, Director, Jewish Community Relations Council

Ryan Bates, , Camden Public Schools Music Supervisor, Prelude Prelude

The Darfur Alert Coalition
Lou Ann Merkle, Co- Chair - Darfur Alert Coalition
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Co- Chair - Darfur Alert Coalition

Darfurian Voices
6:45 - 7:15
Fatima M. Haroun - Darfur Rehabilitation Project, The Darfur Alert Coalition
Philadelphia Area Darfurian children speak out
Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Imam, Western Sudanese Association -
Current situation in the context of Dr. John Garang's death


The Children of Darfur: Surviving Genocide
7:15 - 7:35
Darfurian Children Stories -
Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, pediatrician - Doctors Without Borders - slides

Poetry of Sandra Turner-Barnes, Development Director, Walt Whitman Center, Camden

Taking Action
Genocide Intervention Fund
7:35 - 8:00
Stephanie Nyombayire, Rwandan student from Swarthmore College, GIF spokesperson
Mark Hanis - Co-founder of GIF, GIF actions & vision
Sam Bell - Legislative Director - Darfur Peace & Accountability Act in Congress

Closing
Sis. Empress Phile' Chionesu - Convener,
Million Woman March National 1997

Dr. IbnZiyad

























For more information contact:
aampmuseum.org
215-574-0380
NW Corner 7th and Arch Streets

www.darfuralert.blogspot.com
Contact: Lou Ann Merkle [email protected]
610-832-7028
610-564-2131

الاخ الفاضل محمد القاضي

شكرا لك على اطلاعنا على هذا العمل

وواصلوا مجهوداتكم الرائعه

والتحيه من خلالك لكل المخلصين (من ابناء وغير ابناء دارفور)

العاملين على دعم قضية دارفور في المنابر العالميه.

تراجي.

Quote:
والتحيه من خلالك لكل المخلصين (من ابناء وغير ابناء دارفور)

I will convey your greetings to these great allies and friends of Sudan...Darfur Alert Coalition http://darfuralert.blogspot.com is an umbrella for more than 25 different groups in Philadelphia... many of them are non Sudanese...
I will share a brief report on tonight's event

regards
Mohamed Elgadi

اخي محمد القاضي ..لك التحية والتقدير ..
اعانكم الله اخي ..

شهادات هؤلاء لا يمكن الطعن فيها ..اقلامهم لا تكذب ..قلوبهم لم تغشاها ضلالات البعض ..

شكراً للذين أقاموا هذا المعرض

Thanks محمدين محمد اسحق

I encourage you to come a visit this powerful art exhibit... It's going to be hosted here in Philadelphia until Oct 2nd..

Regards
Mohamed Elgadi

ياسلام


يادكتور


محمد القاضى


حاجه ماتخلص



المتبرعين جاهزين لدعوة الجميع بالوسائل المتاحه



تنفيذ لقاء الاطفال السودانين مهم جدا خلال المعرض



تحياتى

Up

Darfur Friends,

The African American Art Museum in Philadelphia officially inaugurated last night The Children of Darfur Art Exhibit. The event was very successful attended by more than 170, and continued from 5-9pm.

The program was very rich, diverse in bringing many groups that strongly active in the issue of Darfur here in Philadelphia… However, the Darfur voices were especially powerful and present along the 3-hr program.



Three generations of Darfurian women spoke: A grandma (habouba); her daughter, and two of her grandchildren. They spoke from the bottom of their hearts on the atrocities they went through and how their families and villages are destroyed… “why this is happening to us? Why I’m losing members of family everyday?” Arwa, crying, left this question hanging over, motivating us to do more to stop this disgusting crime against humanity…



Ramona Risco, President and CEO of the Museum, and Dr. Diane turner, curator, spoke on the role of the arts and museums in reaching out to the community and responding to crisis like Darfur…



Faith-based groups from Islam, Christianity, and Judaism spoke eloquently on the engagement of their congregation to help.. Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, of the Doctors without Borders who brought with him the children’s drawings, gave a powerful short presentation…the amazing students of Swarthmore College spoke humbly on their efforts to raise money to support the African Union forces in their one-year national campaign (www.genocideinterventionfund.org) …



The African American poet Sandra Turner-Barnes read a new poem she wrote for Darfur… the Clarinet player Ryan Bates played one of the most beautiful pieces I heard of this instrument… it brought to my mind all memories sitting in peace by the banks of Wadi Nyala or Dahab Sharrou Wadi near Zalingi in west Darfur.. Thanks Ryan for this great music..



The convener of Million Women March (1997) was the last speaker, closing the event by a special message addressed especially to the African American women to make their voice loud in stopping this crime…



Thanks to all of you for continuing to work to stop this crime…

Mohamed Elgadi
Darfur Alert Coalition
Philadelphia

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any technical advice?
Mohamed Elgadi

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الاخ محمد ،

"دى فاتتنى"امنياتى لكم بالتوفيق،

وخلينا نحاول نقل المعرض فى نهاية اكتوبر لى بوسطن.

تحياتى للأسره.

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Dear Khalid,
here is the schedule for the Exhibit:

African American Art Museum in Philadelphia until October 2nd.
Baltimore @ LIRS Oct to Dec.

Saratoga Spring, NY, Jan 2006
The World Affairs Council, Hartford, CT March 2006

regards
Mohamed Elgadi