News on our Save Darfur projects

Check out the Youth Darfur Rally's new website: http://www.youthunitedfordarfur.org/

This Sunday at 9 pm join the Youth Darfur Rally conference call, to participate in planning for the event.  Conference Call Number: (712) 432-1100 Access Code: 224081#   Let me know if you want to meet up here at SAIC Sunday night to call in together via speakerphone.  

 This Friday March 27^th you’re invited to join former Lost Boys of Sudan and other members of Chicago’s Sudanese refugee community to watch the film “God Grew Tired of Us” followed by a discussion.  

7 PM - Friday, February 27^th
Meiley-Swallow Hall - North Central College campus

(Accessible via bus/train.  Allow about an hour from downtown.)
31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville, IL  Building #14 on this campus map:  http://www.northcentralcollege.edu/x8880.xml
RSVP to: Karly Kupferberg / Karly@SudaneseCommunityCenter.org   / 847-636-9177

 

In our efforts to foster friendships between Sudanese families and local supporters, the Sudanese Cultural Center has also organized a party where both communities will come together to watch Sudanese native Luol Deng and his Chicago Bulls play the Golden State Warriors at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 4^th.  Please join us and make some new friends. Here are the details:

Watch the Chicago Bulls vs. the Golden State Warriors with Illinois Sudanese Community
7:30 PM - Wednesday, March 4^th
Rolland Center Boilerhouse Café - North Central College campus
29 N. Loomis St., Naperville, IL
(Accessible via bus/train.  Allow about an hour from downtown.)

Building #9 on this campus map:  http://www.northcentralcollege.edu/x8880.xml
RSVP to: Karly Kupferberg / Karly@SudaneseCommunityCenter.org / 847-636-9177

 

On Friday March 6^th Columbia College will screen “Darfur Now” and hold a panel discussion to follow, in preparation for the Youth Darfur Rally.  I’ll get you the exact time/ location as soon as I know.  

Want to put your DESIGN skills to good use?  Create a poster/flyer for the Youth Darfur Rally (taking place April 19^th in Fed Plaza)!  You can see current flyer designs (with the relevant info of time/ location, etc.) in the “photos” section of the Youth Darfur Rally Student Reps Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=49268190167&view=all

Please email me your designs!

 What would you like us to do here at SAIC in preparation for the April 19^th Youth Darfur Rally?  The rally is in part intended to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis in Darfur, and in part to raise money to provide educational resources to Sudanese refugees here in Chicago and in the camps in Chad. (Our group’s fundraising page will be online shortly.)

 -We could host Film Screenings (The Devil Came on Horseback, Darfur Now, etc.) at SAIC and invite speakers from the Sudanese Community Center.  What do you think would be the best time of the week?  An evening Mon-Thurs?  A Friday evening?  I’ve been in touch with the Sudanese Community Center, and they would welcome our group’s collaboration in their work, and in organizing educational programs for the SAIC community if we are interested.  What do you think?

 -We could design informational posters to educate the SAIC community about the crisis in Darfur.  Let me know if you’re interested in designing an informational poster, or just send me your designs!

 -We could set up informational tables in SAIC lobbies, handing our informational flyers, asking for donations, selling “Save Darfur T-Shirts” etc.     (Do you think it would be a good idea to sell Save Darfur T-Shirts here at SAIC?  Let me know and I can put in an order.)

There's lots we can do to make SAIC an active participant in Chicago's Save Darfur efforts,  but it requires YOUR active participation to make this happen!