Media Advisory: RAISE Hope for Congo Speakers’ Tour – NYU

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ADVISORY: Enough Project Congo Campaign Speakers’ Tour

WASHINGTON, DC, February 13, 2009 – The Enough Project’s RAISE Hope for Congo Speakers’ Tour will make a stop at New York University’s Rosenthal Pavilion on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 6:00 pm. The speakers’ tour has been visiting college campuses and high schools around the country to educate students about the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls, and how students can be a part of a solution that will bring lasting peace to this central African nation. The speakers’ tour is part of the Enough Project’s RAISE Hope for Congo campaign, which aims to develop a permanent and diverse constituency that will work to protect and empower Congolese women and girls. For more information, visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org

WHAT   The Enough Project’s RAISE Hope for Congo Speakers’ Tour

WHERE  New York University’s Rosenthal Pavilion

WHEN    Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 6:00 pm

WHO       John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress

              Lisa F. Jackson, filmmaker, director of “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”

              Jimmie Briggs, author and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador

              Dayle Haddon, author and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

              Sarina Virk, Congo campaign assistant

 

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