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PROJECTS
Smallest Witnesses: The
Crisis in Darfur Through Children's Eyes
From November 10 through November 12, the
Institute for Hate Studies and the Gonzaga Office
of Student Activities will be featuring the exhibit, "Smallest
Witnesses: The Crisis in Darfur Through Children's Eyes."
The exhibit will be displayed in the Crosby Center. Scroll
down for special events during this time.
The exhibition features drawings collected
during a recent Human Rights Watch mission to refugee camps
along Darfur's border with Chad, after HRW researchers gave
children pens and crayons to draw while their families were
being interviewed. Without prompting or guidance, the children
produced vivid and disturbing scenes of the violence and
atrocities they had witnessed: attacks by the Janjaweed
militias, aerial bombings, rapes, the destruction of villages
and the refugees' flight to Chad. The children's drawings
corroborate in chilling detail the eye-witness testimonies
about crimes against humanity in Darfur that have been documented
for months, and thus represent a valuable graphic record
of the ongoing human rights crisis.
Special Events:
Friday, November 10 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Dr. James Waller, Ph.D. Whitworth College
Genocide in Darfur
Followed by special music by Sidhe Duo
Saturday, November 11 from 3:00 to 5:00
PM
Play: Darfur Strikes Forward by actors Silvia Lazo
and Selena Schoepfer
Accompanied by Malidoma African drumming ensemble and dance
troupe.
What can you do about the genocide in Darfur?
Ten
things you can do about genocide.
Links for more
information
Selected Readings
on Darfur
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