Upcoming Darfur events in Orange County (OCFD meeting, Rally for Darfur etc.)

Hi everyone,

A lot has happened the last two weeks.  In a nutshell,

• We had a full house at our performance of In Darfur at Chapman University last week.  Over 250 people attended and we raised over $950 for GI-Net’s Civilian Protection Program for Darfuri refugees.
• Adam Abaker, a Darfuri refugee spoke at Chapman this past Monday about his experience as a genocide investigator.   It was grounding to hear Adam speak about the expanding crisis with Omar Bashir expelling most humanitarian agencies in Darfur.

Below are some upcoming events in Orange County.  Our planning meeting next Tuesday is moved an hour earlier.  See all details below.  Hope you are able to attend some of these next week.

Anshul Mittal
Orange County for Darfur
ocfordarfur.org
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Tuesday, May 12 at 5:30p OCFD planning meeting
Peet’s coffee, Irvine
Many of us are planning to attend the talk by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Nai’m at UCI.  So for one night only, we’re moving the meeting an hour earlier.  If you’re planning to attend, please let me know.

Peet’s Coffee @ 5:30p (*note the modified time)
4101 Campus Dr,
Irvine, CA 92612

Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00p Faith in Peace: The International Criminal Court and the Darfur Crisis
UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom A&B University of California, Irvine
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University where he focuses on cross-cultural human rights issues, international law and human rights, and human rights in Islam. He left his native Sudan in 1985 and has been an advocate for human rights in Africa ever since.  Click here for more information. 


Wednesday, May 13th at 7:00p Screening of “God Grew Tired of Us”
The Camp, Costa Mesa
Global Inheritance, a group based in LA is screening “God Grew Tired of Us”, a documentary film about three boys who fled the ongoing war in Sudan and resettled in the US.  Orange County for Darfur has been invited to speak afterwards.  More information coming shortly.

Sunday, May 17 at 2:30p Orange County Rally for Darfur
Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley
We are participating in the first ever Walk for Darfur right here in Orange County.  This walk is sponsored and organized by Jewish World Watch.  Click here for more information.