Special Briefing by Internews Network's In-Country Advisors. Learn how local media improve health and put sensitive issues on the public agenda.

Introductory Remarks by Gloria Coe, Cognizant Technical Officer, Communications for Change (C-Change) project, USAID.

Panelists include:
• Jon Cohen − Correspondent on HIV/AIDS and other health issues, Science magazine
• Laurie Zivetz, Ph.D − Internews Global Health Director, Washington DC
• Mia Malan − Internews Senior Health Journalism Advisor, Washington DC
• Jaya Shreedhar, M.D. − Internews
• Ida Jooste − Internews Resident Journalism Advisor, Kenya
• Sandra Ndonye − Internews Media & Development Manager, Kenya
• Josephine Kamara − Internews Resident Journalism Advisor, Nigeria
• Akubo Adegbe − Internews Program Manager, Nigeria
• Sonya De Masi − Internews Resident Journalism Advisor, Ethiopia

8:30 - 10:30 AM. Light breakfast served.

Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol were born in Akon in South Sudan. They were forced to flee in 1987, as young children, when militiamen led violent attacks on their villages. They crossed Southern Sudan on foot, surviving disease and paralyzing hunger to reach safety in a refugee camp in Ethiopia and then Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. They came to the US in 2001 as part of a large number of Southern Sudanese young men nicknamed "Lost Boys".

In May-July 2007, accompanied by filmmaker Jen Marlowe and journalist David Morse, Gabriel Bol, Koor and Garang returned to Sudan in search of their families and to help their community with the education and skills they have gained in Kakuma refugee camp and in the US. "Rebuilding Hope" documents Gabriel Bol, Koor and Garang in their quest to find surviving family-members and rediscover and contribute to their homeland; it also sheds light on what the future holds for South Sudan in its struggle for peace, development and stability.

Travel for this reporting project was sponsored by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Filmmaker Jen Marlowe will be present to answer questions, discuss the process of making the film, and talk about the current situation in Sudan. She will be introduced by Pulitzer Center staff.

Donations accepted, and all donations will go towards completing this documentary film. Once completed, all proceeds from the film will go towards health care and education projects in South Sudan.

Watch a preview of the documentary as it aired on public television's Foreign Exchange.

6:30 PM, doors open 6:00 PM.

October 19 - 25, 2008

Congo Week is a global initiative led by students to raise awareness about the situation in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo

Students and community organizers in at least 100 countries and 1,000 campuses will organize an activity or event in solidarity with the people of the Congo during Congo Week. You can get involved by agreeing to organize an event or activity (film, lecture, forum, fundraiser, teach-in, etc.) on your campus or in your community during Congo Week.

Get Involved and Learn More about Congo Week.

Activist leaders from around the country will receive updates on the genocide in Darfur and efforts in Washington to help end it. The conference will also help further develop your advocacy skills and connect you with activists from around the country.

Sign up here.

Design and paint simulated refugee tents in our communities to create awareness and support for the people of Darfur, Sudan. These tents will serve as doorways to concrete action and help lead to the advocacy necessary to stop the genocide in Darfur.

Click here to register and purchase a tent.

Click here for a program of the events.
National Mall, Washington, DC
http://www.tentsofhope.org/DC%20plan.html

Save the date: STAND's 2008 National Student Conference will take place November 7-9, in Washington, DC.