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SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE CONGO: A CALL TO ACTION

This remarkable documentary produced and directed by Lisa F. Jackson won a Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, was broadcast in the US on HBO in April and has been seen by audiences in over 50 countries.

It inspired a UN Security Counsel resolution, opened a US Senate hearing, and has been screened in the British House of Commons, the International Criminal Court and the US Department of State.Spelman College Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Auditorium February 10, 2009 3:00pm to 6:00 p.m.

Featured Speakers:

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Founding Director, WRRC
René Lemarchand, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida Aliko Songolo, Professor of French and African Languages and Literature, Univ. of Wisconsin
Justine Nzekabo, American Friends Service Committee
Opal Moore, Professor of English, Spelman College, Human Rights Activist and Poet

 

 

 

Pictured: Yvonne Vinson, Alysia Burdette (Spelman Class of '06), M. Bahati Kuumba, Bernedette Muthien of ENGENDER of South Africa, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Dr. Yvette Abrahams of the University of Cape Town