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Joey Cheek on The Colbert Report

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , , on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Joey Cheek appeared on The Colbert Report last week.  I was glad to hear the Stephen Colbert was ‘aware’ of Darfur :)

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Meet the (foster) parents

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , , , on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Joseph “Lopez” Lomong is a United States Olympic 1500-meter runner, and was the choice as the flag bearer of the United States at the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Below is an interview featuring Robert and Barbara Rogers, who took in six Sudanese refugees in their home.  Lopez Lomong was the first of these “Lost Boys” from [...]

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Single moms of Darfur

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , , on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

On day 7 of the Darfur Olypmics, Mia Farrow talks with women about their lives in the refugee camp.

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Women and girls living in Darfur and eastern Chad – in camps, towns and rural areas – live in constant fear of sexual violence. The perpetrators are usually men from the Sudanese security forces, [...]

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Do the children of Darfur have a future?

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Mia Farrow focuses on the children of Darfur on day 6 of the Darfur Olympics.

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We’re very goal oriented in the United States – I’m gonna be a doctor, I’m gonna be a fireman.  Even when we’re kids, it’s – “I’m gonna be…”
If you ask the Darfuri children here in the camp, they [...]

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Mia Farrow live from Darfur

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As the summer games open in Beijing, Mia Farrow, in an effort to draw attention to the plight of Darfur refugees will be broadcasting the Darfur Olympics.
“The Olympic Games should be cause for celebration … the decision to hold the games in Beijing is beyond comprehension,” she said. “With China underwriting the suffering in Darfur [...]

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US athletes show backbone on Darfur

Posted in news and opinion, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Just read a very interesting post by Randy Harvey over at the LA Times. US Olympic athletes chose Sudanese lost boy, Lopez Lomang as the American flag bearer at the Beijing Olympics.

Lomong, 23, was 6 when he was abducted from a Sudanese church by militiamen trying to turn children into boy soldiers. He and [...]

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