[afro-nets] "Children of Darfur: Picturing Genocide" Exhibit Available for Summer and Fall Hosting

["Janet Feldman" <kaippg@earthlink.net>]

"Children of Darfur: Picturing Genocide" Exhibit Available for Summer and Fall Hosting
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Dear Friends,

Read below about a wonderful opportunity during this summer and fall, 
to host the "Children of Darfur: Picturing Genocide" exhibit. Even with 
the signing of a peace deal, there is much uncertainty and work to be 
done. These pictures make the continuing challenges clear. Please 
contact Africa Action at the phone or email for more info, and see some 
of the particulars about shipping and hosting.  Many thanks and all 
best wishes, Janet (Feldman, kaippg@earthlink.net) 

*Children of Darfur: Picturing Genocide ? An Exhibit*

Children are the youngest survivors of this genocide, and their 
drawings depict the atrocities that they face. Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, a 
pediatrician from New Jersey, collected drawings from children in 
Darfur while he was working in one of the camps for internally 
displaced people. Africa Action has converted these drawings into an 
exhibit to help remind people of the on-going genocide in Darfur.

Ehrlich writes:  ?I spent 2 months during the summer of 2004 as a 
volunteer for Doctors Without Borders caring for children in a medical 
center at a camp for internally displaced persons in Darfur, Sudan. I 
wanted to document the plight of the people through the eyes of 
children. I brought with me 25 boxes of crayons and about 400 pieces of 
drawing paper. They were given out to children between the ages 8 and 
12. I asked them to draw about their lives in Darfur and return 7-8 
drawings for me to take home as a remembrance. 

As the children brought back the drawings they were placed in my day 
pack under my medical instruments. At the end of the day they were 
hidden in a Sunday edition of The New York Times that I brought with 
me. That's how I was able to get them out of the country. As you view 
the drawings their message is obvious. They depict the atrocities these 
children have gone through and still unfortunately live with".

The exhibit is made up of eight children?s drawings in 24?x 36? format 
and an introductory piece of the same size that explains the exhibit 
and invites people to sign the accompanying postcards to President 
Bush. The exhibit has traveled throughout the Washington, D.C. area and 
to Boston, New York, Atlanta, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maine. If you 
would like to host the exhibit contact us at mobilize@africaaction.org 
and we will do our best to add you to the schedule, or call 
+1-202-546-7961.

Africa Action will provide hosts with all the exhibit materials, nine 
24" x 36" pieces and nine easels for display, 25 smaller supplemental 
pieces that add context to the drawings, and postcards and other public 
education materials concerning the situation in Darfur. Africa Action 
expects hosts to treat the materials with care and respect and return 
them in tact to our office. We will cover the initial shipping costs 
but expect the hosts to cover return shipping. 

*IF* the host can safely and carefully re-pack the exhibit in the boxes 
and with the packing materials in which it arrived this cost is roughly 
$150. We also expect the host to guarantee minimum insurance coverage 
of $200, UPS automatically ensures $100 at no extra cost, and provide 
Africa Action staff with legitimate tracking numbers. To read a review 
of our exhibit in the Washington Informer follow this link:
http://www.washingtoninformer.com/RELExhibit2006Feb2.html.
 
The only confirmed location is Harrisburg, PA from August 1-30. It will 
be housed at the Gallery at Walnut Place as part of the Annual Arts for 
Peace and Justice Exhibition. There are two special receptions planned, 
one on August 5 from 1-4pm and a second August 26 from 1-4pm with 
poetry readings and speakers. www.artsforpeaceandjustice.net

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Janet Feldman
mailto:kaippg@earthlink.net