[Peace] Congo Week, Oct.16-22

[Bill Strutz]

CONGO WEEK: Breaking the silence.October 16-22, 2011

The Congo is the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world today where
nearly 6 million people have died since 1996, half of them children under 5
yrs old and hundreds of thousands of women have been raped all as a result
of the scramble for Congo's wealth. The United Nations said it is the
deadliest conflict in the world since World War Two. However, hardly
anything is said about it in the media. Can you imagine 45,000 people dying
each month and hardly a peep from anyone in the age of the Internet? This is
literally what has happened and continue to happen in the Congo. There is a
media blackout about Congo and no worldwide resolution to end the conflict
and carnage there.



*Monday, Oct 17: *Welcome Potluck . 6-8pm at the University YMCA
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*Bring a dish or $5.*

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*Tuesday, Oct 18: *Colton Awareness on the Quad

*Learn about resource exploitation in the Congo!*

*Wednesday, Oct 19: *Panel Discussion . 7-8pm at the University YMCA
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*Why has there been media blackout during this genocide?*

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*Thursday, Oct 20: *Film Screening . 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo' .


Right after Global Lens . 7:30pm at the

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*Friday, Oct 21: *Congolese Choir Performs . 7pm at the University YMCA
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*Free and open to the public!*
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