White Dog Cafe - Table Talks - Darfur Alert

Table Talk

Darfur Alert:
Preventing a Humanitarian Crisis

Monday, June 20, 6pm

with Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, Dr. Ibrahim Imam, and Lou Ann Merkle

The Phila. area community has some of the most active advocates in the US working to stop the genocide in the Darfur region of western Sudan, where it is estimated that at least 200,000 people have died and nearly two million have been displaced. Dr. Imam, a Darfuran active in the Western Sudanese Association, will describe the politics and history behind the crisis. A pediatrician who served in the Kalma Refugee Camp in 2004 with Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Ehrlich returned with stories and with over 100 children’s drawings of life in the villages. Merkle, Coordinator of the Darfur Alert! Coalition, will talk about activist initiatives, including the Genocide Intervention Fund which is raising funds for African soldiers – the first time a humanitarian group has raised money to help field a military force.

For more information on this issue,
Darfur Alert! reccommends visiting the following sites:
www.africaaction.org - - www.genocideinterventionfund.org
www.savedarfur.org

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Table Talk Reservations

Table Talks at 6pm include a three course dinner, followed by speaker and discussion from 7:30-9pm. $38 per person, includes tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Senior citizens (over 65) and full-time students $30 with advance notification.

Student Stand By Policy: Students can call (215) 386-9224 between 4 - 5:30pm on event days for available seating at 6pm for dinner ($20) or to attend the discussion only at 7:30 (free).

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