Events
06 / 12
Start: 18:00
End: 21:00
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo In the American Negro Theatre ............................ Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army. This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict. | ||
06 / 13
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06 / 14
Start: 14:00
End: 17:00
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" The documentary, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, records the harrowing story of women survivors and also interviews Congolese soldiers who admit they are rapists. Bloomingdale Public Library ............................ Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army. | ||
06 / 15
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06 / 16
Start: 18:00
End: 21:00
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "Lumo" Lumo, tells the story of a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and possibly sterile. Schomburg Research Library In the American Negro Theatre ............................ Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army. This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict. | ||
06 / 17
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06 / 18
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06 / 19
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06 / 20
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06 / 21
Start: 14:00
End: 17:00
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "Lumo" Lumo, tells the story of a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and possibly sterile. Bloomingdale Public Library ............................ Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army. This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict. | ||
06 / 22
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06 / 23
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06 / 24
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06 / 25
Start: 14:39
Start: 06/25/2008 - 14:39
End: 06/29/2008 - 14:39
The U.S. Section of WILPF is holding WILPF's national triennial congress in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about this meeting, go to WILPF U.S. Section. WILPF New York Metro's coordinator, Jennifer Thomas-Boateng, will be representing the Branch at the Congress. | ||
06 / 26
(all day)
Start: 06/25/2008 - 14:39
End: 06/29/2008 - 14:39
The U.S. Section of WILPF is holding WILPF's national triennial congress in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about this meeting, go to WILPF U.S. Section. WILPF New York Metro's coordinator, Jennifer Thomas-Boateng, will be representing the Branch at the Congress. | ||
06 / 27
(all day)
Start: 06/25/2008 - 14:39
End: 06/29/2008 - 14:39
The U.S. Section of WILPF is holding WILPF's national triennial congress in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about this meeting, go to WILPF U.S. Section. WILPF New York Metro's coordinator, Jennifer Thomas-Boateng, will be representing the Branch at the Congress. | ||
06 / 28
(all day)
Start: 06/25/2008 - 14:39
End: 06/29/2008 - 14:39
The U.S. Section of WILPF is holding WILPF's national triennial congress in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about this meeting, go to WILPF U.S. Section. WILPF New York Metro's coordinator, Jennifer Thomas-Boateng, will be representing the Branch at the Congress. | ||
06 / 29
End: 14:39
Start: 06/25/2008 - 14:39
End: 06/29/2008 - 14:39
The U.S. Section of WILPF is holding WILPF's national triennial congress in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information about this meeting, go to WILPF U.S. Section. WILPF New York Metro's coordinator, Jennifer Thomas-Boateng, will be representing the Branch at the Congress. | ||
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