Darfur, Genocide, and the Media

A panel discussion featuring Ken Silverstein, LA Times, Brian Steidle, former AU observer, Mohamed Yahya, Damanga, and Darren Kemp, BBC documentary filmmaker.

The Darfur Action Committee and a host of co-sponsors present this examination of the relationship between genocide and the media, using the current crisis in Darfur as a case study.

Speakers:

Ken Silverstein, LA Times investigative journalist who recently wrote a front page expose on the situation in Sudan.
Brian Steidle, former US Marine and African Union Observer; the 28-year-old witnessed the systematic destruction of villages in south Darfur in late 2004. He documented what he saw in photographs which will be on display prior to this event.
Mohamed Yahya, Executive Director of Damanga, a coalition that advocates for the human rights of the people of Darfur. He is a Darfurian exile.
Darren Kemp, BBC documentary filmmaker of the Peabody Award winning "The New Killing Fields."

Date: Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Room 100, Moore Hall
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States

Cost: Free and open to the public; parking is available in lot 6 for $8.

Special Instructions

For directions, parking maps, visit www.ucla.edu/map/

For more information please contact

UCLA Darfur Action Committee Tel: 310-500-7776
ucladac@yahoo.com
www.international.ucla.edu/darfur

Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, UCLA Darfur Action Committee, Armenian Student Association, Bruin Democrats

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