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Home > Events and Programs > Special Events > Darfur-Darfur ExhibitSpecial Events
The Detroit Public Library Presents
Detroit Public Library - Main Library
5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
DARFUR-DARFUR is a traveling exhibit that provides a visual education about the richly multi-cultural region of Sudan’s western region of Darfur, while exposing the magnitude of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. The digitally- projected, changing images, along with other scheduled events and programs, are certain to raise awareness and empower the visitors to mobilize and voice their concern.
The exhibit, edited by J. Matthew Jacob and curated by Leslie Thomas, presents photographs taken in Darfur, Sudan, by former U.S. Marine Brian Steidle/Polaris and photojournalists Lynsey Addario, Mark Brecke, Helene Caux, Ron Haviv/VII, Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum, Ryan Spencer Reed, and Michal Ronnen Safdie.The Detroit Public Library is leading the City of Detroit in dialogue to the need for the immediate resolution of conflict and injustice in Darfur.
For the Michigan Darfur Coalition – Darfur events click here: Michigandarfurcoalition.org
All events are free and open to the public.
Exhibition Opening Day:
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition Hours:
Monday - Wednesday, Noon - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Closed November 10, 11, 12 for Veteran’s Day Observance
Detroit Public Library - Main Library
5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
For more information, please call 313.833.4042.
"Jam for Sudan"
Saturday, October 20, 8:00 p.m. – Majestic Theater
Bands rock for a great cause at the Majestic Theatre in an effort to raise money for Darfur relief. This all star Detroit line up include: The Sisters Lucas, Sweet Japonic, Zoos of Berlin, The Beggars, The Muldoons, The Hentchmen and The Go
Doors at 7pm /all ages/ $15*
United Nations Day
United Nations - Global Village
Wednesday, October 24, 4:00 p.m. – Old Fine Arts
Join United Nations Association- USA of Southeastern Michigan, international visitors, and non-governmental organizations (NGO) as they discuss the role of the United Nations. and its activities in Metropolitan Detroit.
The Media, Darfur and You:
An Open Conversation with journalist and author,
Bankole Thompson on modern day genocide
Is the media a culprit in the ongoing genocide in Darfur?
Friday, October 26, 6:00 p.m., Friends AuditoriumJoin Bankole Thompson, Michigan Chronicle Senior Editor and author of, A Matter of Black Transformation, in an open and free public conversation to discuss what he calls “The media’s unrepentant absence in modern day conflicts that deal with the underpriviledge
Friends School in Detroit presents its
8th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner to Fight Hunger
Friday, October 26, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Click here to download the flyer
or
Click here to Visit the Friends School in Detroit website
D.O.T.A.D (Drummers of the African Diaspora)
Saturday, November 3, 3:00 p.m.
Founded by Mahindi Masai, D.O.T.A.D. is a talented collective of highly experienced drummers rooted in the African drumming traditions.
Main Library, Old Fine Arts, 3rd floor
Film Screening: “God Grew Tired of Us”
Saturday, November 3, 10:30 a.m. * 12:20 p.m. * 2:30 p.m. * 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 6, 6:00 p.m.
Main Library, Friends Auditorium
StreetVision.com presents Access Lounge
Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Log on to StreetVision.com and register for a Free Street Pass membership card and a chance to win dinner for two to the Woodward Restaurant.
CANCELLED
Film Screening: “They Turned Our Desert into Fire”
Saturday, November 17, 10:30 a.m. * 12:20 p.m. * 2:30 p.m. * 4:00 p.m.
CANCELLED
W.I.N.G.S (Women in Need of Guidance and Skills)
Tuesday, November 13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Join us as we welcome guest speaker, Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram, presiding prelate of the Tenth Episcopal District and president of the Council of Bishops, African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). Ingram formerly presided over the 15th Episcopal District based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Events and programming organized with participation from the Michigan Darfur Coalition. www.Michigandarfurcoalition.org or www.darfurdarfur.org
