Uganda Child Soldier Awareness Week (Feb 18-22)

Uganda Child Soldier Awareness Week will have a special focus on female
child soldiers and child mothers. The events are being held at JMU please
see details below.

These events will feed into the Lobby Days put on by Resolve Uganda in
Washington, DC from Feb 24th-26th. If your would like to attend visit:
http://ugandalobbyday.com/

Monday 18: Uganda Rising Film Screening (Harrison 2105, 7pm)

Tuesday 19: Commons/speaker day (Wilson Auditorium, 7 pm)
Grace Akallo - author of Girl Soldier
Betty Bigombe - peace negotiator and specialist for USIP
Michael Poffenberger - Resolve Uganda
Faith McDonnell - American activist and writer
Sarita Hartz - Founder and Director of the Zion Project

Wednesday 20: Book signing/Q&A with Girl Soldier Authors Grace Akallo and
Faith McDonnell (Taylor Hall (Taylor Down Under) , 5:30)

Friday 22: The Electric Pool Party, Benefit concert (Taylor Hall (Taylor
Down Under), 7:30)