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Lost Boys Birthday Celebration

January 4, 2009 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join us on Sunday, January 4 at Truman College to celebrate the New Year, the Lost Boys Birthdays, Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Sudanese Independence Day.

Enjoy traditional Sudanese food and dancing, hear from Chicago Bulls forward, Luol Deng, Olympic flag bearer Lopez Lomong, Co-Chair of the ENOUGH Project John Prendergast, women’s inspirational speaker Aduei Riak and listen to the music of Dynamic.

Decades of war in the Sudan – and the ongoing genocide in Darfur – led to the deaths of more than two million people. This catastrophe caused the flight of thousands of refugees to the United States. Illinois Sudanese have survived unimaginable adversity and are working to build new lives for their families.

Some community members are “Lost Boys,” who walked thousands of miles after their villages were destroyed and their family members killed during Sudan’s civil war.

Arriving in the United States with no proof of a birth date, the Sudanese Lost Boys were all assigned January 1 as their official birthday.

We come together as one on January 4 to celebrate their remarkable journey.

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Date:
January 4, 2009
Time:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm