Western New York Coalition For Progress
To Host A
Film Screening, Panel Discussion And Charity Event -
"Lost Boys Of The Sudan"
January 11, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Nelson Starr nelsonstarr4@aol.com or 716-876-5239
Buffalo, NY - On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, the Western New York Coalition for Progress and the UB College Democrats will host a screening of the award-winning documentary film, "Lost Boys of Sudan."
The screening will be held at the Screening Room located in the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo's North Campus, at 7:30 PM. Admission is free, but donations to Journey's End Refugee Services will be gratefully accepted.
Nelson Starr, Vice President of the WNY Coalition for Progress and event co-chair, said, "The plight of Sudanese refugees has not received the attention it deserves. This documentary follows two Sudanese refugees orphaned by the civil war as they depart their war-ravaged homeland and come to live in the United States. Their tale from war and horror to the culture shock of American suburbia is extraordinary and compelling."
A panel discussion addressing the plight of refugees from the war torn region of Darfur in the Sudan will follow the screening. Among the panelists will be Sudanese refugees residing right here in Western New York, as well as SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Dr. Claude E. Welch, Jr. Professor Welch is regarded as the preeminent scholar on African political affairs at University at Buffalo. Journey's End Refugee Services of Buffalo is helping to organize the discussion.
The Western New York Coalition for Progress is a nonpartisan organization, (with pending nonprofit status), comprised of hundreds of Western New Yorkers dedicated to making our community and America a better place to live, work and raise a family. We are bound together by a common commitment to progressive values and we aspire to ensure that our national and local policies reflect these values. We work to find progressive and pragmatic solutions to significant problems and develop policy proposals that foster a government that is "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
You can find the Western New York Coalition for Progress on the Internet at www.wnyprogress.org.
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