Week's events to raise awareness of Darfur genocide
Aundrea Eichman
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: News
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The TCU community is participating in Global Days for Darfur to raise awareness about the genocide occurring in Darfur, a professor said.
Global Days is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness and is all about education and action, said Cecil Van de Voorde, an assistant criminal justice professor.
"I want people to wake up, pay attention and start acting," said Van de Voorde, who is managing this week's events.
Nathan Kaspar, a junior criminal justice major, said the Build-a-Camp event will challenge students to create a small refugee camp meant to raise awareness about the genocide occurring in Darfur. Kaspar said building started at 8 a.m Tuesday.
"This week of events is a step in the process of making a difference," Kaspar said.
Van de Voorde said one tent built is a refugee hut filled with posters and fliers for information and the other will represent a medical unit. She said she wants people to be aware and to seek out more information and share it with others.
Canopies were provided by the Rec Center and all other materials were either donated or bought from Home Depot for less than $10, Kaspar said. He said there is no budget for the refugee camp.
STAND, which stands for Students Take Action Now, Darfur, is a student anti-genocide coalition that is heading up the Global Days events, he said.
He said along with the refugee camp there will be posters of people in Darfur, small grave sites and wooden crosses.
"We either choose to ignore it," Kaspar said, "Or we do not even know about it at all."
Kaspar said this crisis has been going on since 2003, and at least 400,000 people have been murdered and 2.5 million displaced.
He said he wants to get the word out that something is going on.
"Hopefully, when people find out they will want to take some kind of action," Kaspar said.
He said most people do not understand what is going on in Darfur because everything is provided for them, especially people at TCU.
Global Days is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness and is all about education and action, said Cecil Van de Voorde, an assistant criminal justice professor.
"I want people to wake up, pay attention and start acting," said Van de Voorde, who is managing this week's events.
Nathan Kaspar, a junior criminal justice major, said the Build-a-Camp event will challenge students to create a small refugee camp meant to raise awareness about the genocide occurring in Darfur. Kaspar said building started at 8 a.m Tuesday.
"This week of events is a step in the process of making a difference," Kaspar said.
Van de Voorde said one tent built is a refugee hut filled with posters and fliers for information and the other will represent a medical unit. She said she wants people to be aware and to seek out more information and share it with others.
Canopies were provided by the Rec Center and all other materials were either donated or bought from Home Depot for less than $10, Kaspar said. He said there is no budget for the refugee camp.
STAND, which stands for Students Take Action Now, Darfur, is a student anti-genocide coalition that is heading up the Global Days events, he said.
He said along with the refugee camp there will be posters of people in Darfur, small grave sites and wooden crosses.
"We either choose to ignore it," Kaspar said, "Or we do not even know about it at all."
Kaspar said this crisis has been going on since 2003, and at least 400,000 people have been murdered and 2.5 million displaced.
He said he wants to get the word out that something is going on.
"Hopefully, when people find out they will want to take some kind of action," Kaspar said.
He said most people do not understand what is going on in Darfur because everything is provided for them, especially people at TCU.
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Chelsea Hall
posted 4/25/07 @ 9:41 AM CST
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