Darfur Exhibition at The powerHouse Arena
August 30th, 2007
Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan
An exhibition for social justice curated by Leora Kahn
Photographs by Lynsey Addario, Pep Bonet, Colin Finlay, Ron Haviv,
Olivier Jobard, Kadir van Lohuizen, Chris Steele-Perkins, and Sven Torfinn.
When: Aug 30 – Sept 30, 2007
Where: The BoConcept Skylounge at The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
“Even by conservative estimates, the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan is grave. There are 3.5 million people who are hungry, 2.5 million who have been displaced by violence, and 400,000 individuals who have died since the crisis began in 2003. The international community has failed to take steps to protect civilians, or to influence the Sudanese government to intervene. The spread of violence, rape, and hate-fueled killings across the border into Chad is simply the latest atrocity. Call it war. Call it genocide. Call it famine. There is no single word to describe the plight of these people. They face all of these horrors at once.”
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