FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2007
HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKERS AT QVCC
Gabriel Bol Deng, native of Sudan and Onek Adyanga, lecturer in
Modern World History at the University of Connecticut, Storrs will be on the
Danielson campus to discuss Human Rights in Africa on Thursday, October
18th, from 2- 3:30 pm in Robert E. Miller Auditorium.
Bol Deng became a United States citizen in a naturalization ceremony at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse in June 2006. Deng was one of the so-called “Lost Boys of Sudan,” born in Gogrial around 1979 (he’s not sure of his exact birth date because records don’t exist). Deng spent his first years living the traditional life of a Dinka tribesman in a large, but close-knit, family. Forced to flee his village in Southern Sudan during an attack by Northern Sudanese militia, Bol Deng lost his family, his way of life, traveled thousands of miles to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya before finding his place in a new world. After settling in Syracuse, NY in 2001, Bol Deng earned an associate’s degree in mathematics and science at Onondaga Community College in 2004. He graduated LeMoyne College in May 2007 with a B.S. in mathematics. He hopes to someday return to Sudan to look for his family.
Onek Adyanga is a PhD candidate and a lecturer in Modern World History at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Adyanga received his bachelor's degree from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and graduate degrees from the University of Toronto, York University and the Royal Military College of Canada. His research interests focus on issues of war and peace in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
This event is co-sponsored by the QVCC Multicultural Program Planning Committee, the QVCC Humanities Lecture Series, QVCC Student Government Association and the QVCC libraries.
CONTACT
Margie Huoppi
Publications Associate
(860) 774-1133
mhuoppi@qvcc.commnet.edu