Calendar of Events
May 17, 2012 – The Last Survivor
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth and International Foster Care are
hosting a free showing of The Last Survivor. Four refugee
survivors of genocide will share their stories of hope and healing.
International Foster Care partners with foster parents to provide a home, an
education and future filled with hope to minor refugees, aslyees and rescued
victims of trafficking.
MOSAIC, 817 West Park Row, Arlington, Texas 76013
7:00 pm
For more information, please contact Alyssa Elledge at
aelledge@ccdofw.org
May 23, 2012 – Leymah Gbowee
Meet Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, peace activist, and author,
Leymah Gbowee. Ms. Gbowee was a joint recipient of the 2011 Nobel Pace
Prize. She is founder of the Liberian Mass Action for Peace and has
played a leading role in ending Libera's Second Civil War. Ms. Gbowee
is based in Accra, Ghana and is the executive director of the NGO Women
Peace and Security in Africa (WIPSEN-Africa) and heads the newly established
reconciliation process in her native Liberia.
Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater, 3140 Dyer Street, Dallas,
Texas 75205
7:30 pm
For tickets call 214-965-8412 or visit
www.dfwworld.org
Presented by: The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort
Worth in partnership with the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU and
sponsored by the Embrey Family Foundation, Donna Wilhelm, Trea Yip and the
Boone Family Foundation.
