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Upcoming Events

Fears of Difference: The Diversity of Holocaust Experiences
Film and Discussion Series - September 2009 - May 2010
All screenings take place on Sundays at 2 PM in the
USF College of Medicine, MDA 1097 (Behind the Medical Clinic)

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Recent Events

Asaba Memorial Project
International Symposium
October 9th & 10th, 2009
Grace Allen Room (4th floor, USF Tampa Library)
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World Refugee Day at USF
Health fair and Community Dialogue
June 19, 2009

1:30 - 3:30 Refugee and guest speakers
MC - Tony Morejon, Hillsborough County Hispanic Liaison
1:30 Welcome- Rubis Castro, Lutheran Services Florida, Tampa Bay Regional Director/RC
Opening Words – Mogtaba Maki, USF graduate, former Lost Boy of Sudan
University of South Florida- Betty Castor - Executive Director of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions and Former President of USF
University of South Florida - Bill Garrison, Dean of the Libraries on behalf of the USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center
Department of Children and Families – Phyllis Fleming
City of Tampa: Kenneth Perry, Director of Community Affairs- will read Mayor Pam Iorio’s proclamation.
Pasco County Proclamation- read by David Yarborough, LSF VP Operations

1:45 Refugees Speak on their experiences
• LSF – Joseph Deny- Sudan
• LSF - Evelyn Cooper – Liberia
• LSF- Aung Thein- Burma
• LSF - Ahmed Al Obaidi - Iraqi
• LSF Prem Kumar Subedi - Bhutan
• GCJFS – Vicky Nkanj- Cameroon
• GCJFS – Rafael Casas- Cuba

2:45 Panel
• Deputy Padron & Cuevas- Sheriff Department
• Joy Munn - DCF
• Christine Moore- Florida DOH
• Lesleigh Lopez - Hillsborough School
• Daryl Rosenthal – Social Security
• Lourdes Mesias- LSF Refugee Resettlement Manager
• Ann Marie Winters, Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services

Final Words - Mogtaba Maki
Closing & Thank you – Rubis Castro

3:00 - 5:30 Health screenings for resettled refugees
Event held at: TECO Room, USF College of Education
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Sponsored by:
Lutheran Services Florida
USF International Affairs
USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center
The African Student Association
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc.
Catholic Charities
Hillsborough County Health Department
World Relief Tampa
Leadership Acculturation Center for the School District of Hillsborough County
USF Advocacy Program


The Obama Presidency & Genocide Prevention
Edward Kissi (University of South Florida)
IBL-AFA Spring Lecture Series
February 25, 2009
USF Tampa Library, Grace Allen Room
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Religion and Genocide in Bosnia
Michael Sells (University of Chicago)
USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center
2009 Lecture Series

February 18, 2009
USF Tampa Library, Grace Allen Room
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Genocide in Darfur: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda
Rebecca Tinsley (Waging Peace, Network 4 Africa)
USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center
2009 Lecture Series

January 28, 2009
USF Tampa Library, Grace Allen Room
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Lost Voices of Darfur
An exhibition of drawings by Darfuri child refugees
USF Tampa Library
January, 2009
Learn more about the drawings and our collaboration with Waging Peace »



Colonial Violence in Kenya and Algeria
Fabian Klose (University of Munich/Princeton University)
USF Libraries Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center
2009 Lecture Series

March 2, 2009
USF Tampa Library, Grace Allen Room
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