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Title: Community Conversations w/ Francis Bok
START DATE: 5/18/2006
START TIME: 7:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: south los angeles
Location Details:
California African American Museum
600 State Drive
Exposition Park
Los Angeles
Event Topic: racism
Event Type: presentation
Contact Name: Jamie Padilla
Contact Email: jamie_padilla@facing.org
Contact Phone: (626) 744-1170
DESCRIPTION:
download PDF (156.0 kibibytes) To promote an open dialogue about democracy and justice, The Allstate Foundation and Facing History and Ourselves will present a Community Conversation with former Sudanese slave and now human rights activist Francis Bok, who will share his account of being a child stolen from his family, the dehumanizing effects of slavery, and his transformation into a human rights activist. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Thursday, May 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the California African American Museum, located at 600 State Drive in Exposition Park

A native of southern Sudan, Francis was abducted at the age of seven and enslaved for ten years. His story is one of slavery, escape, and imprisonment under security forces in Khartoum, Sudan until his release in 1999 when granted UN Refugee Status. Today he is a human rights activist who has made it his life mission to combat world slavery. As a staff member of the American Anti-Slavery Group, he works tirelessly to spread awareness about modern slavery in speeches across the country and with his critically acclaimed autobiography, "Escape From Slavery." Mr. Bok has headed a panel on slavery at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, testified before a Senate Committee in Washington, D.C. and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Essence Magazine.

RSVP online at www.facinghistory.org/allstate. For additional information, please contact Marti Tippens Murphy at (626) 744-1177 ext 25 or email marti_tippens_murphy@facing.org

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