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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2008 |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Elizabeth Pittman 404.364.8868
epittman@oglethorpe.edu |
Darfur Activist Comes to Oglethorpe
WHAT: Oglethorpe University presents Divesting 4 Darfur with Adam Sterling. Free and open to the public.
WHO: Adam Sterling is the director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network. Sterling has received a number of humanitarian awards and serves as an advisor on Sudan investment issues for numerous institutional investors, state pension funds, state legislators and federal representatives. Additionally, he is a featured subject in the 2007 documentary Darfur Now, produced by Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle.
Adam’s writings and work have appeared extensively in the press; including contributions to The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor and National Public Radio. He has also served as a guest on a number of broadcast news programs, including CNN’s The Situation Room and CNBC’s Street Signs. Additionally, Adam has provided testimony for numerous state legislatures, the United States Senate, House of Representatives and the United Nations Global Compact.
WHEN: Monday, January 28, 2008, at noon
WHERE: Oglethorpe University’s Center for Civil Engagement inside Emerson Student Center
HOW: Co-Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Rich Foundation Urban Leadership Program |
