Break The Silence Speakers Tour Launch at the University of Chicago

Student leaders and community organizers have responded to the silence
surrounding the suffering and injustices in the Congo by organizing to Break the
Silence and mobilize for change in solidarity with the people of the Congo.
Friends of the Congo launches its annual Break
the Silence Speakers Tour (February – July 2010) today at the University of
Chicago with the following program:

Complicit Destruction: Money Mines and Militarization in the
Democratic Republic of Congo

A panel discussion and film screening presented by Chicago Society
and the African and Caribbean Students' Association with Global
Voices and the University of Chicago International House.

Guest Speakers:
Maurice Carney
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Friends of the Congo

Dr. Justine Nzeba Former regional director for Central
Africa, American Friends Service Committee and Editorial board member of The
Great Lakes Research Journal

Kambale Musavuli Student coordinator of the International
Break the Silence/Congo Week Campaign

Emilie Ngo-Nguidjol Community activist and founder of
AFRICaide

Gilbert Mulamba Community activist and documentarian of "The
Street Children of Kinshasa"

Moderator:
Kisuule Magala Katende Voice
of "ear to the Ground" on Chicago Public Radio

Who: Friends of the Congo in collaboration with student
organizations at the University of Chicago.

What: Launch of the Break
the Silence Speakers Tour (February – July 2010)

When: 6 pm – 9 pm, Wednesday, January
27, 2010

Where: University of Chicago
International House Assembly
Hall
1414 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Click
here to listen to Kambale Musavuli's interview with Chicago Public
Radio!

Should you wish to invite Friends of Congo to your community and be a part of
the Break the Silence Speakers Tour, please call 202-584-6512 or email
info@friendsofthecongo.org.

Find
out more about the speakers tour and sign-up
online at congoweeek.org.

Click
here to find out when we will be on your campus or in your community. Also,
text CLUBCONGO to 467467 to stay abreast of FOTC upcoming
events and alerts.

Remember to join us on our Facebook
fan page to discuss the book of the month Assassination of Lumumba by
Ludo De Witte. The book of the month for February is The Congo: From Leopold
to Kabila: A People's History by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja.