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The live webcast will begin at 4:30 PM Eastern Standard
Time at www.congoinharlem.org after
the screening of Blood in the Mobile directed by Franck Piasecki
Poulsen. A rich dialogue and exchange will take place among Congolese and
non-Congolese experts. Sekombi
Katondolo (producer of Blood in the Mobile and founder/director of Mutaani
FM), David
Aronson (freelance journalist, blogger, author of NY Times article on
Conflict Minerals), Steve
Hege (current member of the UN Group of Experts on the Congo), Eric
Kajemba (founder and director of Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix), and Mvemba
Phizo Dizolele (writer, foreign policy analyst and independent journalist)
will discuss the impact of the Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals provision on the
situation in the Congo.
Click
here to read recent articles written on Conflict Minerals and the Dodd-Frank
Provision.
Click
here to find out more about Congo Week and how you can participate in the
global movement.
About Congo in Harlem
Congo in Harlem is
an annual week-long series of film screenings accompanied by special events,
panel discussions, performances, and receptions. Congo in Harlem will provide
audiences with more than the traditional movie-going experience — it offers
opportunities to discover Congolese culture, learn about the ongoing
humanitarian crisis, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
About
Sahara Reporters
Sahara
Reporters is an online community of international reporters and social
advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, news reports from a
Nigerian-African perspective. A unique organization, founded in the spirit of
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising of ordinary
people with an overriding commitment to seeking the truth and publishing it
without fear or favor. Because its core members are unapologetic practitioners
of advocacy journalism, Sahara Reporters also serves as an umbrella outlet for
objective reporting of verifiable and accurate news and untainted social
commentaries for anyone wishing to exercise their freedom of speech in the
public interest and common good.
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