Many Voices for Darfur Project

From our good friend Mr. Mayo, who with Wendy Drexler has come up with another great project to participate in:

For 48 hours, starting at midnight Eastern standard time on March 6, 2008, many student voices will be collected in the name of those suffering in Darfur. Be sure that your voice is among them.

Men, women, and children in the Darfur region of Sudan are dying. The Sudan militia and Janjaweed are responsible for as many as 500,000 deaths and 2,500,000 displaced refugees. You can learn more about the genocide taking place in Darfur by visiting the Many Voices for Darfur Wiki. Once you have had a chance to learn more about Darfur, please post your comment to one or more of the following prompts below:

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Deneen Frazer Bowen - Conversations from students

Live blogging Deneen Frazer Bowen’s session. She’s an actor and educator, I think.

My comments are in ALL CAPS, but so far I haven’t put any in.

REMEMBER ALL THIS IS MADE UP. SHE IS ACTING AND HAS WRITTEN HER OWN SCRIPT.

She came out as Dr. Priscilla Normal, Ed.IDDDD and then tranformed herself into Jose Rodriguez, supposedly in 7th grade.

He calls himself J Rod, drummer for the Remote Messages, and he’s a kid who wakes up to his cell phone and then jams with his band who are all around the world.

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