This coming Saturday, uptown Charlotte will be the location of the
Charlotte Torch Rally, which will seek to
- Raise public awareness of the genocide in Sudan
- Honor Sudanese refugees in Charlotte
- Encourage China to persuade Sudan to accept an effective security force on the ground to protect Sudanese civilians and to participate, in good faith, in the peace process
According to the Web site, the Rally will begin at 1:00 PM at Independence Plaza in Uptown Charlotte. It will include a torch-lighting ceremony, music by modern-day abolitionist Lamont Hiebert with his band Ten Shekel Shirt, original poetry by James Ajith, and renowned human rights activist and author John Prendergast.
Although the scope of the rally goes beyond human trafficking, this is definitely the kind of event I want to be part of.
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