Eric Reeves, winner of the Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice in 2007, will speak on the continuing trials in Sudan. As news coverage of the human suffering and destruction in Darfur diminishes, the world seems to have lost sight of the continued threats to human survival. Humanitarians on the ground in Sudan see no real progress--certainly none that can withstand badly timed rains or a poor harvest and the resulting famine.
Dr. Reeves has written and published extensively on Sudan. He has served as a researcher and consultant to numerous human rights and humanitarian organizations in Sudan, and has testified formally on Sudan in a variety of governmental forums, including Congressional hearings. His publications have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune, major international newspapers, and such publications as The Nation, Human Rights Review and African Studies Review.
Dr. Reeves serves on the Advisory Board on the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants; the Board of Advisors for Genocide Watch and the International Campaign to End Genocide; a nd the Board of Advisors to the Darfur Peace and Development Association.
This lecture is co-presented by the Salem Athenaeum and the Salem Award.
