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Keokuk for Darfur's Ask the Candidates event Thursday
Caucus training session for experienced, inexperienced
For the Daily Gate City
Keokuk for Darfur is hosting an Ask the Candidates event from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Keokuk Public Library Round Room.
The event is free and open to the public. No sign-up or reservations are required.
Keokuk for Darfur is bi-partisan and non-denominational.
All attendees will receive a free “I Caucus for Darfur” t-shirt and button. Informational materials will be available.
Training is for those who have little or no knowledge of the genocide in Darfur and those who know a lot. It will help those who have caucus experience as well as those who have never attended a caucus.
Presidential candidates will not be present Thursday.
Those attending will learn more about the situation in Darfur, questions to ask the candidates and why Iowans can have an impact not only outside the state, but also around the globe.
Policy experts from the Genocide Intervention Network, the ENOUGH Project, Save Darfur Coalition, and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition may also be a part of the training.
Leading the training are Tim Gannon, Iowa director of the Genocide Intervention Network, Colin Thomas-Jensen, policy adviser for the ENOUGH Project and Lisa Rogoff, field manager for ENOUGH.
Gannon is a native Iowan and graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in Global Studies. After graduation, he began working for Al Gore's caucus effort in June 1999. Since then he has held a variety of campaign-related jobs.
In January, he learned about the effort to sever Iowa's financial ties from companies doing business with the Government of Sudan and decided to put his interest in international issues and knowledge of Iowa legislators to use.
Iowa's targeted Sudan Divestment Legislation passed and was signed into law by Governor Culver in April.
Thomas-Jensen previously worked as Africa advocacy and research manager at the International Crisis Group, ENOUGH's co-founder. He joined Crisis Group from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), where he was an information officer on the humanitarian response team for Darfur.
Thomas-Jensen has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia and Mozambique.
He has a master's degree in African studies from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), with a concentration in the history of Islam in Africa, African politics, and Islamic family law.
Lisa Rogoff, field manager for ENOUGH is also leading the training. Prior to joining ENOUGH, Rogoff served as the Outreach Coordinator for the Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where she developed and implemented the museum's efforts to build a nationwide constituency dedicated to preventing genocide.
Rogoff also produced the museum's award-winning podcast series, “Voices on Genocide Prevention.”
Call Julie Hays at 524-9815 or e-mail keokukfordarfur@yahoo.com for more information.
For the Daily Gate City
Keokuk for Darfur is hosting an Ask the Candidates event from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Keokuk Public Library Round Room.
The event is free and open to the public. No sign-up or reservations are required.
Keokuk for Darfur is bi-partisan and non-denominational.
All attendees will receive a free “I Caucus for Darfur” t-shirt and button. Informational materials will be available.
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Presidential candidates will not be present Thursday.
Those attending will learn more about the situation in Darfur, questions to ask the candidates and why Iowans can have an impact not only outside the state, but also around the globe.
Policy experts from the Genocide Intervention Network, the ENOUGH Project, Save Darfur Coalition, and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition may also be a part of the training.
Leading the training are Tim Gannon, Iowa director of the Genocide Intervention Network, Colin Thomas-Jensen, policy adviser for the ENOUGH Project and Lisa Rogoff, field manager for ENOUGH.
Gannon is a native Iowan and graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in Global Studies. After graduation, he began working for Al Gore's caucus effort in June 1999. Since then he has held a variety of campaign-related jobs.
In January, he learned about the effort to sever Iowa's financial ties from companies doing business with the Government of Sudan and decided to put his interest in international issues and knowledge of Iowa legislators to use.
Iowa's targeted Sudan Divestment Legislation passed and was signed into law by Governor Culver in April.
Thomas-Jensen previously worked as Africa advocacy and research manager at the International Crisis Group, ENOUGH's co-founder. He joined Crisis Group from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), where he was an information officer on the humanitarian response team for Darfur.
Thomas-Jensen has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia and Mozambique.
He has a master's degree in African studies from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), with a concentration in the history of Islam in Africa, African politics, and Islamic family law.
Lisa Rogoff, field manager for ENOUGH is also leading the training. Prior to joining ENOUGH, Rogoff served as the Outreach Coordinator for the Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum where she developed and implemented the museum's efforts to build a nationwide constituency dedicated to preventing genocide.
Rogoff also produced the museum's award-winning podcast series, “Voices on Genocide Prevention.”
Call Julie Hays at 524-9815 or e-mail keokukfordarfur@yahoo.com for more information.
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