Tents of Hope
Day
All Week - Monday, April 7th - Friday, April 11th
Time
All Day
Location
Quad and Pit
Description
Two tents will be set up in the Quad and the Pit throughout Holocaust Remembrance Week. Anyone can contribute to this project to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur by painting a square. (See Below for More Information)
What is Tents of Hope?
The mission of the Tents of Hope project is to support a one-year process in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan by creating tents that are both unique works of art and ongoing focal points within communities for learning about, assisting and establishing relationships with the people of Sudan. The tents are not answers in themselves. Rather, they are points of entry for more concrete forms of Darfur advocacy.
The Tents of Hope project emerged in June 2007 through a partnership between the United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Dear Sudan. With the support of these two denominations, Petaluma, CA-based Dear Sudan has engaged in national organizing efforts since May 2004 to build a community-based response to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
The structure of the Tents of Hope project is decentralized and temporary. It is a one-year project in which local communities are responsible for taking the initiative to shape the project both through the creation of the tents as works of art and the use of the tents as focal points for education, advocacy and fundraising for humanitarian assistance. National coordination is focused on giving support to these local efforts in such areas as the project website and the national event in Washington, DC in October 2008.
Information from: http://www.tentsofhope.org/about.html
Austin, Texas brings awareness of the Darfur crisis in Sudan. Photo by: Erika Aguilar