Welcome Visitor
Thu, Jul 29, 2010

 
Vigil for Darfur
By: By Olwen Logan Published 04/21/08
All photos by Troy Christopher (www.troychristopherphotography.com)


Vigil attendees hold candles as they remember those suffering in Darfur.

A group of students, adults, and invited speakers gathered as dusk fell on the evening of Thursday, April 10, outside Lyme-Old Lyme High School. They stood in front of the Tent of Hope created by the school's Amnesty International Chapter several weeks ago. 

Holding candles, those present pledged to “remember everyone who’d died or been affected by the crisis in Darfur,” said Stephen Burke, a junior at the school and one of the organizers of the event.



Greg Kuo, a spokeman from STAND (a student anti-genocide coalition) addressed those present. 

Then Deacon Arthur Miller of Hartford, pictured above, a member of the Connecticut Coalition to Save Darfur, spoke to the assembled group.  Giving first a history of activism and its results, he then challenged those at the vigil to keep working for peace and easing of the humanitarian disaster in Darfur.
 
Heeding Miller’s advice, Burke told LymeLine that he and some fellow students planned to take the Tent of Hope down to a “Torch Walk and Rally” for Darfur being held in Montclair, N.J. on Sunday, April 13. On their return from New Jersey, the students will subsequently erect the tent in front of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.


Four Lyme-Old Lyme High Schoolers hold candles of compassion and commitment
 
Spanish teacher John McGannon, who founded the Amnesty Chapter at the high school, also spoke to the group expressing his pride that the students had become so involved in this effort.

Editor's Note: Click here to a related story about the Tent of Hope for Darfur.

Printer-friendly format


Login and voice your opinion!
Do you know someone else who would like to see this?
Your Email:
Their Email:
Comment:
(Will be included with e-mail)
 
 

Making Web Design Easy Since 2001
Newspaper Software, Magazine Software, HOAs, Trade Associations & Community Website Software  |  Email Marketing, E-Commerce