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Thacher School hosts fashion show for Darfur

What: On April 12 students at the Thacher School and Hattie’s clothing store will work to educate and energize the Ojai community to help them come together to stand against genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Thacher School STAND students will work in conjunction with the 400,000 Faces for Darfur Campaign to host a fashion show.

Hattie’s women clothing store on 109 N. Montgomery St. has facilitated the direct donation of clothes from the hottest L.A. urban labels such as James Perse, Velvet, and Zooey. All fashions exhibited in the event will then be available for sale, with all proceeds going to help support an education project in Northern Dafur. (http://www.darfurpeaceanddevelopment.org/projects.php?project=schools) The show is free and open to the public.

The event will be one of hundreds occurring throughout the country and world, part of the Darfur initiative.

Why: A silent genocide rages on in the Darfur region of Africa's largest country, Sudan. For the first time in history, the US government has declared a genocide while the massacres are still ongoing. To date, as many as 400,000 have been killed and over 2.5 million have been displaced. In August 2006, UN Undersecretary Jan Egeland stated, "It's going from real bad to catastrophic in Darfur."

Who: The Thacher School STAND chapter works to raise awareness, fundraise, and advocate to stop the genocide in Darfur. The chapter worked in conjunction with Hattie to help put together the fashion show.
STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition (www.StandNow.org) is comprised of over 700 high school and college chapters throughout the United States and international community.
Where: The Thacher School:
5025 Thacher Road, Ojai, CA, 93023 Performing Arts Center

When: 7:00 p.m.

Contact: Lauren Zakarian-Cogswell lzakariancogswell@thacher.org

Christy Karefa-Johnson (925) 323-3421

Posted by Robin Walter on April 8, 2008 11:05 AM | | | Thacher School hosts fashion show for Darfur

Comments (2)

thanks for the info;)

Comment #1 Posted by: Nousha | April 20, 2008 02:26 PM

I have never understood how it's possible for the world to allow genocide in any country after the Holocost. The "world people" seemed to pledge "never again" and yet it continues again and again and again.

Completely devastating to the heart and mind. It's this unfairness & misery that leaves you no choice but to seek out answers: Who AM I? What's it all about? How are such atrocities possible? What the Hell is going On?

How Heartwarming that you care and are helping...People like you restore my faith in society...and there are more and more coming to help each day. In gratitude, dvorah

Comment #2 Posted by: Dvorah | April 20, 2008 04:13 PM

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