"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."- Paulo Freire

Spring 2008

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The Human Rights Program and Human Rights Working Group at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in collaboration with the One World International Human Rights Film Festival and Art for Refugees in Transition present:

An Evening on Refugee Rights

When: April 24th, 2008 7:00pm-1am

What: Join us at 7pm for an hour of networking and socializing in the Time Out New York Lounge, followed by a screening of …a film… Then, rock out for refugees with DJ Menyu spinning songs from 10:30pm-1am.

Where: New World Stages 340 W50th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave)

*Tickets can be purchased at …

All proceeds will benefit the work of Art for Refugees in Transition, a non-profit organization that helps to rebuild individual and community identity for refugees worldwide. ART’s programs have worked directly with Burmese refugees communities on the Thai-Burma border, internally displaced populations in Colombia, and resettled refugees in New Haven, CT. http://www.artforrefugees.org/

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