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Forwarded from Dr. Judy Ledgerwood.
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justin



Out of the Poison Tree

Daemen College 2008-2009 Film Series  

Monday April 27, 2009

7:30 pm Wick Center on the Daemen College Campus     

4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226

 

Thida Mam, survivor of the Cambodian Holocaust was a child when her father was murdered by the Khmer Rouge.  This film tells of Thida and her sisters’ journey back to Cambodia to search for the story of her father’s death.  Now, thirty years after the Cambodian Genocide, Khmer Rouge leaders are being tried for their crimes.

Commentator:

Dean Edwin Clausen, Daemen Academic Vice President 

Dr. Clausen is a scholar of China who has lived, taught and traveled extensively in Asia.

Special Guest: Thida Mam

An advocate for the creation of a Cambodian Genocide Tribunal, Thida balances her international advocacy and activism with being the mother of two and a software developer for eBay, Inc. in Silicon Valley, California.

 

This event is free and open to the public.  For information call the Daemen Events Office: (716)839-8253
 
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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu