FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2009
Solano Community College
4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 95434
Contact: Bendu Favor Ndama
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Student
Tel: (707) 208-4817
E-mail: [email protected]
Local students raise funds to help build a health clinic in Liberia
Fairfield, CA – Friday, April 3, 2009, Solano Community College students from SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science) and MESA (Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement) in conjunction with various student organizations will be hosting a fundraiser in efforts to raise at least a thousand dollars in support of a new women’s health clinic in Liberia. The clinic will offer preventative and diagnostic care for women who have been victims of ongoing war and sexually transmitted disease. This fundraising event will be held at Solano Community College, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, in the cafeteria.
Keynote speakers and performers presenting at this event include the following: Mrs. Phebe Dennis-Fortt, Founder and C.E.O. of Relief, Inc. and survivor of the Liberian civil war and LaNae Jaimez, Ph.D., a professor at Solano College who received her B.S. at the University of Oklahoma and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, there will be a live dance and drum performance by the Tarlesson Family, a Liberian refugee family from Yolo County who survived four years of hiding from the civil war. There will also be presentations by Solano Community College students.
The Change for Change Campaign Project is open to the public. There will be finger foods, desserts, and music. Entrance fee is $5.00 with student ID or $10.00 without student ID. For list of acceptable donations, please visit: http://www.reliefinc.org/needs.html
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country created by freed slaves from the United States of America who settled in Liberia to live peacefully and end illegal West African slave trade. However, for over 14 devastating years, Liberia underwent a civil war which left many Liberians homeless and destitute. In 2002, Relief Inc., a non-profit organization was established to improve the lives of the people of Liberia. In cooperation with Relief, Inc. Solano College students hope to make a difference in the lives of Liberians in need.
Solano Community College
4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 95434
Contact: Bendu Favor Ndama
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Student
Tel: (707) 208-4817
E-mail: [email protected]
Local students raise funds to help build a health clinic in Liberia
Fairfield, CA – Friday, April 3, 2009, Solano Community College students from SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science) and MESA (Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement) in conjunction with various student organizations will be hosting a fundraiser in efforts to raise at least a thousand dollars in support of a new women’s health clinic in Liberia. The clinic will offer preventative and diagnostic care for women who have been victims of ongoing war and sexually transmitted disease. This fundraising event will be held at Solano Community College, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, in the cafeteria.
Keynote speakers and performers presenting at this event include the following: Mrs. Phebe Dennis-Fortt, Founder and C.E.O. of Relief, Inc. and survivor of the Liberian civil war and LaNae Jaimez, Ph.D., a professor at Solano College who received her B.S. at the University of Oklahoma and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, there will be a live dance and drum performance by the Tarlesson Family, a Liberian refugee family from Yolo County who survived four years of hiding from the civil war. There will also be presentations by Solano Community College students.
The Change for Change Campaign Project is open to the public. There will be finger foods, desserts, and music. Entrance fee is $5.00 with student ID or $10.00 without student ID. For list of acceptable donations, please visit: http://www.reliefinc.org/needs.html
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country created by freed slaves from the United States of America who settled in Liberia to live peacefully and end illegal West African slave trade. However, for over 14 devastating years, Liberia underwent a civil war which left many Liberians homeless and destitute. In 2002, Relief Inc., a non-profit organization was established to improve the lives of the people of Liberia. In cooperation with Relief, Inc. Solano College students hope to make a difference in the lives of Liberians in need.
