Join us on a journey of hope and compassion as we design and paint simulated refugee tents in our communities to create awareness and support for the people of Darfur, Sudan. It's our hope that these tents will serve as doorways to concrete action. It's our hope that these tents will help lead to the advocacy necessary to stop the genocide in Darfur.
"For refugees, the tent is a symbol of loss. Every time they come back to their tents, they are reminded of what they used to have, what was taken from them, and their longing to return home. Yet, even though the tent represents loss, they immediately humanize their situation by creating a new life. In the camps in Chad, this is most obvious from the fences and screens they build around their tents with sticks and grass and the little plots they scratch out next to their tents to grow vegetables. Loss and hope exist side by side. This is not only true for uprooted people from Darfur; it is the human condition. Our ability to create and sustain hope in the presence of loss—even enormous loss—is one of humanity's most exalted characteristics." - Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Tents of Hope Fact Sheet
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Media Contacts:
Amy Chilla
949-218-0312
Amy.Chilla@corecubed.com
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Photos from participating cities and organizations.
