Sudanese Refugee Lecture at Belmont

Tomorrow, January 17th, a group that I am a part of on campus is hosting a lecture and information session by Gatluak Ter Thach, the executive director of the Nashville Sudanese Community and Women's Service Center. Nashville has one of the largest Sudanese refugee populations in the United States, and this community center is taking steps to bring peace to their situation. He will address his own personal history as a Sudanese refugee, the problems facing the refugees and immigrants in Nashville, and how the Sudanese Community Center working to alleviate these problems.

Location: Belmont University, Beaman Student Life Center, Rooms A+B
Time: 10-10:50 AM, January 17th

Additionally, we are providing a time period on this Saturday, January 20th, to go as a group to volunteer at the community center. We will be helping out with the following:

1) English and Computer Classes
2) Helping Refugees find jobs
3) Babysitting

For that volunteer opportunity, we will be meeting at the same place, Beaman Student Life Center, and then driving to the Sudanese Community Center. We will meet at Belmont at 12:45 and finish voluneering around 4:00PM. Please come out to experience the center and some of the needs in our community.

For more information about the center, please check out their website.