Crisis in Darfur: Live from
Second Life with Mia Farrow,
John Heffernan, Ronan Farrow,
Ron Haviv, and Bill
Lichtenstein (moderator). Mia
Farrow, actress and UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador, appears
live in the virtual 3-D
on-line community Second Life
to discuss and answer
questions about the crisis in
Darfur. The Second Life even
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Crisis in Darfur: Live from
Second Life with Mia Farrow,
John Heffernan, Ronan Farrow,
Ron Haviv, and Bill
Lichtenstein (moderator). Mia
Farrow, actress and UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador, appears
live in the virtual 3-D
on-line community Second Life
to discuss and answer
questions about the crisis in
Darfur. The Second Life event
in January 2007 takes place in
front of a virtual replica of
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, and a dramatic exhibit
of photographs depicting the
genocide emergency. Speakers
include: John Heffernan,
Director of the Genocide
Prevention Initiative of the
United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum's Committee on
Conscience; Ron Haviv, an
award-winning photojournalist,
whose images of Darfur are
part of the virtual event;
Ronan Farrow, UNICEF
Spokesperson for Youth in
Sudan, Genocide Intervention
Network representative, and
author of numerous articles on
the crisis in Darfur; and Bill
Lichtenstein, president of
Lichtenstein Creative Media,
who served as moderator. The
event in Second Life took
place at a virtual replica of
'Our Walls Bear Witness -
Darfur: Who Will Survive
Today?' the powerful, outdoor
photography exhibition
highlighting images of the
Darfur crisis by leading
photojournalists that were
projected onto the exterior of
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, DC
during Thanksgiving Week 2006.
The virtual event in Second
Life allowed visitors from
around the world to experience
the traveling photography
exhibit with its moving,
thought-provoking photos, as
well as to view video of the
real life outdoor installation
at the Holocaust Museum. The
event comes as the situation
in Darfur continues to worsen
dramatically. The conflict,
now in its fourth year, has
driven 2.5 million Darfuris
from their homes, with an
estimated death toll of
200,000. The world's largest
humanitarian operation
involving 14,000 humanitarian
aid workers, is becoming
increasingly threatened. The
event in Second Life is held
on the LCMedia sim at The
Infinite Mind virtual
broadcast center, and
simultaneously broadcast in
Second Life in Camp Darfur,
and Global Kids, on the Second
Life teen grid. The virtual
'Our Walls Bear Witness'
photography exhibit remains in
Second Life until February 15,
2007. For more on the event
and the Crisis in Darfur,
visit
www.LCMedia.com/darfurevent.ht
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