North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Raises Awareness About Sudan with Free Concert
4/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Frank Harrison, CEO of Coca-Cola bottling in Charlotte, and SudanCan.org have teamed up to raise awareness about the genocide in the African country of Sudan with a free concert at Reynolds Coliseum on Saturday, April 26 at 6 pm.
The concert will feature musicians Corey Smith and Graham Colton. Speeches about what is taking place in Sudan will accompany the evening’s music entertainment.
Donations will be taken for UNICEF, the international relief organization. In addition, t-shirts will be given away with a $5.00 donation.
Junior swimmer and SAAC Vice-President Kathryn Pegg has spearheaded the project for NC State with the help of fellow student-athletes, including Andre Brown (football), Brandon Costner men’s basketball and SAAC President Ronnie Bouemboue (men’s soccer).
“The student-athlete participation has been unbelievable,” said Pegg, who hails from nearby Chapel Hill. “The passion that has been displayed here at NC State is more than I would have ever imagined.”
Every day this week from 10 am to 2 pm, Wolfpack athletic teams will be handing out informational DVD’s and taking donations at both the free expression tunnel and the tunnel near Reynolds Coliseum.
Members of the men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf teams are scheduled to take donations on Tuesday, while the track and field and rifle programs will man the table on Wednesday. Thursday features the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs.
“This just goes to show that NC State student-athletes can make a difference in this community,” added Pegg. “We want people to come out and learn about what is happening in Darfur.”
As many as 4,500 people are expected to attend Saturday’s concert.
Sudan is the largest country in Africa, made up of primarily desert in the North and water in the South. In 1983, the National Islamic Front, which controls Sudan’s government declared Jihad on its own people, beginning a reign of terror that has now lasted 23 years.
The same government once harbored Osama bin Laden.
Since 1989, an estimated two million Sudanese people have died at the hands of the government. During this same time, over 5 million Sudanese have been displaced from their homes through attacks by the government; most of them are now in refugee camps.
The Sudanese people want the freedom to determine their future, freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom to elect leaders, and freedom to live without terror all basic human rights they are currently denied.
Denied basic freedoms, the Sudanese want to have a voice in their country, and they want to find freedom and liberty and alleviate their intense human suffering.
The concert will feature musicians Corey Smith and Graham Colton. Speeches about what is taking place in Sudan will accompany the evening’s music entertainment.
Donations will be taken for UNICEF, the international relief organization. In addition, t-shirts will be given away with a $5.00 donation.
Junior swimmer and SAAC Vice-President Kathryn Pegg has spearheaded the project for NC State with the help of fellow student-athletes, including Andre Brown (football), Brandon Costner men’s basketball and SAAC President Ronnie Bouemboue (men’s soccer).
“The student-athlete participation has been unbelievable,” said Pegg, who hails from nearby Chapel Hill. “The passion that has been displayed here at NC State is more than I would have ever imagined.”
Every day this week from 10 am to 2 pm, Wolfpack athletic teams will be handing out informational DVD’s and taking donations at both the free expression tunnel and the tunnel near Reynolds Coliseum.
Members of the men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf teams are scheduled to take donations on Tuesday, while the track and field and rifle programs will man the table on Wednesday. Thursday features the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs.
“This just goes to show that NC State student-athletes can make a difference in this community,” added Pegg. “We want people to come out and learn about what is happening in Darfur.”
As many as 4,500 people are expected to attend Saturday’s concert.
Sudan is the largest country in Africa, made up of primarily desert in the North and water in the South. In 1983, the National Islamic Front, which controls Sudan’s government declared Jihad on its own people, beginning a reign of terror that has now lasted 23 years.
The same government once harbored Osama bin Laden.
Since 1989, an estimated two million Sudanese people have died at the hands of the government. During this same time, over 5 million Sudanese have been displaced from their homes through attacks by the government; most of them are now in refugee camps.
The Sudanese people want the freedom to determine their future, freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom to elect leaders, and freedom to live without terror all basic human rights they are currently denied.
Denied basic freedoms, the Sudanese want to have a voice in their country, and they want to find freedom and liberty and alleviate their intense human suffering.
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