We received a request to post the announcement below from the Program for Individuals at Risk at Amnesty International USA. This month, they are hosting three Liberian women and promoting a film by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Stack titled Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace. Click here for more information. The films sound quite powerful and I wish I could watch the screenings! Will they ever come to Seattle?

For more than a decade, Liberia experienced a devastating conflict in which tens of thousands of Liberian women and girls were taken into the fighting forces and experienced unspeakable acts of violence, including rampant sexual violence against them, On Tuesday July 29 at 7pm, join Amnesty International USA at E St. Cinema for the Washington DC premiere of Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace, a documentary film directed by two time academy award winner Jonathan Stack. Following the screening several of the Liberian women featured in the film will talk about their experiences and their courageous journeys of recovery. Free Admission. For more information, contact Ilona Kelly at Amnesty International USA, 202-544-0200.

Truth and Reconcilliation hearings being held in Liberia are using Web 2.0 technologies to make the hearings as widely accessible as possible. The project is being supported by Georgia Tech University of Atlanta and will consist of daily updates of videos of sessions, statements, discussion forums and general up-to-date news and resources.