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Maybe God Has a Purpose for Me Here

March 22, 2007 – 6:01 pm

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From The New York Daily News

By HEATHER ROBINSON
Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 9:02 AM

When Bizu Riki Mullu was a girl, the people of her village of Mauri, in northern Ethiopia, would come out …

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Marching For Freedom: Ex-slave Simon Deng Plans New Walk to Spotlight Sudan’s Plight

August 31, 2006 – 4:44 pm

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From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

August 31, 2006

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It was “desperation” to raise awareness about the plight of black Africans in his native land of Sudan, Simon Deng says, that prompted the Harlem resident to walk the 300 miles from the United Nations to …

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Taking Courage

June 5, 2006 – 3:39 pm

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From the New York Daily News

By HEATHER ROBINSON
Monday, June 5th, 2006

“When I lost my arm, I thought, ‘That’s the end of my life,’” says Muctar Jalloh.

“My goals had been to attend school and to write. Sometimes I would think, ‘I don’t think it is necessary for me to live.’ …

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Breaking the Chains: Former Slave Simon Deng Marches for Freedom

March 21, 2006 – 4:21 pm

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From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

March 21, 2006

“As a child, I was abducted and taken into slavery, at a time most people assumed slavery was a thing of the past,” says Simon Deng, 45, to a reporter over coffee in an upper East Side cafe on a recent …

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