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Building Hope

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From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

September 18, 2006

The dwelling had no electricity, no windows, no heat and little furniture. Inside were a mother, six children and a crippled father. Garo Armen remembers using the light of a camera’s flash to catch glimpses of the family.

“It was like a …

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

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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 …