Visit of CNN Hero Betty Makoni to Pittsburgh, September 18-23

Visit of CNN Hero Betty Makoni to Pittsburgh, September 18-23
Contacts: See below.
PRESS KIT

Fundraiser: Advance Tickets for Film (www.tapestriesofhope.com)
at http://tapestriesofhopefundraiser.eventbrite.com

PITTSBURGH WELCOMES CNN HERO BETTY MAKONI

Contents

PRESS RELEASE, August 10, 2011

CONFERENCE FLIER, “SILENT NO MORE: RAPE AS A WEAPON OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE”

ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 22 FILM, TAPESTRIES OF HOPE, HOLLYWOOD THEATER

ABOUT 2009 CNN HERO BETTY MAKONI

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER, MICHEALENE CRISTINI RISLEY

ABOUT THE GIRL CHILD NETWORK

VOICE OF AMERICA REPORT ON DETENTION OF FILMMAKER

Events and contacts

Sept. 18-20: “Silent No More: Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence,” University of Pittsburgh, School of Education Colloquium Room, 5604 Wesley W. Posvar Hall.
Free and open to the public. Contact: Dr. Annamore Matambanadzo, 412-383-2359, ammst101@pitt.edu.

Sept. 21: Presentation by Makoni at Ford Institute for Human Security, 12:30 p.m., University of Pittsburgh. Contact: Diane Roth Cohen, 412-648-7434, drc51@pitt.edu.

Sept. 22: Fundraiser and film screening, Tapestries of Hope, Hollywood Theater, 1449 Potomac Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. (http://www.thehollywooddormont.org) Contact: Leonard Lies, Dream Catchers Films, Inc., 412-533-3363, Dreamcatchers2@verizon.net. $20 per ticket; all proceeds go to Girl Child Network.

Sept. 23: Film discussion sponsored by WQED and Girls Coalition of Southwest Pennsylvania, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Hillman Room, 4802 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Contact: Heather Mediate, Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 412-253-3263, heather@girlscoalitionswpa.org.

GIVING A VOICE, A FACE -- AND HOPE -- TO THE VICTIMS OF HIV/AIDS & RAPE IN AFRICA