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Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
is a true book about Sudan, 
Read More.... (scroll down to "HB Reads 2010") Huntington Beach Independent, “A
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New Teacher's Guide A new Teacher's Guide has been added to the Teacher's Resources page. This guide is for the book, "The Scramble for Africa: Darfur - Intervention and the USA," by Steven Fake and Kevin Funk. This material is appropriate for college-level or high school AP courses in history, political science, international relations, and peace and conflict studies. This guide serves as an excellent resource relating to the background on the north south civil war, as well as critical commentary on the Darfur conflict.  DOWNLOAD New Star Tribune Article and Video
Minneapolis' Star Tribune has a new online article featuring a video with Benjamin Ajak. click here to read the article and view video
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In developing this curriculum, we attempted to provide supplementary materials for grade 9/10 English Language Arts and Social Studies classrooms that will be using the text "They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky." Our hope is that it can be used as a way to fully engage students in the text and the ideas surrounding the text in a personal, meaningful manner.
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky is now available in Korean! 
The Town of Abyei (Sudan’s “Kashmir”) Has Ceased to Exist  May 30, 2008 A very close friend of the authors of They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, Ajieng Deng, town of Abyei no longer exists. The Khartoum-controlled Sudanese Armed Forces has displaced the town's entire civilian population and left its buildings in ashes.These events were predicted, and absent effective word and action, they became inevitable. Somehow, the government of the United States missed all the signals—again. The United States has not even made a public statement regarding the violence Khartoum instigated in Abyei, the resulting humanitarian emergency, the damage done to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, or prospects for peace and democratic transformation in Sudan. According to most Sudan experts, Abyei is a unique bellwether of war or peace between Khartoum and Sudan's South. And now that direct combat between the military wings of the CPA signatories has occurred, the country faces a serious threat of a return to full-scale war throughout the country. The Bush administration and other interested parties must step up and make sure the international community is doing all it can to bring peace to all of Sudan.
Lost Boy of Sudan Benjamin Ajak speaks at the Clocktower on February 28. The event had to be moved outside due to an unexpected large turnout. A riot almost occurred outside Art 214 this past Thursday, as many upset students were denied entrance five minutes before Benjamin Ajak’s speech. The door was locked to the sold-out event. Ajak is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who had to leave his home at the age of 5 to escape the attack of government troops on his village during the Sudanese civil war in 1987. continue reading > One Book has chosen 'They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky' as their 2008 book pick  www.onebook.msu.edu Book Club We have added a Book Club where we will provide a free DVD to show at your book club meeting if you feature our book. We might also be able to make a special live appearance. Click the link above for more information. Help Drill Wells in Benson, Alephonsion, and Benjamin's Villages Water for Sudan has a drilling rig in the area this fall of 2007 and can put wells into the authors' of They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky villages if we can just raise the money for three wells at $7000 per well. These wells will change lives. Right now, they are forced to drink water often contaminated with cholera and parasites that cause pain, suffering and death. Click the link above to find out how you can help.
 Freshmen Required Reading We are very proud to announce that several universities, including Michigan Tech, have required freshmen students to read They Poured Fire before arriving at school. Click the logo above to read about Michigan Tech's program.
One Book Yuma has chosen 'They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky' as their 2007 book pick One Book Yuma is a joint literacy effort to encourage people to read and contemplate the same book, and come together to discuss it in a variety of settings. Be part of a community reading project that touches on one of the most important issues of our part of the country. What some are calling the first genocide of the 21st Century. They Poured Fire was a wonderful choice for our annual community literacy project. It mobilized our community like no other previous selection, connected people in classrooms and discussions, and provided teachers teachable contemporary literature. By itself, the book was a tremendous vehicle for discussion and learning, and it expanded the world of our citizens. But the author visit just blew the doors off our city. We reached almost 1,000 people in 24 hours. Most venues were to capacity, and the Literacy Center was standing-room only. Benjamin and Benson and Judy had the audience rivited with their presentations, which were part education, stern lecture, humorous story-telling, and live music. I know, from the reactions of people that attended the sessions, that this will prove to be a life-changing event for many students, teachers and book-lovers in Yuma, AZ. Thanks to Benson, Benjamin and Judy for your insightful and touching presentations. Yuma is better for it. -Lori Stofft  Benjamin is coming to Pittsburgh 
Benjamin Ajak will be speaking in Pittsburgh from November 28-30. Click here for more details and times. Benson's Art at Primitive Kool Gallery
Benson's art work recently sold out at Primitive Kool Gallery, but make sure to visit this site to view his art, and also to view more pieces that will be available in the coming weeks. 
Benson Deng: A "Lost Boy" of Sudan Looks Back Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts 2007 
Composed and pleasant, the lanky young man at the podium did not seem to be someone who could have witnessed incredible atrocities in his early life. But as he detailed in the book that he co-authored, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: the True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan, Benson Deng is a survivor of genocide - one of 27,000 young boys who fled Sudan in 1987. As part of an all-school summer reading assignment, Middlesex freshmen and sophomores read his extraordinary account and were primed to welcome him when he visited Middlesex with another of his co-authors, Judy Bernstein, on October 9, 2007. continue reading
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