Guest Speakers Lost Boys of Sudan and Invisible Children

Tuesday's guest speakers included Panther Bior, from the film "God Grew Tired of Us," and Janet Checkley from "Invisible Children."

Panther, one of 27,000 "Lost Boys of Sudan" spoke of the oppression of the Muslim Sudanese government during the late 1980s. He described his experiences as a refugee and his relocation to Pittsburgh in 2002. Panther recently graduated with a degree in Accounting and three months ago his wife, Nyathiec, joined him in the U.S. Panther is hoping to raise enough money to build a school in Mareng, his home village in Sudan, through the Sudanese School Project. If you would like to make a donation, please visit www.iwashungry.org.

Janet Checkley showed a portion of the film, "Invisible Children," and spoke about the organization working to help the children of Uganda. As a volunteer for the group, she described the various ways that high school and college students can become actively involved in making a difference. The Invisible Children website is filled with information, including how to arrange for a screening of the film at your school.

If you would like to see more of the "Invisible Children" film it is available on Google Video.

Thanks to Panther Bior and his wife Nyathiec, Becky Kirkwood from Heaven's Family, and Janet Checkley from Invisible Children.