"End Sexual Violence in Conflict" at the Carter Center, June 10

Patch Staff Report

The British Consulate General in Atlanta will sponsor a speakers panel at The Carter Center to raise awareness to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. There will be a networking reception with drinks and appetizers before the panel begins at 6 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public, but due to limited seating and fire code safety, all attendees are requested to kindly RSVP to RSVP.Atlanta@fco.gov.uk. Join the British Consulate General’s Facebook event page to share the event with your friends and family.

WHAT: End Sexual Violence in Conflict Speakers Panel

SPEAKERS: Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, British Consul General Emma Wade, Foreign and Security Policy Counsellor at British Embassy D.C.

PANEL: Prisca Uwigabye, Survivor of 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Refugee Family Services; Angela Williams, Founder of VOICE Today, Inc.; Brock Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations; Karin Ryan, Human Rights Program Senior Project Advisor at The Carter Center; Pamela Scully, Emory University Professor of Women’s Issues & African Studies; Leif Coorlim, CNN Freedom Project Executive Director.

WHERE: The Carter Center, Cyprus Room, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307

WHEN: Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Networking Reception: 6:00-7:00pm

Speakers Panel: 7:00-9:00pm

The Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict Speakers Panel is brought to the public with the support of The Carter Center, Institute for Developing Nations at Emory University, Field of Hearts, Refugee Family Services, Homeland Security Investigations, VOICE Today, and many other partner organizations.