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    <i> Asylum Denied </i> Book Talk with Professor Philip G. Schrag and Mr. David Kenney

    Asylum Denied Book Talk with Professor Philip G. Schrag and Mr. David Kenney

    Colorado College

    October 8, 2008

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    Prof. Schrag and Mr. Kenney will be speaking about their book and the story behind it. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and catered reception. Here is a description of their book: Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney's harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States. Kenney, while living in his native Kenya, led a boycott to protest his government's treatment of his fellow farmers. He was subsequently arrested and taken into the forest to be executed. This book, told by Kenney and his lawyer Philip G. Schrag from Kenney's own perspective, tells of his near-murder, imprisonment, and torture in Kenya; his remarkable escape to the United States; and the obstacle course of ordeals and proceedings he faced as U.S. government agencies sought to deport him to Kenya. A story of courage, love, perseverance, and legal strategy, Asylum Denied brings to life the human costs associated with our immigration laws and suggests reforms that are desperately needed to help other victims of human rights violations.

    This talk is sponsored by the Pikes Peak Immigrant and Refugee Collaborative, Colorado College Department of History, Colorado College Department of Philosophy, Colorado College Partnership for Civic Engagement, Colorado College Refugee Assistance Program and Colorado College Amnesty International.

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      Tickets: Free

      Info Phone: 719-389-6000

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      October 8, 2008

      Times:
      7:00-8:30 p.m.

    • Venue Info

      Colorado College - McHugh Commons

      1090 N. Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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