October 11, 2010, Monday - Panel Discussion "Afghanistan:The Challenge of Human Rights" at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage, Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd Street South

Presented in partnership with Americans for UNFPA, The Advocates for Human Rights and the Minnesota International Center

Guthrie Director Joe Dowling will moderate a panel discussion on the challenge of human rights, featuring Dr. Henia Dakkak, a senior technical specialist with the Humanitarian Response Branch at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Dr. Ghafar Lakanwal, the founder of Partnership for Education of Children in Afghanistan (PECA) and the MultiCultural Development Center (MCDC); Robin Phillips, the executive director of The Advocates for Human Rights and former director of the Women's Human Rights Program; and Dr. Lisa Schirch, founding director of the 3D Security Initiative and a professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University's graduate Center for Justice & Peacebuilding.

Tickets: $10, or free with purchase of a ticket to The Great Game: Afghanistan. Call 612-377-2224 for tickets.