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Simon Deng

Human Rights Activist

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Simon Deng
Simon Deng

Title: Human Rights Activist

Institution: American Anti-Slavery Group

Discipline: Other/Interdisciplinary

Appearances: 1

Notable: Led the 'Sudan Freedom Walk,' a nearly 300-mile journey from New York City to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about modern-day slavery; testified at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy (2010); partnered with Christian Solidarity International to help free Sudanese slaves

Wikipedia
Biography

Simon Aban Deng is a South Sudanese-American human rights activist and survivor of child slavery. Abducted at age nine and enslaved for three and a half years in northern Sudan, he escaped and eventually settled in the United States, where he became a prominent voice against modern-day slavery and for South Sudanese self-determination.

Roundtable Appearances

The Displaced and The Other
February 25, 2017 · ▶ Video
The Displaced and The Other
The roundtable explores human migration across generations and borders. As noted, "with more than 65 million refugees and displaced persons around the globe," the discussion...
Art & Aesthetics Emotion & Affect Society & Politics
Lisa DeBenedittis, Simon Deng, Uri Hasson, Athena Viscusi, Morris Vogel
Podcast
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