Loung Ung, Cambodian genocide survivor, to speak at Edgewood
Will give 2004 Student Government Association Lecture

Madison, Wis. (Oct. 14, 2004) – Loung Ung, a Cambodian genocide survivor, a distinguished speaker on child soldiers, women and war, refugees, and landmines, and the award-winning author of  the best-selling book, “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” will give the 2004 Edgewood College Student Government Association Lecture at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27.

Loung Ung lecture at Edgewood College

• Time: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27

• Place: Edgedome, Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison

• Talkback: Following lecture, with refreshments, Washburn Heritage Room, Regina Hall

• Tickets: $4 general admission, $2 for Edgewood College students.

• Contact: Beth John at 608-663-2244

This event is open to the public. Tickets are on sale at $4 for the general public, $2 for Edgewood College students, and are available at the college bookstore, at Borders East, 2173 Zeier Rd.; Borders West, 3416 University Ave.; and A Room of One’s Own, 307 W. Johnson St. Tickets may also be reserved by calling the Student Government Association, 608-663-3415, and leaving your name, phone number, and number of tickets requested. For more information, contact Beth John at 608-663-2244.

About Loung Ung

Loung Ung is a distinguished speaker on Cambodia, child soldiers, women and war, refugee issues, and landmines. Her book, “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” was a national bestseller and winner of the 2001 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, as well as the 2000 Books for a Better World literary award. It has been published in 11 countries and in many languages.

Her book is the powerful tale of her own experience under the oppressive and cruel regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. At age five she and her family were forced to flee their middle-class life in Phnom Penh in a mass evacuation, as Khmer Rouge soldiers took the city. Over the next several years, Ung faced many horrors as she struggled to survive. She lost two of her siblings and both parents, she fought starvation daily, and she entered a work camp where she was trained as a child soldier.

In 1980, five years after fleeing Phnom Penh, she arrived with her older brother at a refugee camp in Thailand. Five months later they were sponsored by a church in the United States and immigrated to Vermont. She now devotes herself to working as a spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World.

About Edgewood College

Edgewood College is Madison’s only independent liberal arts college, a Catholic school with 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers more than 40 academic and professional programs, including master’s degrees in business, education, nursing, and other fields, and a doctoral program in education leadership. For more information about Edgewood College, visit www.edgewood.edu or call 800-444-4861.

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