Lost Boys’ plight discussed at library

By: Jenn Ballard The Sentinel-Record - Sentinel-Record

CONFLICT SURVIVOR: Joan Hecht, author of “The Journey of the Lost Boys,” speaks about the Sudan conflict at the Garland County Library on Sunday. While in Hot Springs, she and conflict survivor Atem Da’Hajcock will speak at Hot Springs, Lakeside and Lake Hamilton school districts.

LOST BOYS: Joan Hecht, author of “The Journey of the Lost Boys,” speaks with Atem Da’Hajcock, a survivor of the Sudan conflict, at Garland County Library on Sunday. While in Hot Springs, they will both speak at Hot Springs, Lakeside and Lake Hamilton school districts.

Genocide is still real and still occurring, Atem Da’Hajcock, a survivor of the Sudan conflict, and Joan Hecht, author of “The Journey of the Lost Boys,” said during an appearance Sunday at the Garland County Library.

John Wells, director, said that the library has had Holocaust survivors ...

Published: 10/12/2010